tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9068633250101025716.post3167925147416113222..comments2023-09-29T11:23:38.668+02:00Comments on For what we are... they will be: Fascists lead the vote in the French regional electionsMajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9068633250101025716.post-88671560127978922822015-12-09T04:04:41.154+01:002015-12-09T04:04:41.154+01:00What's the real difference between Le Pen, Sar...What's the real difference between Le Pen, Sarkozy and Valls? I would not vote for either of them, really. And that's exactly what many people may think north of the Adour: why bother voting when the three options are identical? <br /><br />Also Sarkozy is not the much more charming Chirac, nor Le Pen Jr. has such a horrible image as her father (she has worked hard to project herself and her party in a more "moderate" light), so I can imagine a runoff Sarkozy vs Le Pen in which left-leaning voters don't bother voting (a few may even vote Le Pen because at least she's anti-EU and pro-Russia). I mean: what can be worse than Sarkozy again? Even Le Pen looks comparatively "better", so to say. Would I not be a radical communist with way too clear ideas, would I be a centrist voter... I could consider it that way. <br /><br />The real problem is that the PS and the conservatives are all so much leaning to the extreme right that the extreme right appears almost progressive by comparison. Is a bit how Putin has become a cheered global leader: he's a quasi-fascist but he's serious, a statesman that can earn your respect in spite of ideological differences, and not the fake-smiling apes that run for the white house, all them at the service of the same shadowy corporate powers, be it the devious Clinton or the grotesque Trump. <br /><br />Actually: "Vlad x Marine", Russian media cheer Le Pen all they can. <br /><br />And that's how EU and NATO end. And the German oligarchs won't even blink, rather applaud, anything but the ongoing US destructive policies. <br /><br />But what you say is what Sarko has in mind, a first test will come this Sunday.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9068633250101025716.post-35078899142770272442015-12-08T11:03:33.631+01:002015-12-08T11:03:33.631+01:00It's worrisome, but not as much as the first r...It's worrisome, but not as much as the first round results would suggest. France's politics are more about blocs. The FN was the largest party, but their far-right bloc was a close third. Only Provence, Calais and possible the Alsace seem to be in danger for the run-off, and the centre-left is withdrawing its candidates to try to prevent that.<br /><br />That's the real danger I guess though - Sarkozy wins the next Presidential election by default by virtue of facing the FN in the run-off.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906194112935320590noreply@blogger.com