From Le Monde as translated by Google, and slightly smoothed out by me :

The fate of the presidency of the only hyperpower is in the hands of those who enter the ballots in Ohio and, perhaps, if there is dispute, of those of the courts. And even of the supreme Court as in 2000. What an image for a democracy which is given as an example to the world, with these voters voting late in the night in Ohio, these votes anticipated, conditional, these defective voting machines, these calculations without end!

Such a disorder, unimaginable in the majority of the other democratic countries, is not with the honor of America. And it is alarming that the fate of the world is suspended with such an antiquated system.

How very… French.

And from the AFP via Expatica :

Sixty-five percent of French citizens think US President George W. Bush’s re-election is a “bad thing”, according to an opinion poll published here Thursday.

Just 23 percent of respondents felt the Republican president’s victory is “a good thing,” with 12 percent expressing no opinion either way, the poll published in Le Parisien newspaper showed.

On future Franco-US relations, at a low over France’s opposition to the US-led military action in Iraq, almost three-quarters (74 percent) of those questioned expected to see no change while 12 percent looked forward to improved ties and just seven percent expected things to get worse.

The CSA polling agency questioned 780 people aged 15 or over by telephone on Wednesday.

Other stories demonstrating French Cultural Superiority in Expatica include the almost-routine vandalism of jewish cemeteries, rather too much interest in other crypts, and of course, European Environmentalisme. Quelle Fromage!