more pro-american sarkoczy defeats leftist royal in french election

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ews.html?in_article_id=453227&in_page_id=1811



i really didn't think the french had it in them to vote for (relative) sanity over socialistic fantasy......

of course this election won't solve everything (no election will), but it certainly is a step in the right direction for france and the free world....he certainly beats the alternative(of course,so would inspector clouseau).....


unfortunately,as we should have expected,the socialists are loud and violent....rioting has ensued in certain areas.....par for the course...

we see germany/australia/canada and now france disengage from socialistic leaders.............

the "axis of weasels"(present company excluded:SIB ) is shrinking.... but don`t fret,you socialists will always have venezuala........

very encouraging...and of course,we are finally rid of chirac.....:clap:

btw...the nyt`s spin headline:"NICOLAS SARKOZY:WINNING A CHANCE TO PROVE HIS CRITICS WRONG".....

lol...how`zat for accentuating the negative....he doesn`t hate america....what nerve!.....

"""Aux armes, citoyens,
Formez vos bataillons,
Marchons, marchons !
Qu'un sang impur,
Abreuve nos sillons !"""



vive la france!!!....
 
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I'm mainly disappointed in this result because the female candidate was a pretty hot older woman. We definitely need more qualified hot women in positions of power. Not sure if she had kids without Googling to see if she could be labeled a "milf", but I'm not sure it's politically correct anymore to "Google" women?
 
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o.k.....so i like the thin,waifish types....
 
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other than liberals protesting there were several surprises in this election

maybe the most surprising---

Women voters shun Segolene Royal

By Kerstin Gehmlich Reuters - Monday, May 7 03:21 pmPARIS (Reuters) - Socialist Segolene Royal failed to win over a majority of women voters in France's presidential election and may have paid a price for focusing too much on her gender at the expense of promoting her policies.

Only 48 percent of women voted for Royal, according to an Ipsos poll conducted on election day on Sunday, while 52 percent supported rightist rival and overall winner Nicolas Sarkozy.

The weak female support is a bitter personal blow for Royal, who had played up her feminist credentials throughout the campaign, frequently defending policies she would want "as a mother" and accusing critics of male chauvinism.

Some women said the glamorous Royal, a mother of four, had focused too much on the symbolism linked to becoming France's first female president.

"The reason she did not have the female vote is not because there was no solidarity but because she was not up to it," said Tita Zeitoun, founder of the Action de Femme group which fights to get more women into top business positions.

"Just because you're a feminist, you don't vote for a women who does not have the ability. We're talking about the presidential election here ... It's too serious to link this to a phenomenon of femininity or feminism," she said.

Many voters complained Royal's policies lacked coherence compared to the proposals by Sarkozy, "the candidate for work", who promised rewards for those who worked hard and said he would undermine the 35-hour work week by cutting taxes on overtime.

The Ipsos poll showed a majority of private sector workers, pensioners and self-employed voted for Sarkozy, while Royal gained support among the unemployed and those aged under 25.

Royal had campaigned on leftist economic plans, including an increase in the minimum wage. She also pledged to make France a fairer place, saying she would promote the equal treatment of men and women and to fight violence against women.

"IMAGE GAP"

Statistics show women in France are far from equal. Just 12 percent of lawmakers are female and only one woman heads a firm in the CAC-40 index of blue chip companies, and she is American.

"For some of you, it will not be obvious to say a woman can incarnate the highest responsibility," Royal said in a televised debate last week, calling on voters to make an "audacious" choice.

But political analysts said Royal might have appeared aloof for some women from more modest backgrounds.

"There is a gap between her image, an image of a woman who belongs to the elite, who has done the ENA (elite school for civil servants), who has the look of women having acquired a high level of education," said sociologist Mariette Sineau.

"She appears very different to working-class women," Sineau added, noting that Royal had visited poorly paid women working as supermarket cashiers only towards the end of her campaign.

Royal's support among older voters was particularly poor, with 64 percent of women above the age of 60 supporting Sarkozy, and only 36 percent voting for Royal, according to the Ipsos survey.Women under 35 were split between her and Sarkozy.
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Students getting into it now--they found out they will have to get job after graduation--appears now much diff on protestors there than here.:)


Anti-Sarkozy protests in Paris, students strike
Wed May 9, 2007 5:48PM EDT


By Gerard Bon

PARIS (Reuters) - French police arrested more than 100 demonstrators and hundreds of students went on strike at a Paris university as left-wing protests against president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy continued for a fourth night on Wednesday.

Some 300-400 demonstrators gathered on the Boulevard St Michel in the Latin Quarter of Paris, ostensibly to protest against a march by far-right supporters.

Shouting slogans like "Sarko fascist! The people will have your hide!" and "Police everywhere, justice nowhere!", the demonstrators were cornered by hundreds of police close to the nearby Luxembourg Gardens.

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A police officer at the scene said 118 arrests had been made by 9.30 p.m. (1930 GMT).

The protests follow three nights of violent confrontations between police and young rioters in Paris and other cities that government politicians blame on inflammatory statements from left-wing politicians during the election campaign.

Although limited so far, the protests have awakened memories of the violent protests against a proposed youth jobs contract that shook France last year, especially around the Latin Quarter where police sealed off roads late on Wednesday.

Rioters in several French cities have already been sentenced for violent acts in clashes this week.

In a separate demonstration, hundreds of students at a Paris university staged a strike to protest at Sarkozy's plans to reform France's higher education system and blocked access to an annexe of the Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne university.

TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE"

Conservative leader Sarkozy was elected president on Sunday, promising economic and social reforms that have alarmed many trade unionists and leftists.

"We are not calling the election itself into question," said one student, who gave his name only as William.

"We are saying: 'Careful, people, there is a program that's going to be put in place that will run right over you.'"

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After a long, heated debate in which anti-Sarkozy militants clashed with other students enraged at action that could threaten their approaching examinations, scores of activists prepared to occupy a lecture theatre overnight.

The higher education minister, Francois Goulard, called on the head of the Paris I site to make sure university courses continued and to guarantee access to the annexe's buildings.

"It is totally unacceptable that an extremist minority, showing their scorn for democracy, should try to oppose the enactment of the president of the republic's program," he said.

Sarkozy has promised to make higher education reform a priority and wants to introduce a law before the end of the summer to hand universities power to hire and fire staff, set salaries and manage their assets.

He has said universities should focus more on vocational courses, be encouraged to seek outside financing and be given more scope to expel under-performing students.
 
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