I'm not exactly sure how or when exactly I developed this crush, and I've tried reconstructing it, but hell, it really doesn't matter. It was probably the name that first hooked me. I love several French female names that Americans don't hear alot. Around here, it seems you can add "ette" on to any male name and voila! shee ees Franch. You'll occasionally see an "enne" or two. The ones I like are Clotilde, Sandrine, Blandine, and now, of course, Ségolène. Plus, I love the irony that a Royal could be president of France.
Then, yes, OK, I will admit I think she's beautiful and graceful and charming and I shouldn't objectify and all that. But a) I'm not voting in this election, 2) let's face it, it's not everyday you see a beautiful socialist (ever seen Emma Goldman? ok, she was technically an anarchist) and d) I'm new at this; I've never had a crush on a presidential candidate before. 
And then, she's got a sexy bio as well. Born in Senegal to colonial parents, she later sued her father for not adequately supporting his family, especially his daughters (it's more complicated than that, but shows how tough she is).
Today's polls say it's too close to call. I really hope she wins, though. What I'd be interested to see is if her election would have an impact on ours. It might actually help Hillary if people saw that the French, who can be even more chauvinistic than we are, would accept a woman president. Although, if that happened our countries' relations could get even worse since Ségolène recently approached Hillary and suggested they work together and she got the brush off.
I just hope Lisa Loeb takes it well when she finds out about my crush on Ségolène.
Speaking of France, they have an official national logo. I wish we had one of those. The French one looks really cool. Although, it probably wouldn't work because we don't have a good analog to Marianne (the eagle just doesn't do it for me and Lady Liberty is just a copy of her) and somehow e pluribus unum doesn't rally nearly as well as "liberté, égalité, fraternité". We're so sectarian and politically correct, we could never pull it off.
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Not that he's in the same class with Ségolène Royal (I typed "the dame class," and I guess you can't get much more Freudian slippery than that), but in our own presidential race have you considered supporting Rudy Giuliani in drag? Rudy, dressed to the nines in a red wig and Pierre Cardin knock-off is just tres, tres Singerie and one heck of a candidate.
Stephen Colbert talked about her on his show Monday night (4/23). He's got the same kind of crush on her. Strangely, her opposition is rather attractive in his own way. Politicians shouldn't be good-looking, should they? It's disconcerting.
I'm absolutely hetero, but I, too, have thought she is lovely and the name is somehow just right and I wish she would win! But I don't wish Hillary would win!
p.s. did you notice that Segolene always wears skirts, not the usual female politician pant suit, for whatever that's worth
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