CAN YOU REALLY INSULT A FRENCHMAN?:

In France, "le jogging" is a right-wing activity (Preeti Aroon, 07/09/2007, FP Passport)

Nicolas Sarkozy, perhaps the most pro-American president in French history, has been stirring up a furor in the French and British media this summer with his most right-wing activity of all: jogging. And to add insult to injury, he often runs in his favorite NYPD T-shirt.