[henkster]

Here is the excerpt from p. 546 of Shirer's "Collapse of the Third Republic" regarding the approval of Reynaud's Government. The parallels and contrasts with the health care vote last Sunday are chilling. Many thanks to Homer who taught me how to save and post images.

[iowamark]

An excellent post.

The Third Republic, despite all its’ divisions, lasted 70 years. In the end, the Communists, Socialists, fascists, so divided and weakened France that it could not stand up to Hitler.

Obama/Pelosi are so polarizing and weakening America that we may not be able to stand up to our enemies today.

[CougarGA7]

It seems that the French government is always in turmoil at the worst possible times. I seem to recall they were having the same turnover during the Auschluss.