The other night when David Paterson announced, in a rather blasé way, that both he and his wife, Michelle, had had multiple affairs during their marriage, we all (except the Post) basically shrugged. "I'm not shocked by anything a politician does anymore," one gentleman, interviewed in front of the New Jersey T.G.I.Friday's where Dina and Jim McGreevey had allegedly met their limo driver for their Freaky Fridays (or whatever they were called), told the CW. Cool, we said. We're turning into France! But we may have overestimated the French's tolerance for les liaisons. Today, the Sun interviewed New Yorkers of the Gallic persuasion about the recent spate of gubernatorial sexing, and while they were indeed laissez faire about affairs — "It's a well-known fact that some of our politicians have extramarital affairs or an active sexual life," Pierre Battu, the founder of something called French Tuesdays, yawned to the paper — using prostitutes is not okay, even in France. "The Spitzer case is a deep problem," said Laurent Guerrier, a French headhunter. In France "it would have been a big thing also." Especially because that Ashley Alexandra Dupré clearly did not know how to tie a scarf or make a cassoulet.

French Shrug At Paterson, Gasp at Spitzer [NYS]

Earlier: David Paterson Had an Affair! But It's Okay Because His Wife Loves Him. And We Do Too!