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Giscard regrets constitution sent to French people
EU Observer ^
| 6/15/05
| Lisbeth Kirk
Posted on 06/15/2005 7:51:39 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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The arrogance here is just breathtaking -- the peasants will never understand a document that their betters have prepared for them, so they shouldn't have been shown the actual document and instead just told to shut up and vote "Oui".
To: Unam Sanctam
Your comment says it all - If their Constitution had been written so precise and concise, it might have passed.
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posted on
06/15/2005 7:53:27 AM PDT
by
RS
(Just because they are out to get him, it doesn't mean he's not guilty.)
To: Unam Sanctam
I don't often get shocked, and least often by anything the French may or may not do, but this floors me.
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posted on
06/15/2005 7:54:31 AM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Unam Sanctam
"I said, 'Don't do it, don't do it'". "It is not possible for anyone to understand the full text". Yep, only political elites have the necessary brainpower to comprehend such a document.
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posted on
06/15/2005 7:56:24 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Unam Sanctam
Our own open borders elites won't make this mistake when they create the North American Union.
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posted on
06/15/2005 7:56:26 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: Unam Sanctam
It was a crucial mistake to send out the entire constitution to every French voter, the architect of the EU's first constitution Valéry Giscard d'Estaing has said in an interview.
Yeah, if you want to get your obnoxious agenda passed, then you absolutely have to keep your constituents ignorant of it. This is certainly the first rule of thumb from the Totalitarian's Handbook, used everyday in Dictatorship 101...
To: Unam Sanctam
There is a reason why Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is the only President of the Fifth Republic to have failed to be re-elected by the people.
And he continues to manifest that reason all of these years later.
Restrain the nature, it returns at a gallop. Giscard's arrogance is the reason Giscard is a political failure.
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posted on
06/15/2005 7:57:19 AM PDT
by
Vicomte13
(Et alors?)
To: Unam Sanctam
"It is not possible for anyone to understand the full text". I often sign 488 page legal documents that not only I don't understand, but it is impossible for anyone to understand.
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posted on
06/15/2005 7:57:44 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Republicans and Democrats no longer exist. There are only Fabian and revolutionary socialists.)
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
06/15/2005 7:58:19 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: Unam Sanctam
"It is not possible for anyone to understand the full text".
This quote says all you need to know....
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posted on
06/15/2005 7:58:35 AM PDT
by
An.American.Expatriate
(Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
To: Unam Sanctam
One crucial mistake was to send out the entire three-part, 448-article document to every French voterShould have sent it only to voters supporting it?
To: Unam Sanctam
"It is not possible for anyone to understand the full text".
I can't think of a stronger argument against ratifying any proposed constitution that this observation of Giscard.
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posted on
06/15/2005 7:59:26 AM PDT
by
joebuck
To: Unam Sanctam
d'Estaing is still alive?
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posted on
06/15/2005 8:00:25 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: Unam Sanctam
To: Unam Sanctam
Man, that pesky democracy....don't you just hate it when the people get in the way of the elites deciding what's good for them.
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posted on
06/15/2005 8:01:14 AM PDT
by
Dems_R_Losers
(Barbara Boxer is deeply saddened......)
To: Unam Sanctam
Translation: "Vote first, and learn what you've voted for afterward. In fact, just shut up and vote."
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posted on
06/15/2005 8:01:24 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: KarlInOhio
"I often sign 488 page legal documents that not only I don't understand, but it is impossible for anyone to understand."
Wasn't that used as a defense by some of the Enron people ?
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posted on
06/15/2005 8:01:34 AM PDT
by
RS
(Just because they are out to get him, it doesn't mean he's not guilty.)
To: Unam Sanctam
"It is not possible for anyone to understand the full text". Wouldn't that be a good reason to reject it?
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posted on
06/15/2005 8:01:52 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: RS
If their Constitution had been written so precise and conciseI look at ours, note what has happened to it over the past 216 years, and can easily understand why they might value precision over brevity.
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posted on
06/15/2005 8:01:58 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: ScaniaBoy
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posted on
06/15/2005 8:02:16 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
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