In two days Jacques Chirac, the president of France, will hand his position over to Nikolas Sarkozy. Like most politicians, he will be remembered for his follies as much, if not more, than by his accomplishments.
The media loves to catch politicians saying or doing things that are inappropriate, and Chirac was often criticized for his loose tongue and questionable political adversaries. Like Chirac, Toronto's own Mel Lastman's career was plagued with media attention from embarrassing quotes or comments that are taken out of context. A lesson can be learned about the life of a public persona; your mistakes are often magnified while your accomplishments sometimes go unnoticed.
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