Grandfather Wants to Beat Mother

A quote from an anonymous source close to French President Jacques Chirac in The Independent, 24 November 2006

He [=Chirac] believes that it will be impossible for Sarkozy, or any other male politician of her own generation, to attack Ségolène's offer to be the ‘mother’ of France. Only a ‘grandfather’ can point to the mother’s weaknesses – in other words himself.