Catherine Nay, his biographer, calls Mr. Sarkozy a terrible communicator. “He never capitalizes on his successes, he changes the subject every day, people forget the next day what he did the day before, he fogs the brain,” she said. “He’s the victim of too fiery a temperament.
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Sarkozy Re-election Bid in Trouble - NYTimes.com
Sometimes even in translation French people just sound so French.
