French Legislative Election 2017

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

If anyone is wondering, I've decided that I'll vote for Jocelyne Le Boulicaut (EELV) on the first round, and write in a fictional character in the inevitable LREM-LR runoff.

May I suggest Tom Bombadil ?

I mean, he would probably be an EELV supporter if he could be roused to care about politics, which he couldn't.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I'm surprised there's any genuine enthusiasm for Valls even on this forum. I'd have thought trashy amoral fat cats like jaichind would prefer to take their neoliberalism straight, rather than adulterated with the icky trappings of softcore post-social-democracy.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I'm surprised there's any genuine enthusiasm for Valls even on this forum.

Valls has been one of the few consistently pro-Jewish voices in France, which is very important to me.

That makes sense. Thanks for explaining.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I'm surprised there's any genuine enthusiasm for Valls even on this forum. I'd have thought trashy amoral fat cats like jaichind would prefer to take their neoliberalism straight, rather than adulterated with the icky trappings of softcore post-social-democracy.

You don't seem to account to those like myself who strategically choose to be neutral/fly-on-the-wall bystanders and who find that this hand-wringing over Valls (in either direction) to being a boring sausagefest by the sorts of poli-sci twerps and dorks who'd rather geek out over Game of Thrones in their off-time.  (And I *do* mean sausagefest--like, figuratively speaking, I'd be like the fair lady who tells them all "you're all creeps".)

You and I know very different types of women.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I'm surprised there's any genuine enthusiasm for Valls even on this forum. I'd have thought trashy amoral fat cats like jaichind would prefer to take their neoliberalism straight, rather than adulterated with the icky trappings of softcore post-social-democracy.

We do, but we take what we can get (we're fat cats after all).

You haven't posted much until recently so maybe you're not aware of how uniquely repulsive jaichind is yet. If you are, you taking a comment about people like him to include you is...concerning.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I don't view Macron as a traitor to 'my cause' as he's never been an advocate of 'my cause'.