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The French, who are in great need of some recreation, are holding their bellies following the remarks made by Sarkozy's former Defense Minister Hervé Morin, 50. Morin is a presidential candidate for the Nouveau Centre (New Center) Party and has so far amassed about 0% of the voters' pledges. He will probably drop below that now, unless the French rally to his cause out of gratitude. Here is the article from Le Parisien (but it's all over the web):

The centrist candidate Hervé Morin, 50, got carried away Sunday during a visit to Nice when he said in a speech that he had seen the allies land in Normandy… 67 years ago. "Those of you who have white hair, you saw the landing in Provence not far from here," addressing himself to the older members of his audience. "I saw the landing of the allies in Normandy. We have lived through ordeals much more difficult than those we are living through today," added the chairman of the Nouveau Centre, credited with 0 to 1% in the polls.

Note: As I post, the 35-second video of his historical slip is not working. Try instead the version at Le Salon Beige.

Don't forget Al Gore invented the Internet, Latin is spoken in Latin America (I'm not sure Dan Quayle actually said that), Rick Perry could not remember which government agency he would abolish, and Nicolas Sarkozy saw the Berlin Wall come down.