By Andrew L. Jaffee

Can ya’ spell “sophistry?” Gotta love this precious quote from one of the French presidential candidates:

Socialist Segolene Royal, No. 2 in the polls, declared herself the candidate of “audacity” in an interview Wednesday with Metro newspaper. Then, perhaps wondering whether that might alienate some voters, she added, “I promise a secure audacity” — a comment as puzzling in French as in English.