Good to hear from you Helio. How have you been lately? I've been buried in a new job. Were it not for the flu the last couple of days I might not have had time to catch up on politics and ProFox OT. It's helped me recover, frankly. ;-)
- Bob On Apr 25, 2007, at 1:02 AM, Helio W. wrote: > Same old story. Here in Brazil with a bit of a twist: leftist union > leader Lula won presidency by lying to public on both sides of the > ideological spectrum. He betrayed even his dumb socialist supporters. > > > On 4/25/07, Robert Calco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://tinyurl.com/2mzy2v >> >> - - - >> Ségolène Royal, the first woman with a chance of leading France, >> began re-shaping her campaign yesterday as she faced a runoff with >> the clear favourite in the presidential election, the rightwing >> former interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy. >> >> Ms Royal began the difficult task of convincing France that she was >> not merely an off-the-shelf traditional Socialist in designer >> clothing and could break away from her party roots to capture the >> centre ground. >> >> With the candidates racing to win over the 7 million people who voted >> for the centrist third-man François Bayrou, party advisers said Ms >> Royal would stand no chance of winning if she fought a traditional >> socialist campaign of "left versus right". Instead she set out to >> reassure the centre ground she could be all things to all people, to >> prove, despite her critics, she could reinvent the nation. >> >> - - - >> >> This article is chock full of nuggets. Consider: >> >> 1. Royal and her supporters openly admit they have to lie about her >> to fool the voters. Typical left wing condescension. On the other >> hand, it worked for the Dems last year in the elections. >> >> 2. Read on: >> >> *** >> Nicolas Sauger, a political analyst, said Ms Royal also had to >> convince the nation she was not the hesitant, incompetent party >> outsider her critics described. He said it was crucial to hammer out >> policies that fitted the centrist vote, such as a pro-European >> message with a promise of a referendum on any new constitution. She >> also had to pick up Mr Bayrou's quest to reform French democracy. >> France's public debt, now at 66% of GDP, was crucial to the centrist >> campaign and Ms Royal is likely to increase calls to curb spending >> deficits. >> >> But in a campaign focused on personality, Ms Royal faces a difficult >> fight. Even socialist voters yesterday said they were let down by her >> speech after Sunday night's results, appearing stiff, wooden and >> uncomfortable. She is often accused of having a grating voice. >> >> Mr Sauger said: "Her problem isn't really one of policies, it's one >> of image, how she communicates." >> *** >> >> Some observations: >> >> 1. You think we have a lot of public debt! I bet if the article >> mentioned French unemployment rates it would be equally >> embarrassing.... for France. >> 2. If her problem isn't one of "policies" but "how she >> communicates" ... why does she have to avoid a clear left-versus- >> right battle, in which both she and her opponent are honest about >> being left and right, respectively? Why does she have to be "pushed >> to the centre"? >> 3. Speaking of grating voices, have these folks heard Hillary! or >> Pelosi? >> 4. The West is doomed if Royal and Hillary win. >> >> (Hillary or Obama for that matter, who are both wacko lefties who >> have to pretend to be centrist in order to have a shot.) >> >> - Bob >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
