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2007-05-04 Europe
Sarkozy stays ahead after TV presidential debate
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Posted by Fred 2007-05-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Let's hope Sarko wins. But to get France turned around will be as much challenge as pivoting an aircraft carrier on a dime.
Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-04 00:43||   2007-05-04 00:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, but still, it is good to be proud of France again. I miss them.
Posted by newc">newc  2007-05-04 00:52||   2007-05-04 00:52|| Front Page Top

#3 FOX NEWS > I wasn't able to get all of the specific news segment, but what I did see was Sarkozy politely but firmly accusing Segolene of "losing her cool", directly inferring that a "cool head" was necessary to be a National Leader of France.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-05-04 01:14||   2007-05-04 01:14|| Front Page Top

#4 I saw a clip on Britt Hume's show. Sego had a royal (pun intended) hissy, and Sarko kind of just sat back and let her self-destruct.
Posted by Mike 2007-05-04 08:34||   2007-05-04 08:34|| Front Page Top

#5 http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/2007/05/sarko-vs-sgo-debate.html

Full debate in youtube format, meltdown in the 12th segment.
Posted by anonymous5089 2007-05-04 09:59||   2007-05-04 09:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Many people think Segolene's anger burst looked premeditate.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2007-05-04 11:27||   2007-05-04 11:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Newc, don't over rejoice too fast. Sarkosy is going against decades of indoctrination coming from every side. It will take a lot of time before France becomes an ally again. For now all he can do is here and there cut the subsidies and advertaisements from stea controlled companies who are the lifeline keeping some chic-leftistantiameriacn MSM alive (the Liberation newspaper comes to mind). He can also carefully purge French history books from their violent antiamericanism.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2007-05-04 11:33||   2007-05-04 11:33|| Front Page Top

#8 From Drudge...

France's Royal warns of violence if Sarkozy wins

PARIS (Reuters) - France risks violence and brutality if right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy wins Sunday's presidential election, Socialist opponent Segolene Royal said on Friday.

On the last day of official campaigning, opinion polls showed Sarkozy enjoyed a commanding lead over Royal, who accused the former interior minister of lying and polarizing France.

"Choosing Nicolas Sarkozy would be a dangerous choice," Royal told RTL radio. "It is my responsibility today to alert people to the risk of (his) candidature with regards to the violence and brutality that would be unleashed in the country (if he won)," she said.

Pressed on whether there would be actual violence, Royal said: "I think so, I think so," referring specifically to France's volatile suburbs hit by widespread rioting in 2005.

I'll take this to mean that she believes she's toast?
Posted by tu3031 2007-05-04 11:36||   2007-05-04 11:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Royal warns of violence if Sarkozy wins
So she's become the Al Sharpton of France.
Posted by ed 2007-05-04 13:12||   2007-05-04 13:12|| Front Page Top

#10 JFM, What are your thoughts about the outcome of this election? Do you think the French people are fed up with immigration, car burnings, and liberal policies? Do you think the election will go to Sarkozy?
Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-04 13:43||   2007-05-04 13:43|| Front Page Top

#11 I don't have a lot of illusions, but I think with Sarkozy, our relations will improve. They won't be good, but better than they are now.

With Royal, they would probably get worse than they are now, which isn't all that good.

"Beruit" probably would have been the worst, ignoring the unlikely, such as the commies.
Posted by Jackal">Jackal  2007-05-04 15:38|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2007-05-04 15:38|| Front Page Top

#12 France's Royal warns of violence if Sarkozy wins

Nice way to play the politics of fear - generate a self-fulfilling prophecy!
Posted by Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-05-04 17:29||   2007-05-04 17:29|| Front Page Top

#13 I don't think this hissy fit hurts -- after all, France has been engaged in one for more than half a century.
Posted by regular joe 2007-05-04 21:16||   2007-05-04 21:16|| Front Page Top

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