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France goes to the polls on Sunday in the country's tightest presidential election for 26 years. Voters will select two finalists for a run-off on May 6 amid high levels of suspense and second-guessing.
No candidate is expected to get the 50 per cent needed to win the presidency outright – something not seen since Charles de Gaulle won the first election of the Fifth Republic in 1958. So the race for the Elysée palace looks set for a second round.
The question gripping France and attracting attention across the world is which of the 12 candidates will reach the next leg. French opinion polls are notoriously unreliable and the race is considered wide open with about a third of voters still hesitating.
Originally posted by RRconservative
Whoever wins couldn't possibly be worse than Jacque Chirac!
Hopefully France will choose someone with a better attitude towards the United States.
Originally posted by forestlady
his attitude towards the U.S. has absolutely nothing to do with how the U.S. acted towards France.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by forestlady
his attitude towards the U.S. has absolutely nothing to do with how the U.S. acted towards France.
Yeah .. how we acted towards France .. like saving their butts during WWII.
France is a socialist nightmare. It is in a downward spiral. It is a secular-humanist hole. It HATES everything America stands for. You betchya FRANCE is to blame.
Chirac is/was a freak'n snob. His sniveling, rude, anti-American drivel is also to blame.
But no worries ... with immmigration so out of control into France, and the way they let their elderly die in heat waves, the France of today will be gone in ~ 30 years. It'll be replaced by a young, undeducated, Islamic nation bent on shiria law and domination.
No one cares who governs France
Originally posted by FlyersFan
What's MORE interesting is that no one on the planet cares who runs France. It's a has-been, or never-was, country.
Heck .. even here at ATS .. 'who should be president of America' ....
even though France and other nations have elections.
Maybe you don't, but i am sure the french would.
No one cares who runs France.
Originally posted by forestlady
Flyer's Fan, have you ever been to France?
The U.S. saving France in WWII is overhyped
The reason for so many elderly dying in France had nothing to do with the French govt.
have been the result of global warming,
Remember Freedom Fries?
They see Bush as an out of control cowboy who doesn't give a damn about international diplomacy.
As for immigration into France; well, the U.S. is doing the very same thing, yet I don't see you predicting the fall of the U.S. because of it.
Originally posted by pstiffy
And what qualifies an entire nation to become 'has been'?
Originally posted by pstiffy
Try to leave your bubble once and awhile,
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by forestlady
Flyer's Fan, have you ever been to France?
yes.
The U.S. saving France in WWII is overhyped
:shk: No, it isn't.
The reason for so many elderly dying in France had nothing to do with the French govt.
They pride themselves on their socialist state and yet they allow tens of thousands of elderly to die in a heat wave. It had EVERYTHING to do with the government.
have been the result of global warming,
now THAT excuse is funny!
Remember Freedom Fries?
Yep. And freedom toast. Excellent ideas. Funny ... and got the point across.
They see Bush as an out of control cowboy who doesn't give a damn about international diplomacy.
So what? We don't care what the has-been socialist nightmare of France thinks. BTW - The french gov't would LOVE to see us fall. So of course we don't give a rats backend if they are miffed at us.
Oh .. and calling someone in America a cowboy is a COMPLIMENT.
As for immigration into France; well, the U.S. is doing the very same thing, yet I don't see you predicting the fall of the U.S. because of it.
That's because this thread is about FRANCE. But yes, I have predicted that unchecked illegal immigration will indeed be the downfall of America. I've said it many times on this site.
Originally posted by pstiffy
And what qualifies an entire nation to become 'has been'?
Take a history class. They were important a few hundred years ago.
Now.. they are nothing. And what little they are will be gone soon.
HAS-BEEN ... was important and now isn't.[edit on 4/22/2007 by FlyersFan]
Dude
Originally posted by forestlady
Have you ever considered that maybe some of us here don't care to hear YOUR biased, cynical view?
Originally posted by Rockpuck
The French conservative party is going to win this election.. because Socialism destroyed France.
Originally posted by djohnsto77
So it will be Sarkozy on the right vs. Royal on the left for the runoff election, with Sarkozy expected to win.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Take a history class. They were important a few hundred years ago.
Now.. they are nothing. And what little they are will be gone soon.
HAS-BEEN ... was important and now isn't.
Originally posted by SteveR
Then why are you whining about them?
France is mature with better public services than the US by a long shot,
and a richer culture than you can appreciate.
This is precisely the kind of spoilt-brat attitude that causes you to lose support in the first place.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
blah blah blah .. and yours is the exact kind of SNOBBERY that earns France the reputation it has.