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Why Marine Le Pen is confident she will be France’s next president
2017-04-26
[IsraelTimes] Macron’s victory in 1st round of elections has many assuming he will handily win the next stage, but things may not be so simple.

Supporters of Emmanuel Macron were not alone in cheering his victory Sunday in the first round of La Belle France’s presidential elections.

Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who finished second in the voting, saw it as excellent news. The two will face off in the final round next month after the centrist Macron won 23 percent of the vote, 2 points ahead of Le Pen.
Posted by:trailing wife

#14  JohnQC, many of the candidates who didn't make it are telling their voters to pull the lever for Macron; but there's talk about voters boycotting the final round, so who knows what will happen.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-04-26 20:44  

#13  Anymore Sharia BS, no-go zones, illegal immigration invasion by Muslims, Islamic terrorism and Le Pen ought to be a shoo-in. I heard part of an old Obama speech today on the tube and he said Trump will never become POTUS--Trump became POTUS. He also was against Brexit--it passed. Macron and Le Pen were very close in the first round.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-04-26 17:37  

#12  No they not. No more than American "elites" will stay in power after Mexicanising the USA.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-04-26 12:57  

#11  I grant you the total bastards part but I'm not sure this threatens their position. They'll still be in total oligarch, globalist mode regardless. (see also the sheiks of the Arabian penninsula)
Posted by: AlanC   2017-04-26 12:51  

#10  AC, I trust European elites to be total bastards when their position is threatened.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-04-26 08:53  

#9  g(r)om, i'm afraid that in a few years the "mainstream" government implementing hers anti-Islam platform? is a coin toss with in a few years the "mainstream" government implementing sharia for all muslims in France and moving to pass control to the muslims.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-04-26 08:48  

#8  Macron is France's Obama: a non-entity with no history who can mouth the 'correct' platitudes whenever his handlers push the little button in his back.
If he wins, the problem starts when he decides he knows how to think...
Posted by: ed in texas   2017-04-26 08:38  

#7  I am not so sure about a Le Pen victory. French cuisine cannot be challenged, but the French have a certain knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of political victory.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-04-26 08:23  

#6  Why do I see this scenario where she loses, and - in a few years the "mainstream" government implementing hers anti-Islam platform?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-04-26 08:16  

#5  They need to start fighting and begin mass deportation of these invaders.
Posted by Hupeart Thaitch2372

Roundups and deportations did not go well for Europe in the last century. Perhaps this helps explain the reluctance.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-04-26 07:02  

#4  They need to start fighting and begin mass deportation of these invaders.
Posted by: Hupeart Thaitch2372   2017-04-26 05:49  

#3  Spoke with a lady today.
Her son is schooling in Bordeaux FR.
He reports many local French are extending their spring vacations in the Alps as the town is no longer safe for walking or bicycle commuting.
The Moroccans and Somalians control the streets.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-04-26 03:53  

#2  She will crush it!
Do not worry yourselves. The Ladies standing up MAY get you out of Shariah bullshit and colonization.

What a concept.
Posted by: newc   2017-04-26 02:53  

#1  She is the last train to freedom. But her father who is publicly against her is scum.
Posted by: Speating Jolush7714   2017-04-26 00:23  

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