Forget Trump. Forget Brexit. A Le Pen win on Sunday could be the West’s biggest shock this century

The Toronto Star ^ | May 5, 2017 | Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post

[Art in Idaho]

Great pic drewh! This is it! Hit the beach!

[Puppage]

Amen!

[nickcarraway]

Le Pen is secular. She openly admits her disdain for religreligion and LGBT values.

[drewh]

[txhurl]

Marine or Brigette? I wonder about the cop vote. Cops have to fake allegiance to the machine, but if most LEOs convince 25 of their friends and family to vote LePen... if you weren’t particularly political but a LEO cousin or aunt or neighbor begged you to vote LePen with warnings about jihadis, that’s a demo that might not be polled or analyzed much.

[Freemeorkillme]

Forget Trump. Forget Brexit. A Le Pen win on Sunday could be the West’s biggest shock this century

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Nope. Still Trump!

[Harpotoo]

It’ll only be a shock if you believe the POLLS! Other wise it just seems to be due.

[ZULU]

If she upsets the Snail Crunchers and libs up in Canada so much,, she MUST be good.

[Army Air Corps]

Marine or Brigette?

Both.

[Freemeorkillme]

May she win a mighty victory! May she join the rare air breathed by elected Patriots

[DoughtyOne]

IMO electing Trump was the only thing that made La Pen even thinkable.

If Hillary Clinton had made it, La Pen would have been throttled months ago.

Hillary’s people may have done the throttling. Past history makes that fairly clear.

[Architect of Avalon]

Le Pen doesn’t want France taking orders from the leader of Germany.

[shanover]

I have walked through a few American military cemeteries in France and it’s quite sobering. This was when I was stationed in Germany. From this perspective, I find it galling that Europe did not learn anything from its history and is looking at a new Dark Ages as its future. To see France go this way is disheartening and those who remember those men who liberated them are rapidly shrinking in numbers. Socialism and Islam are rotting Europe and this in turn makes every soldier who is buried the various military cemeteries to have died in vain.

[servantboy777]

Few thought Trump would win. Ain’t over till it’s over.

[amnestynone]

“If Macron wins, the next election will be won by someone named Mohammed.”

I disagree it could just as easily be someone named Abdullah.

[drewh]

[Art in Idaho]

Socialism and Islam are rotting Europe and this in turn makes every soldier who is buried the various military cemeteries to have died in vain.

So true. Never been there but have seen many photos of the cemeteries. . row after row almost as far as the eye can see.

We gave them their freedom and liberty back and they took it for granted. It seems they didn't learn the lessons of history. If they elect Macron, they deserve what they get.

My grandfather from the Alsace-Lorraine area, so I feel like I have a stake in this in a roundabout way. I hope the French put their thinking caps on Sunday.

[Art in Idaho]

As a side note, she has lovely eyes.

Yes, I noticed that in the debate. They Eyes Have It!

[VeniVidiVici]

A Le Pen victory “means the collapse of the EU, because the EU without France doesn’t make any sense,” Gerard Araud, France’s ambassador in Washington, said in a conversation with The Washington Post earlier this year. “And it means the collapse of the euro and a financial crisis, which will have consequences throughout the world.”

And don't forget what it will do to Global Warming!

[Art in Idaho]

Interesting article on Le Pen: Marine Le Pen's 'Brutal' Upbringing Shaped Her Worldview Like Trump, she Fights!

From the article: "When asked who she was and what she stood for in a recent debate, Le Pen said, "I'm a French woman, a mother and a candidate for the presidency. For me this election is about a choice of civilizations. Our country is overrun by insecurity, economic and social disorder and Islamist terrorism. Our values and identity are under threat."

She's also a cat person. : )