French = PRO-American!?

[sst]

The french are going though a runoff election, and the leading canidate has touted himself as Pro-American. Well well maybe them snoby folks are not so bad afterall

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/22/france.election/index.html
Look into sarkozy a bit to see what im talking about.

[Warriorbird]

Chirac was also supposed to be pro American. I wouldn't believe it.

[TheEschaton]

And Sarkozy not really the leading candidate. He's the candidate from the leading party, I believe.

-TheE-

[Miss X]

OMG I'll be so happy if Segolene Royal wins! A woman AND a socialist. Couldn't really get much better for our neighbors.

[Bobmuhthol]

Royal's a tool.

[Atlanteax]

Chirac was also supposed to be pro American. I wouldn't believe it.

Chirac is/was the last Gaullist.

Gaullists are not pro-American. They are French-first in everything.

Sarkozy, who is the leading candidate, is of the same party, but differs politically from Chirac in various ways and expected to be more likely to express/support the American viewpoint in geopolitics (such as France would not had been so "difficult" pre-Iraq).

[TheEschaton]

But............Sarkozy's not going to win.

Edited to add: especially how he reacted to the riots in Paris - the black African community will unite against him at the very least, if not the whole immigrant community.

I have to say, I love Bob, who has yet to leave high school (and possibly Pepperell) has such a strong negative opinion of Royal. :P

I'm a democratic socialist myself, so it's pretty obvious where my hopes lie.

-TheE-

[sst]

Thats debatable TheE he is already ahead in the polls of likely voters. Maybe the french people have given up on the socialist state?

[ElanthianSiren]

how much is he ahead? I haven't read the figures lately, but I always heard the majority was not very large. If 51-52% of people are willing to vote for him, I don't think you can say the french have given up their ideology. It would be like saying everyone in America is a conservative because bush got 51% of the vote; personally, I feel it was silly to run a woman in a country that has traditionally been so male oriented. We shall see.

[xtc]

Vive la America? Ok......well one nation down only 191 to go.

[Warriorbird]

I love how supporting the Iraq War is somehow a litmus test for pro Americanness.

[Sean of the Thread]

America is your friend!



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