Frenching Mitt Romney

Conservatives. Lay the fuck off France, will you? Guess who the newest Francophobe is? Joining the illustrious ranks of Bill O'Reilly and Bob Ney is Massachusetts' own intolerant jackoff governor Mitt Romney, who today said if Massachusetts doesn't watch itself, it will end up "the France of the 21st century."
Let's put this in some context:

The Republican chief executive told a gathering of school leaders on Tuesday that while Massachusetts placed first nationally in a series of recent math and science tests, the United States itself ranks 25th out of 41 industrialized nations in math performance.
At the same time, the country is awarding roughly 4,500 doctorates in math and science each year, compared with about 24,000 per year in Asia.
"We cannot continue to have an excellence gap with the rest of the world and intend to remain the economic superpower and military superpower of the planet. That's just not going to happen," Romney said. "We're in a position where unless we take action, we'll end up being the France of the 21st century: A lot of talk, but not a lot of strength behind it in terms of economic capability."

Good idea, Mitt. But poor execution. You've had a rough week of it, what with laughing at a joke that invoked the Ku Klux Klan and now insulting French people. Yes, America is falling behind because we're the smart kid who's resting on his laurels; and with outsourcing we're giving other, poorer countries a taste of the good life, and they're willing to work to get ahead. I'm all for education. And since I'm all for education and have been educated, I know that France is a place where lots of education happens. You know. The Renaissance? Monet? Camus? Voltaire? The fact that most people in the twentieth century looked to France as a leader in thought?
One day, France shall rise up again. Probably under the leadership of a short guy. But France has nothing to do with American education. Not even in a very stretched out analogy to the French's penchant to talk about things before they act. Way to convince us you're not trying to run for President.