UPDATE: A reader asked whether the comment was more likely written by a staffer of Sarkozy. My thought is, so what if it was? It still demonstrates a level of web-savvy and connectedness with people that Villepin’s/Chirac’s people don’t have.

Also, the comments on the thread in question are full of people who wrote that they were Nicolas Sarkozy. To find the actual comment he posted, search for the comment posted at "7:12 AM"

UPDATE2: Wow. Hello, Instapundit readers. Happy Thanksgiving out there in the US

Via Loic LeMeur, I learn that Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s Interior Minister, has posted a comment on a blog.

How cool is that?

Starting one’s own blog is already a big step forward in communicating with people, but posting comments on other people’s blogs is really getting down in the trenches. The commentsphere brings out the good, bad, and ugly of people; it’s the land of typos, flaming insults, and heated debate….very impressive for Sarkozy to get his thoughts out there this way.

The contrast between him and his rivals for the French presidency is…stunning: Sarkozy is out commenting on blogs side-by-side with other commenters that freely insult him, while Dominique de Villepin is out writing books on Napoleon and diplomatic history.

People may not like his ideas, but it’s *no contest* that he’s much more dynamic, and in touch with what people are thinking, than Villepin or Chirac.

I like the Internet-savvy (very Howard Dean), and hope he pushes the envelope here in France’s next presidential elections; and I like his roll-up-your-sleeves attitude to problem-solving (very Rudy Giuliani).