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5 comments

1. Marisa

   said on 6 May 2007 at 4:06 pm:
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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.

2. rhino

   said on 8 May 2007 at 4:59 pm:
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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?

3. Marisa

   said on 10 May 2007 at 4:56 am:
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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”.

4. Dwayne

   said on 10 May 2007 at 9:49 am:
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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.

5. Tim Harris

   said on 10 May 2007 at 3:16 pm:
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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.