Posted on 05/06/2012 5:29:38 PM PDT by Kaslin
The mainstream media will attempt to spin French President Nicholas Sarkozy's loss today to Socialist challenger François Hollande as a rejection of "austerity" policies--and to urge American voters to reject the deficit-cutting politics of the Tea Party when we go to the polls in November. In fact, there are important lessons from France--and they are the precise opposite of what the media is telling us.
First, to call Sarkozy's policies "austerity" is to insult both austerity and socialism. The French government--like other European governments--sought to close its budget gap primarily by raising taxes, not by cutting the size and cost of government. Neither Sarkozy nor Hollande had the courage to confront the basic, failed structure of France's welfare-state economy, which is the fundamental cause of its budget problems.
Insofar as French politicians have relied on tax increases as the key to deficit reduction, that is far closer to the policy of U.S. President Barack Obama and his Democrats than to the approach of the Tea Party and the Republicans. Even so, American media commentators like Joan Walsh and Paul Krugman are blaming Congress and "austerity" for slow economic growth--though federal spending keeps growing.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
It means the money Europe and the U.S. threw in to bail out these socialist countries might have well been flushed down the toliet.
Any country that throws money at these socialist countries are fools. These countries will collapse soon.
and that is why we can not allow to become another socialist country
the frech are actually late to the party. we have already had our episode of national delusion in which we elected a socialist. we will be de-electing him in six months.
the frech are actually late to the party. we have already had our episode of national delusion in which we elected a socialist. we will be de-electing him in six months.
Yes, and the economic freeze in France will come fast as the producers turn into hoarders.
It shows that those who suck on the public nipple can vote themselves more milk...at least until the producers run dry. This is what will happen in the USA if and when real austerity is tried. The generations of welfare recipients will vote for more welfare. This will only go on for a while, then things will collapse.
Have you met the socialist Fool in Chief, Hussein 0bama? If he is allowed to remain in power he will ensure that America is pulled down with the others in a world wide depression! The MSM won’t be able to keep pretending it doesn’t exist, and it will be forced to acknowledge that the real unemployment rate is over 20 percent.
Romney is our Sarkowski socialist-lite...we are in the doo-doo that’s deep....
Imagine my surprise.
Ping.
What it means is that we are surrounded by Evil on all sides.
We are outnumbered.
It is time for us to lead. It is time for us to lead with the strength of Jesus Christ. It is time for us to lead or die.
That is what it means.
It means we won’t get to see as much of his lovely wife as before.
I don’t know if there is any lesson, other than the fact that it’s going to be a tough year for incumbents.
Forget explaining this to the mainstream media, try explaining it to Sarko's fan club on FR who is bemoaning his loss and saying he's "conservative by French standards". What the French call "conservative" is to the left of Hillary Clinton here.
” It is time for us to lead. It is time for us to lead with the strength of Jesus Christ. It is time for us to lead or die.
That is what it means.”
CORRECT!
ping for tomorrow
The first wookie put a hex on her.
Where’s that picture of TFW looking at Mrs. Sarkozy with her evil eyes?
France will go from very, very, very Socialist to very, very, very, very Socialist.
I hate to resort to cliches, but here goes.
Repent, the end is near.
First thing that came to my mind!
Seriously.
:)
Too late. We already are one and it’s only going to get worse whether Maobama or the happy Mormon liberal does.
I see France folding up in a year—look to see a rise in Anti-Semitism and Anti-Americanism —they will borrow from Arabs to fund the People’s utopia. Until they treasury runs dry. Things will get worse after that riots and problems.
Here I stand. So help me God.
Here I stand. So help me God.
I don’t know. When France can’t pay their bills and strikes and riots paralyze the country it will make a good backdrop of why Obama must go.
“The French government—like other European governments—sought to close its budget gap primarily by raising taxes, not by cutting the size and cost of government.”
CORRECT.
But ther is something simpler: France’s economy is in the dumps and the people dump the incumbent when that happens.
THIS RESULT MEANS OBAMA IS IN BIG HEAP TROUBLE.
The US voters will do what voters in other countries have done - dump the incumbents.
mark
“we will be de-electing him in six months.”
So how does this help the US?
His replacement is going to be another liberal socialist from the one republicrat oligarchy party ruling America.
That party could be another acronym for ROP.
The religion of peace (ROP) is hell bent on destroying America, and the republicrat oligarchy party (ROP)is helping with their fascist methodology that is forcing big government rule on America that the people do not want.
Wrong.
Sarkozy lost because France is a democracy.
Sarkozy lost because the moderate Socialists were outvoted by the hard line Socialists.
America will have the same election in 6 months.
And, quite possibly, the same outcome.
“Sarkozy lost because the moderate Socialists were outvoted by the hard line Socialists.”
A socialist is a patient communist.
A moderate socialist has more patience than a hard line socialist.
They all get you there, sooner or later.
guns gold and grub
.....Which could end up with a second American revolution.
“It is time for us to lead with the strength of Jesus Christ. It is time for us to lead or die.”
Actually it’s time to lead with the strength of constitutionally conservative ideals like limited government, and fiscally sound policies.
However, folks are not yet ready to vote for this in a majority. They will be soon enough though.
Jesus Christ lets us wallow in our own politics, as we well deserve.
If you could somehow get both Obama and Biden out of there by the impeachment route (did you say, "Fast & Furious"?), then the House could unseat Boehner as Speaker just in time to confirm someone like, say, ACU 100%'er Darrel Issa as Speaker, and next in line to the Presidency. Then replace Issa with, oh, say, Peter King or Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
Just my thinking out loud.
No, I’m sorry, the constitution of america comes after Jesus Christ.
God is being driven out of America, and it is apparent. Without God, there really is no moral compass, and without morality, there is only the horde. Man cannot govern himself without morality. That is key, RFEngineer.
When I know what is right and what is wrong and that My Lord expects me to do what is right, then I don’t need some person in Washington or anywhere else telling me anything at all.
What is missing in America is Jesus Christ, and that is the root of all of our woes.
“No, I’m sorry, the constitution of america comes after Jesus Christ.”
For you personally, I am sure that is true.
As Americans, our freedoms are God-given and codified under the divinely-inspired Constitution.
Jesus Christ takes no position on US politics, as far as I am aware, if He did, it wouldn’t look good for Democrats or Republicans.
Vote how you feel inspired, but don’t claim Christs blessing for political ends. That never ends well for anyone.
I’m not.
What I’m saying is that we now live in an amoral country, and the reason for that is because Christ has been systematically removed from our country.
Without a moral compass, people cannot even determine in which direction the constitution is located.
In other words, we are lost, and that is plain to see.
I’m not as pessimistic as you.
I don’t think we are any more or less moral than we’ve ever been.
The point that we’ve got official government positions that are generally hostile to Christianity is a good one though - but that is a symptom of big government as much as it is anti-Christianity....in my opinion.
Successfully kill big gov’t, and Christianity and it’s characteristic charity will grow and thrive.
In other words, stick (or return) to Constitutional principles and Faith will fill the void that was never really filled by big gov’t.
“Which could end up with a second American revolution.”
Well, another phoney, fradulent “election” will fix nothing in this country.
If enough people can wake up and realized we are bieng ruled by one republicrat oligarchy party with two faces, then things might change.
If we end up in another civil war, then the side fighting for states rights will be the right side this time around.
You have a good point.
What worries me though is that the left, as a result of taking control of the institutions of education, media, and entertainment, are manufacturing horde members at an extremely alarming rate.
Those of us raised in a better time will simply die of old age and other natural causes, and our void will be filled with their drones.
We may well be on the other side of that curve already. I suspect that we have at least two, but possibly three generations of Americans that are lost, their heads have been filled with poison.
It simply means that France is driving just a little bit faster towards the edge of the cliff.
It means we are so screwed.....
I agree that Romney is an awful candidate.
The problem is that none of the conservative candidates could even come remotely close to defeating him, which shows how poor they were, and it shows just how shallow the pool of talent is for the GOP.
The GOP has zero leadership, and much as I hate to say this, American consrvatives have even less.
We got serious problems on our side.
America is following the weakest link to the drain. France, You Suck, and you KNOW IT!
Almost sounds like the conversation Mrs. USC and I had yesterday on this topic. Couldn’t agree more with the analysis in the article.
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