Posted on 02/19/2007 2:44:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv
French president Jacques Chirac is expected to announce shortly if he will stand in this year's presidential elections, after on Monday winning approval for a triple constitutional reform, widely considered the last significant act of his presidency... A veteran French economist said on Monday: "The idea of Chirac standing again looks more unlikely every day." If Mr Chirac decides against standing in April's election, it will be a sensitive moment for Mr Sarkozy, who has become the early frontrunner, with an eight to 10-point lead over Ms Royal in opinion polls. As they are members of the same political party, it could unsettle Mr Sarkozy's campaign if Mr Chirac refuses to support him. An overly friendly endorsement from the widely-discredited president, however, could be equally damaging, marking Mr Sarkozy out as his official successor. Ms Royal hopes to use Mr Sarkozy's presence as a senior minister in Mr Chirac's cabinet for most of his second term as one of her main angles of attack against the UMP party's candidate.
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One of those heads you win, tails I lose things? I doubt it.
Hard to call.
The suspense is kil....zzzzzzzzzzz....
Won't he be indicted once he's no longer president?
heh... that's a strong possibility. But of course, he can live in exile in Iran.
In a righteous world, Chirac will be facing charges (from his mayoral days, iirc) once his presidential immunity expires with this term. Unless he runs and wins the presidency again.
I'm sure some deal is being cooked up to give him a pardon. "I'll slime X if Y looks like the winner..."
Le FrogWorm...
Tant piss...
Was anything he ever did significant in a positive sense?
That pose he made in the pic on the right in message 9 is significant in that it just screams out for hilarious and faux-hilarious captions. :')
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