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2005-05-21 Europe

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Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-05-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This scheme has potential backfire written all over it... Personally, I prefer to make up my own mind - and persistent / over-enthusiastic salesmen just piss me off and make me walk out the door.

Hey, there's no mystery - we all know how this is going to go. They'll keep on holding referendums or whatever they call 'em in EUropaland until the vote is Yes. If they don't vote Yes they'll be punished in every way possible. Once they vote Yes, they'll be screwed forever after. Certainly won't be another vote to undo it, once it's done. This is like being tempted to cheat on your spouse. If you ever give in, the baggage, and the lies req'd to protect it, is yours to lug around for life... even if never caught, you'll always know you're a cheat and nobody knows how to punish you better than yourself. Perhaps the only difference is that in the real world the temptations eventualy stop coming your way, heh.

Posted by .com 2005-05-21 02:59|| 2005-05-21 02:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Kinda reminds me of the letter writing campaign started by a British newspaper (Al Guardian?) during the election to sway voters in a swing state (Ohio?) to vote for Kerry. I can't remember all the details, but didn't the targeted county go to Bush?

A mild correction, .com, is in order: for this to have blowback, you have to assume that the French populace will ACT LIKE AMERICANS. What are the chances of THAT?

Seeing the pressure being put on the electorate, the French voting "Non" will indicate the existance of backbone in the Gauls. It may be made out of cartilage instead of calcium carbonate, but it'll be a start. Hell, sharks have cartilage for backbones, and see how well THEY are doing.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2005-05-21 07:17|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-05-21 07:17|| Front Page Top

#3 The Guardian effort worked pretty well in Clark County, Ohio. Perhaps they can get a quickie effort going for the phrawgs.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-05-21 07:56|| 2005-05-21 07:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Someone in Rantburg, I don't recall who, said it most succinctly and best:

Use your last vote wisely.

Posted by badanov">badanov 2005-05-21 08:19|| http://www.rkka.org]">[http://www.rkka.org] 2005-05-21 08:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Anyway there is no risk of Germany invading France. The French military has developped an infalible strategy against Germany: close the Spanish border. This would have the Germans pleading for mercy.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-05-21 08:53|| 2005-05-21 08:53|| Front Page Top

#6 That won't work, JFM... flights to Mallorca start at â¬29 last minute.

Posted by True German Ally 2005-05-21 09:21|| 2005-05-21 09:21|| Front Page Top

#7 This sounds like a Monty Python sketch. "But, you VILL, I mean, you MUST vote for der constitution, because the police haf ordered it! I mean, because it vill be gut for snails und croissants und udder Frenchie things!"

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-05-21 10:58|| 2005-05-21 10:58|| Front Page Top

Someone in Rantburg, I don't recall who, said it most succinctly and best:

Use your last vote wisely.

Fred, I'd like to nominate this statement for inclusion in the rotating page title list when you bring it back (along with stuff like "Oderant Dom Metuant" and the others).

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-21 13:12|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-21 13:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, watch that last step too, it's a biggie!

Posted by Rafael 2005-05-21 18:52|| 2005-05-21 18:52|| Front Page Top

#10 "I'm asking you, as fellow Europeans, to think about whether you want my people to retreat back into our old history," Hans-Stefan Stemmer, a 20-year-old Berlin university student, told a bewildered elderly couple

Is that a threat? That sounds like a threat.

Posted by BH 2005-05-21 23:31|| 2005-05-21 23:31|| Front Page Top

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