Fries Are French Again

Ken AshfordCongress, IraqLeave a Comment

Freedom_friesRemember that bit of ridiculousness in March 2003, when a couple of Republican Congressmen, angry that France wasn’t supporting the U.S. efforts in Iraq, decided to "protest" by having the Congressional cafeteria serve "freedom fries" instead of "French fries"?  It was a bold culinary symbolic statement which raised congressional silliness to new heights.

Three years later, those two Congressmen (Bob Ney of Ohio and Walter B. Jones of North Carolina) have become opponents of the war in Iraq.

And so now — quietly — the "french fries" are back in da House (cafeteria).

And the world is safe for democracy now.