Le Pen fools no one but the usual right wing lunatic fringe, and most people looking for an alternative to Royal and Sarkozy are supporting the centrist François Bayrou. Le Pen has about as much chance as Pat Buchanan did in the US. Please know exactly what you're talking about before you make France-bashing examples.
On Feb 1, 2007, at 11:42 PM, David wrote: > You wrote "Half of you are crazy, thoughtless, greedy, parochial and > irrational, but only half." Dude the glass is half full. "Only > half?" And let's not forget that great swaths of the population of > other countries are also those things. The French may elect LePen > the next chance they get. This is not to say, don't criticize. But > it is salutary to remember that these problems are globally > pervasive. > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Um, sorry, before anyone replies, I realised I made it sound like > I > > was saying Republican half: bad, Democratic half: good - and I > > certainly didn't mean that, nor to specify a hard political or > > religious group divide. Nor did I really mean to specify a 50% > split > > in terms of good/bad. Obviously the good is in the majority. We > > just never hear about them in our press or at our dinner tables! > > GBA! > > Goodnight! > > > > On 1 Feb 2007, at 21:34, Rupert wrote: > > > > Oh, I'm posting too much, but before I go to bed... > > > > There's a lot of anti-Americanism in Britain since George was > > elected, and since the war - and since before that, too, but less > > poisonously. Obviously it can get even worse in France and some > > other European countries, let alone the rest of the world. Your > > foreign policy hasn't helped - it seems State Dept decisions have > > always been made by fourteen year olds. > > > > Your constitution, though, remains a beautiful thing, despite the > > constant attacks on it from all sides by those in power. And I love > > America. I love all the good stuff, and there's a LOT of it. I go > > as often as I can, and if we Brits were allowed to apply for the > > green card lottery, I'd be applying as often as possible. (To stay a > > few years, though, there's too many other places to go as well) Half > > of you are crazy, thoughtless, greedy, parochial and irrational, but > > only half. Europeans and others should never forget how close the > > 2000 election was - and that for every American in the spotlight > > doing Bad Things, there's another American doing Good. If you speak > > to a lot of people in Britain and I dare say in continental Europe > > these days, you wouldn't believe it. I always make it my personal > > mission to Correct them, Grady/Overlook style. > > > > I believe in America > > > > Rupert > > > > http://www.fatgirlinohio.org > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/fatgirlinohio > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
