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2007-02-17 Europe

Royal hopes to undo mother of bad weeks with TV triumph

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Posted by ryuge 2007-02-17 09:19|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-02-17 13:39|| 2007-02-17 13:39|| Front Page Top

with cheese

Posted by DMFD 2007-02-17 13:56|| 2007-02-17 13:56|| Front Page Top

#3 The French left as a whole is now at its lowest popularity rating since 1969 as parties struggle to capitalise on a feeling of malaise after 12 years under Jacques Chirac.

I don't get it, wasn't Chirac in theory of the right?

Posted by Shipman 2007-02-17 16:43|| 2007-02-17 16:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe if she did the show topless...

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-02-17 17:08|| 2007-02-17 17:08|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't get it, wasn't Chirac in theory of the right?

Yup, shiraq, the man who said that "libéralisme" (IE free-market policies) were as harmful as communism, that Europe's roots were as muslim as they were christian, is the head of the conservative right since 30 years or so... the struggle here refers to the fact that at each successive election since 1974, the french electorate (with an ever increasing bloc of non-voters who don't see the point of playing along with this deadlocked system) has put the majority into the opposition and vice-versa, as both the left and the right are unable and unwilling to stop and reverse the death-spiral of France.

Now, there's so much desillusion with both camps that even if the "right" is completely discredited, the left doesn't benefit from it. So, the "anti-system candidates" are the only ones expected to increase their share of the vote. Still, since also the polls have been systematically wrong since 1981, with a surprize victor, there will be a surprize this time too.

It could be that this time there won't be a surprize, and the System's two main candidates will square off at the second turn, or maybe that none will be, and that the outsiders will, or a mix of both options. Frankly, who cares? Not me, for sure.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-02-17 17:47|| 2007-02-17 17:47|| Front Page Top

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