[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Sarkozy

[C. G. Estabrook]

In large part because the wretchedly rightist Socialists (who were just 
as bad in Mitterand's time) threw away a winning hand.  The French quite 
correctly rejected the neoliberal EU constitution when the entire 
political establishment (including the Socialists) urged its passage. 
Had the Socialists embraced that expression of the popular will, they 
would have done much better against Sarko -- Napoleonic at least in 
stature -- even with a parody Clinton couple at their head. --CGE

Matt Reichel wrote:
> I still don't quite understand how this man became president, despite 
> having been here to see it all unfold.
> How can a country that sent a Socialist/Communist regime to the elysee 
> when the US and UK were descending into the pits of 
> Reaganism/Thatcherism suddenly be taking this drastic course!?
> 
> More confusing still yet is the fact that this occurred just on the 
> heels of extraordinary grassroots action to tackle the CPE and the EU 
> Constitution.
> 
> Still yet, my hope is that eventually political culture will get in the 
> way of Sarko's plans. While there are some in France that look with awe 
> at the sparkly, capitalist United States, most of those types have never 
> actually been there. They are culturally too thoughtful, worldly and 
> critical to accept the kind of market tyranny that exists in the U.S. 
> right now . . .
> 
> -
> mer