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To: ed c finley
I believe, except for immigration, and questions about World War 2 (that I can't get into, lest I be banned), Le Pen is actually on the left of the political spectrum.

For the average American, yes: Le Pen's positions would not shock any Hillary admirer. For the Europeans, he's as far right as you can get. Le Pen is for a strong but limited state, and he also quite realistically doesn't believe that even if he was elected tomorrow, he could undo 40 years of Muslim immigrations. Except if you were to create some kind of apartheid (and we know how popular it would be), you have no basis to treat French Muslims differently than non-Muslims. The question then becomes: how can you work with a French Muslim minority without keeping sliding down into dhimmitude? Personnaly, I think it would require a long series of miracles. I'm pessimistic for France and for Europe.

As for the allegations of antisemitism, that doesn't hold water, since quite many French Jews vote Le Pen. And for good reasons, since other politicians are just waiting for the imams to take over.

24 posted on 05/21/2006 9:05:54 PM PDT by FrogBurger
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To: FrogBurger

I was actually living in Nice when it elected a National Front mayor. Despite the ravings of the rest of France, we weren't immediately indoctrinated and make to wear distinctive clothing.

And for a brief six months, the streets were clean and agressive pan-handling banned.

Then Paris regained control (mainly by disarming the local police force).


25 posted on 05/23/2006 4:13:21 PM PDT by Philistone (Turning lead into gold...)
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