France 2012: the official thread

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Coverage of those elections here will be pretty good though, when it comes to it. If that's any consolation.

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There's a fuss every year about the fascist candidate not making the ballot. But they always do.

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And I also consider myself to be a pretty old-styled leftist.

Really?

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You clearly need to read-up on French political history if you think the platform of the left is a guide to what the left in power does. Guy Mollet, for sure, ended the Algerian war!

Yes, the gap between rhetoric and policy is... large.

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Actually, I think that it's Cameron who refused to meet him

Yes, that would fit in with what we know of the man. Cameron, that is.

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Guys, don't go too far too soon. Apparently, some UMPers are starting to spin the story for they own benefits (I keep getting surprised by how sickening these people can be) but it is doubtful whether it will have any impact - not to mention it might badly backfire.

And, of course, there are elements to it that don't reflect terribly well on the current state of things.

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I wouldn't mind the symbolism of a fellow traveler beating a Le Pen, even if I could never vote for such a candidate myself. Still seems a little unlikely though.

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Hollande should be fine so long as he continues to avoid major fyck ups. In the end, and at the end, this is about the Poison Dwarf and not him.

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Which crisis do you mean? Half the problem is that there's more than one, even if they're related.

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no chance of Melenchon nipping Hollande (or Sarko) at the wire, right?

It's not 1969 anymore, so non.

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He would have been suddenly (hilariously?) destroyed by the whole procuring thing.

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You people are being boring.

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This discussion ends here. If you want to discuss such matters (and they aren't exactly unimportant, granted) please do so elsewhere. Further posts will be deleted, etc.

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Insert reference to 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' here.

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An incumbent trailing by six with about thirty seconds to go is still an incumbent in a hell of a lot of trouble. He's going to need to be closer - and consistently - to have much of a prayer.

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tehdrama beneath the double warnings has been deleted. Take it outside, etc.

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The Boardbashi does not approve of this display of dissent.

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Just to make the rules on leaked exit polls and so on clear, if you want to post such rumours you must either post just a link or write in a very small size perhaps also in white. Not hard to stick to, I hope, and it makes things less irritating for those who don't like spoilers.*

*Which doesn't really include me; I always read the last page of a book first, you know?