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2005-12-23 Home Front: Culture Wars

Quelle surprise: Celebs deserting Sarkozy

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Posted by Seafarious 2005-12-23 01:01|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Noah is now France's Alec Baldwin, promising to leave. As for Besson, regardless of what a politician does or says, if he starts getting attacked by film directors, then it's a sign that they are doing something right. The bien pensants' self-righteous moral preening is sickening no matter what country.

Posted by Monsieur Moonbat 2005-12-23 03:55|| 2005-12-23 03:55|| Front Page Top

#2 The comic described the minister as "a bourgeois..."

Because being a member of the middle class is worse than being a rampaging criminal gang member. No wonder the French dislike America.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-12-23 07:13|| 2005-12-23 07:13|| Front Page Top

#3 If you think your celebs are bad wait until you see our celebs whose revenue is at 75% or so, is stolen from the tax-payer through scams like exception culturelle, defence of francophony (1) and subsidies to the movie industry.

(1) curiously this movement for protecting minority languages does not apply for say protecting wolof or swahili against French.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-12-23 08:02|| 2005-12-23 08:02|| Front Page Top

#4 So, where do French celebrities threaten to go if their candidates don't win?

America? ;)

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-12-23 08:47|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2005-12-23 08:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Quebec.

Posted by Thrineling Throlurt7548 2005-12-23 08:51|| 2005-12-23 08:51|| Front Page Top

#6 I thought French Celebrity was an oxymoron!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2005-12-23 10:01|| 2005-12-23 10:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Real impressive list of "celebrities" ya got there. Was French sex symbol Gerard Depardieu too busy stuffing his fat face when the phone call came for a comment?

Posted by tu3031 2005-12-23 10:20|| 2005-12-23 10:20|| Front Page Top

#8 The tennis player turned pop star Yannick Noah, actor and comedian Jamel Debbouze, who starred in AmÃ©lie, rapper Joey Starr and film director Luc Besson - of Subway, Nikita, Big Blue and Leon fame - are among those attacking Mr Sarkozy, who has been compared to far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen and Napoleon.

Wen I think of the above, all I can think of is "louts and rabble" and a dire need for "street cleaning." YOU GO Sarkie!

Posted by Besoeker 2005-12-23 10:24|| 2005-12-23 10:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, yeah, the celebs hate him. The people who vote may have a somewhat different opinion.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-12-23 10:37|| 2005-12-23 10:37|| Front Page Top

#10 (Yannik Noah) declared: "If Sarkozy succeeds [in 2007], then I'm off."

Sounds like Babsy Streisand, or Alec "Stone Henry Hyde" Baldwin...

Talk is cheap...

Unless you are talking about a Bob Hope-like celeb, even the "most popular" celeb has more people who dislike him or don't care. His threat may actually get ol' "Nasty Nick" some votes!

Keep talkin Yannik...

Posted by BigEd 2005-12-23 12:12|| 2005-12-23 12:12|| Front Page Top

#11 My opinion of Nicolas Sarkozy just increased dramatically.

Posted by Secret Master 2005-12-23 16:37|| 2005-12-23 16:37|| Front Page Top

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