Circumspect E.U. Turns To Dutch on Constitution (The French are acting like conservative Americans!)

The Washington Post ^ | May 31, 2005 | Craig Whitlock

[mmercier]

>> Why is it that most people here on FR is so against the treaty?

Most of us just enjoy laughing at the foolish French.

I am torn between laughing at the Queerbeckers in Canada and the French on the continent.

So many fools, so little time.

[Lazamataz]

Many voters said they were eager to snub members of the country's political, business and media elites, which were largely in favor of the measure.

There may be hope for France yet.

[Lazamataz]

If the Socialists are this upset about a no vote, it must be a very good thing for humanity.

[Beckwith]

The French are not acting like conservative Americans at all.

The "non" vote was led by socialists and other leftists who do not want free trade. They want the state to control the means of production and protect the overpaid, short-week workers of France.

[hershey]

What you said, double.

[Lazamataz]

Journalists of Washington Post obviously do'nt understand the situation in France.

Journalists of Washington Post don't understand the situation in OUR country, how do you expect them to understand France?

[Ken H]

Good point. Recall the outcome of the French Revolution vs the American Revolution.

[ConsentofGoverned]

So are we in agreement here that the MAJORITY of people in France are socialists & communists?? as they won with the NON vote??

Should a communist country be an ally and member of NATO?

What should USA policy be toward the communist French?

DID the very FRENCH John KERRY vote NON?? Let's hope the MSM gets right on this.

[alwaysrepublican]

Do you have conservatives in Sweden? That is a good thing to know :)

[Milhous]

That picture alone was worth voting NO!!!

You said it! Lefty moonbats always seem to look like such geriatric dinosaurs! Gotta be hard spending your entire life fighting the good fight against capitalism, just to see your Marxist dreams fade near the very end. Schadenfreude props to capitalists everywhere. :)

[Milhous]

Do you have conservatives in Sweden? That is a good thing to know :)

Lots of flyover country around the globe. Take a peek at this red/blue Franco map:

[DarkSavant]

The socialists are spilt in two halves in France over this issue. They even had two campaigns. Actually they have more than one leftist party. The communist party were against. Here's hoping they attack and eat eachother into oblivion.

[stripes1776]

What is a fatal setback? It is either fatal or it is a setback. It can't be both (unless you happen to be Franco, Tito, Idi Amin, Arafat, King Fahd, etc.). They actually pay editors at the Washington Post? Unbelievable.

I was asking myself that same question. The muddled mind of journalism strikes again.

[stripes1776]

I think its clear that the French citizens are finally waking up to the fact that it is an undemocratic totalitarianism which they are being asked to impose on themselves. The only place it was popular was in Paris and Brest.

We must be reading different news sources. The major complaint from the left--and left in France means socialists and communists--was that the constitution was too liberal. You have to understand that in continental Europe, liberal still retains its original meaning of less government regulation and free markets across national boundaries. In English speaking countries, the word liberal changed to mean the social welfare state.

So when they talk of liberals in France, think of them as pro-business people. The majority of socialists voted against the treaty because for them it was too liberal and Anglo-Saxon, even though liberal doesn't mean pro-business in English-speaking countries any more. Sound confusing? Well, it is.

[cartoonistx]