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| Chirac's Frantic Scramble to Revive the 'Yes' Vote |
| 2005-03-30 |
| Posted by:.com |
| #11 I thought the Old Guard turned and fled - for the first time - after failing to break Wellington's line at Waterloo, and it was at that point that the rest of the French Army realised that the battle was lost. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-03-30 5:02:02 PM |
| #10 Umm...on further consideration the Napoleonic saying of "The Old Guards dies, but never surrenders" may be in play. We hope It was at Waterloo. An infantry a unit of the guard was surrounded by the British/Belgian/Dutch/Germans and asked to surrender. The poetic version is that they answered "The Guard dies but doesn't surrender". The real answer was "Merde" who is somewhere in the middle between "Nuts" and "Go f..k yourselves". |
| Posted by: JFM 2005-03-30 4:09:31 PM |
| #9 Speaking of Chirac: |
| Posted by: AzCat 2005-03-30 12:57:44 PM |
| #8 Hmmm...on further consideration the Napoleonic saying of "The Old Guards dies, but never surrenders" may be in play. We hope. |
| Posted by: Jealet Thereting9222 2005-03-30 12:20:26 PM |
| #7 Is the panic the polls show that the population won't support or that a rigged election won't sell any more in France than in the Ukraine? Its win the EU vote and lose your head [a fine French tradition that could be revived] or lose the EU vote and just accept a lesser position in the world. That would certainly get the old guard in a scramble. |
| Posted by: Jealet Thereting9222 2005-03-30 12:16:58 PM |
| #6 Haw-Haw! Yes Chirac, try the old "France is Best and everyone else sucks" strategy. That worked so well the last 100 years. Bonehead... |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-03-30 10:35:08 AM |
| #5 BD, did you take over from .com? ;-) |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-03-30 9:19:45 AM |
| #4 First, what is the Polish model he's speaking of? Google has the answers. Maybe this is what you seek? Or this? What about the Spanish/Polish model? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-03-30 8:46:29 AM |
| #3 Jean-François Cope, a Cabinet minister, said: âVoting âyesâ means showing your attachment to the French model and your rejection of the âAnglo-Saxonâ or Polish model.â First, what is the Polish model he's speaking of? Second, I'm sure that quote will play well in EU countries that do not particularly appreciate the "French model". |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-03-30 8:17:39 AM |
| #2 Lol - beverage alert! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-03-30 7:23:50 AM |
| #1 I emit a small, ladylike *snicker*. For which I do not apologize even one little bit. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-03-30 7:11:59 AM |