Posted on 02/19/2007 2:55:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv
In a hurry to recover lost field and supports, Royal announced her "presidential pact" 11 Feb. in a sort of issues as she gives a bunch of progressive proposals very enthusiastic. As a matter of fact, people cheered loudly the raising of the minimum wage and small pensions, and the sharp turning to far-left policy... Patrick Artus, as the chief economist of Ixis CIB, based in Paris, said " There are some good measures like the idea of reserving some government contracts for small and medium sized companies," ... "But she (Segolene) also proposes unfeasible or dangerous measures and has many holes in her fiscal plans." As a matter of fact, it's a common idea in France, that traditional left-of-the-left policy would be easily generous when it means frankly said more increasing taxes and fees.
(Excerpt) Read more at agoravox.com ...
this should put Sarkozy over the top:
France Making Deals With Iran?
Cybercast News Service | February 15, 2007 | Melanie Hunter
Posted on 02/16/2007 3:46:45 AM EST by CutePuppy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1785814/posts
Since by some definitions Sarkozy is a Jew, will his election put the end to claims of French anti-semitism?
The only way for that to happen is for the French to actually stop being Jew-haters.
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=66134
Sarkozy holds thin lead over Segolene Royal
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
PARIS - The Associated Press
...The survey, conducted on Monday, indicated that Royal derived little or no momentum from the highly anticipated presentation of her presidential platform a day earlier - and may even have lost ground... Fifty-four percent of respondents in the poll for Paris-Match magazine released late Monday said they would support Interior Minister Sarkozy in the second-round vote, while 46 percent would back Royal... In the first poll, Sarkozy would garner 33.5 percent of votes in the first poll, up 2.5 percentage points from the previous Paris-Match poll. Royal dropped to 26 percent - down 1.5 percentage points, according to the survey. Among about a dozen contenders across the political spectrum expected to participate in the first round, centrist candidate Francois Bayrou got the biggest jump - up 3 percentage points to 14 percent. Bayrou overtook far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, who dropped 3 percentage points to 10 percent. Le Pen stunned France five years ago by qualifying for the runoff against President Jacques Chirac.
Only al-AP would call an eight-point margin a "thin lead!"
I looked up his ancestry and the Nazi definitions, and I believe he would be considered a Mischling 2nd Degree under the Nuremberg Laws. I believe this is the same category as the great Mark Steyn.
2nd Degree Mischlings were pretty much left alone by the Nazis, at least if they kept a low profile.
However, it isn't at all difficult to find websites obsessing about the imminent takeover of France by the Jews.
Quite.
I quite agree.
Common sense returns to France.
despite the political orientation, I found this fascinating:
Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
By EURSOC Two
Published: 19 February, 2007
http://eursoc.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1396/Vast_Right-Wing_Conspiracy.html
The way the AP figures it is there is a 3% margin of error so take 3% from Sarkozy and add 3% to Royal making 6% which you subtract from the 8% leaving Sarkozy up by only 2% which is within the 3% margin of error.
Interestingly, that head-to-head poll is a theoretical second round contest, but Royal first has to make it through the first round. She is currently in danger of falling into third place, as Lionel Jospin did in the last presidential election, when the second round was Chirac against LePen.
Two other articles (saved but not posted) have Royal shouting about Total (the oil company) and its profits; also there are a number which claim that high-bracket folks will leave France in droves if she wins. :')
In the latest poll, Sarko has opened up a 10 point lead. It is interesting that the far Left candidates have maintained a steady hold on the French electorate.
Sarko may be France's last chance before sinking into an abyss.
Fortunately, he has a strong, steady lead in the polls, 55%-45%. The Socialists are polling at their lowest since 1969.
The only weak point in that theory is that Sarko has held the lead in the last 20 polls.
Now you know as well as I do that if the numbers were flipped and their little pet socialist was up eight points, it would be described as a "commanding lead" and they'd be talking about how Royal is "cruising to victory."
Her resounding defeat by Sarko would certainly send a message to Hillary...
I'm really surprised at this. I figured that once Royal rolled out her laundry list of welfare state "freebies" and took a few shots at the US and George Bush, Sarkozy's support would collapse and Royal would win easily. Maybe French voters have more sense than I thought they did.
I wonder if Royal will do what all leftists do these days when they lose, and scream vote fraud? I would imagine if she tried it, the students and the unions would all strike to show their support. The Muslims might pitch in and "help", too. It could get very interesting.
:') Royal's nomination probably seemed like a great idea at the time. IMHO it will wind up being a blunder of historical proportions. Sarkozy's figure is for the runoff of course -- his poll numbers for round one (or, what we call "the election" here in the US) show his support at about 1/3 of the turnout.
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