French Presidential Elections
Well, it looks like Nicolas Sarkozy is the new French president, and France is bracing for riots, just in case. I’m disappointed, but I’m not surprised.
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Well, it looks like Nicolas Sarkozy is the new French president, and France is bracing for riots, just in case. I’m disappointed, but I’m not surprised.
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That makes two of us! My husband and I are so disappointed! He voted (as he’s
French) and I could only cross my fingers and watch the voters lining up outside my window. I
really think French voters were misled by Sarkozy’s play on national security, but I’m
disappointed in them all the same. I think they’ll soon realize this was a mistake.
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Yeah, it’s terrible that the people decided
against the hard-line socialist.
Sarkozy will turn around the sluggish (at best)
french economy with his belief in a free market (or atleast “free” by french standards). Is
that a bad thing?? As an outsider American, I am also excited to have a French president who
actually thinks that America is a force for good in the world and doesn’t try to constrain her
at every turn.
“voters were misled by Sarkozy’s play on national
security”
Why is it so hard for some people to understand the threats of the modern
world? Are they truly that dense, or do they just refuse to see it? Probably a little of
both, oui?
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Hi Rhino, I wouldn’t want to clog up Laura’s blog with a lot of intense comments,
but I also have quite a lot to say about the matter, having a French husband who works in
politics and living in France myself. If you’re interested in a friendly discussion, you may
contact me privately, but again I”m only interested in honest discussion not one with sarcastic
comments or inflated generalizations like “hard-line socialist”.
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I don’t think its wise for
Laura K. Lawless to express her preference for one candidate over the other; she risks losing
suscribers who don’t share her opinion. We are mixed company, are we not? I appreciated what
appeared to be neutrality in newsletters leading up to the election. I like the french.com
newsletter.
To Laura: Don’t ruin it by injecting it with political bias. Thanks.
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Well, my feeling is that the French are better able than we Americans to simultaneously (a)
express more extremely variant political opinions, yet (b) at the same, go down and drink a
glass of wine together. In other words, there is a national solidarity that goes beyond
politics more so that what we have, especially in recent years.