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2006-11-10 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by ryuge 2006-11-10 08:41|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 As usual, "the Hammer" nails it.

The electorate threw the bums out in disgust with corruption and in deep dissatisfaction with current Iraq policy. Reading much more into this election is a symptom of either Republican depression or Democratic wishful thinking.

The challenge for the Dems (and the opportunity for the Trunks) is to keep their moonbat Left from running wild.

Posted by Mike 2006-11-10 08:49|| 2006-11-10 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 The Europeans fight goal line to goal line, from socialist left to the ultranationalist right.

I dunno if that's true... here in France, the "fight" is between the social-democrats and the democrat-socialists... there's a joke about the "UMPS" unique party, IE the sharing of the power between the "conservative" UMP and its precedent incarnations, and the socialist PS plus its commie & green suppletives.

The "fight" is fought only INSIDE the mainstream, by people who come from the same social background, from the same schools, from the same trade (huge majority of Mp and gvt officials are lifer civil servants), from the same networks ("old boys" school network, plus the ubiquitous free masonry),... IMHO, the "Republic" is more of an oligarchy than anything else.

Those at the extremes are pretty much excluded from that system.
Bear in mind that with 10 millions electors the National front hasn't a *single* MP, because there's a standing agreement among the mainstream parties to systematically prevent its candidates to be elected (last time, ruling UMP made 16% or so IIRC, yet it has about 380 Mp on 577... yup, we've got 577 Mp for 60 millions french, makes you wonder, no?).

Pépé Le Pen made 18% in the 2002 presidential run, yet he's a pariah, almost completly absent from the msm, while the Establishment candidate are offered the bully pulpit again and again.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-10 09:05|| 2006-11-10 09:05|| Front Page Top

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