To wrap up Federalist coverage for today, I'd like to offer up my favorite results from their latest "Two Cents" reader feedback, wherein readers were asked to finish the sentence, "Going to war without the French is like..."

  • Going to war without the French is like...well...World War II.
  • Going to war without the French is like.... deja-vous!
  • Going to war without the French is like...going to war WITH the French
  • Going to war without the French is like...planning the Normandy Invasion without Yves San Laurent
  • Going to war without the French is like...going on your honeymoon without your mother-in-law
  • Going to war without the French is like...a 9-11 benefit concert without Hillary Clinton
  • Going to war without the French is like...Texas barbeque without a croissant
  • Going to war without the French is like...I'm sorry, war without whom?
  • Going to war without the French is like...going to Marine boot camp without a "Best of Liza Minnelli" album
  • Going to war without the French is like...going to a Mensa convention without James Carville
  • Going to war without the French is like...going to war without Fonda, Streisand and Sarandon, et al
  • And last, but certainly not least, Going to war without the French is like...well, VICTORY!!!
Though I must confess, I do like a good croissant. Just not with my barbeque.