[Dont Mention the War]

(Emphases mine.)

[Dont Mention the War]

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[konaice]

Members of the Socialist Party react at their headquarters in Paris on Sunday after French voters rejected the proposed European Union constitution.

That picture alone was worth voting NO!!!

[Cap Huff]

"Fatal Setback"

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.

[Ulysse]

Journalists of Washington Post obviously do'nt understand the situation in France.
After the outcome of french Referendum only left wing oponents to European Constitution were shouting in Bastille place.It was only those who seem to believe that majority is mesured by the level of noise they make.
What are the sources of this article in Washington Post?
"Le Monde"? "Liberation"?It's better to know!

[Caipirabob]

The French are acting like conservative Americans!

Actually, my understanding is that the Socialists, Communists and other anti-Capitalists were the ones who organize the strongest resistance to the EU constitution.

They believed the EU constitution was polluted with "Anglo-values" and didn't support the heavy entitlement oriented society that the French embrace. They believe it supported an EU that favored corporations and business rather than a welfare state mentality.

They were correct. The EU is allegedly being established as a counter-balance to the US. There's no way Europe can compete until they've made doing business across current borders easier and less expensive.

But the French just can't let go of their entitlements, even as the burden on their society begins to sink their economy into a bottomless abyss.

This week just keeps getting better and better...

[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.

[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.

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