At least The French like him.

While Americans were muttering about "cheese-eating surrender monkeys," the French were crying foul over "American imperialism" and burning Mr.Bush in effigy on the streets of Paris.

"There is no question the Bush administration is unpopular in France, as it is across Europe," said the director of the French Center on the United States, Guillaume Parmentier. "Bush himself is deeply unpopular. He is perceived as being non-presidential; even his demeanor makes Europeans uneasy."

But in Mr. Kerry, the French seem to have found an American they can embrace. . . .

French Going Wild For Senator Kerry In Election Fever
Michael Manville
New York Sun March 15, 2004.