manoj kasichainula wrote URL claim president george w bush proclaimed the problem with the french is that they don t have a word for entrepreneur status false lloyd grove of the washington post was unable to reach baroness williams to gain her confirmation of the tale but he did receive a call from alastair campbell blair s director of communications and strategy i can tell you that the prime minister never heard george bush say that and he certainly never told shirley williams that president bush did say it campbell told the post if she put this in a speech it must have been a joke so some guy failed to reach the source but instead got spin doctor to deny it wot is he thick enough to expect official confirmation that yes blair is going around casting aspersions on bush it s an amusing anecdote i don t know if it s true or not but certainly nothing here supports the authoritative sounding conclusion status false r URL 