I obviously didn't mean to insult you. I think that, even though you're actually more French than I am, it's not the same to follow french politics from another country or to hear the political news every day. I don't follow italian politics as much as a resident italian would if he were as interested in politics as I am. That doesn't make me an ignorant in italian politics. I don't see what's insulting.
I'm pretty piss-poor at reading comments over the internet, but I understand you better now. I interpreted your comment in a more insulting or derogatory manner, in the typical style of "I LIVE HERE U DON'T U KAN'T SPEAK ABUT MY KUNTRY!111".
Of course Sarkozy is a moron. Of course I don't like him. I'd quicker vote for a teddy bear than Sarkozy, and the mere fact that I'll probably actually bothering voting for
Hollande over Sarkozy on May 6 (unless Hollande pisses me off, which is still likely, but whatevsky) should tell you more than enough about my opinions towards Sarkozy. And despite the fact that his brand of xenophobic national-populism is terrible and despite the fact that his taxation policy is horrible, I still think that he was at least somewhat committed to reforms and changes which are necessary for France (and which Hollande will probably be forced to do, in a particularly unpleasant wake up call for all involved, even though right now he's in the good' ole Guy Mollet mode) on stuff like labour relations, retirement and competitiveness -- and this is perhaps why I view Sarkozy as preferable to Chirac even if Sarkozy is a still a terrible human being whose government's negatives far outweigh the negatives. I know that we've agreed to disagree on those points, but I reiterate my point that my views on economic and social welfare issues pertaining to France are significantly to the right of the PS and of your personal views.
I don't feel like detailing my views on Mitt'rrand, because it's not something I feel strongly about and which is not my top priority right now (a 8.5 CGPA is my sole priority). But, yeah, he did good but he did good
despite himself. 1981-83 was a disaster, the Fabius austerity was another disaster, post-1991 was an unmitigated disaster, the government was as corrupt as the PLQ, and the man in question was an horrible human being. But I digress. I don't really care that much about whether or not Sarko is better than Mitt'rrand, he probably isn't but there's a chance he probably is but after all, I don't give a sh**t. All that I know is that all French Presidents since 1969 have been horrible, and this trend will continue into the near future.
