France 2012: the official thread

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oops

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/imf_boss_strauss_kahn_arrested_in_Kbd7uAi594vbej3oORXfcJ

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Uh, there's a difference between a "sex scandal" and raping a hotel maid.

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I don't think that saying is condoning rape; it's just describing how social interaction generally works.

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I'd argue that calling "serial seducers" sexist is the actual sexism in this case. You act like the women they seduce are brainless/defenseless and can't think for themselves... "won't someone step in and protect these dumb little girls from the mean old men tricking them into sex!" As long as everyone involved is consenting to whatever is happening, you really can't lump "seducers" or "charmers" in with "gropers" and "rapists."

Obviously French society doesn't see a huge problem with not sticking to the traditional puritanical conception of monogamy. That doesn't mean they're all rapists and misogynists.

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Is Sarkozy seriously getting a bump from this Mohamed Merah thing? What a dumb bunch of terrified little xenophobes the French apparently are.

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Are there any polls on who would win in a Melenchon-Le Pen second round? (Obviously not a possibility, but still).

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Then in 96 the new Social Democratic PM cut the budget so much his base revolted and went voting for the commies, and kept a really tight austerity budget, and it worked and that is the reason Sweden is not part of the crisis today. 

The reason Sweden is not part of the crisis is because they're not part of the Eurozone.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/18/francois-hollande-wont-change-europe

LOL at this.

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Isn't the Guardian supposed to be left-wing??

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Yeah, Hash's parents sound pretty terrifying.

When do we get results? Tonight?

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Are French polls that accurate that a shift of one point is some big news?

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I love that big clock at the bottom of the set keeping track of each candidate's total time. French elections are so cool.

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If Sarkozy wins it will be one of the greatest upsets in the history of modern polling. Hollande has led Sarkozy in a two-way race in every single poll taken since November 2010.