[wagglebee]

The race has been described as a battle for the soul of France as the two leaders are diametrically opposed on matters of life and family.

We are seeing this all over the world.

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[B.O. Plenty]

To Ségolène Royal:

You first.

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[mgstarr]

Won't that cut down her voter base?

[southernnorthcarolina]

What's so bad about youth in Asia?

[socialismisinsidious]

Hey maybe the French are sick of the socialist agenda...hopefully WE will get there before 2008 (not holding breath).

[be4everfree]

Royal is running ten twenty points behind the frontrunner

[AdvisorB]

I'm sure the Muslim immigrants from the Maghreb would be happy to speed up the process if given the chance.

[caisson71]

Have at it France!

[Cyclops08]

Euthanasia likes to portray itself as a relief for the suffering.
In reality: the elderly are pressured into this by families, AND hospitals will discretely murder the elderly and infirm.

[madprof98]

We are seeing this all over the world.

We've been seeing a lot of it on FreeRepublic lately. I just hope it turns out better for the French than it seems to be turning out for the Freepers.

[mware]

that ought to win the old vote.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Hmm, if she's doing so badly that she has to promise everything under the sun there may be some hope yet for France. Go Sarkozy!

[Redmen4ever]

It is now looking like a certain win for Sarkovy. He has a very large lead in the first round, 33 to 26 points, over Royal; given that the #3 and #4 candidates are another center-right candidate and the nationalist candidate. In the run-off, Sarkovy is projected to win by 10 points.

Sarkovy has deftly appealed both to nationalist and centrists. Here, in America, when a candidate can combine social conservatives + soft libertarians + moderate Republicans, it spells victory. Apparently, that's the way it is in France as well.

The electorate in France has shifted to the right. It used to be that the Socialists + Communists + assorted other fringe leftists equaled about 50 percent of the vote. But, this year, Royal would have to figure out how to motivate the hard core left to vote for her in the second round, and also appeal to a lot of non-socialist centrists. This is looking more and more impossible.

In my opinion, Royal has moved to the left to shake things up, maybe because she has figured out that appealing to the non-Socialist center ain't going to do the job, so, why not?

We can only hope that Hillary and the Democrats do the same thing next year.

[cgk]

We are seeing this all over the world.

All over the world, all over FR. Evil is everywhere.

It sure feels like I pray a lot more than I used to.

[Islander7]

"....Sarkozy, currently the French interior minister, has even called for France to repudiate its anti-religious prejudice and look again at a positive relationship between Church and state... This is the same stratgey the Dems are using here. ---- http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=11770 November 2, 2006 Democrats Find Religion, Churchgoing Voters by Thomas Ferraro Reuters Democratic politicians have found religion and that may help explain why they are suddenly more popular among churchgoing Americans. Of course, it was all a scam. When will people learn that leftist lie, cheat, steal and do anything to get and keep political power?

[Islander7]

"....Sarkozy, currently the French interior minister, has even called for France to repudiate its anti-religious prejudice and look again at a positive relationship between Church and state...

This is the same stratgey the Dems are using here now and in the Nov elections.

http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=11770

"November 2, 2006 Democrats Find Religion, Churchgoing Voters

by Thomas Ferraro Reuters

Democratic politicians have found religion and that may help explain why they are suddenly more popular among churchgoing Americans...." ---------------SNIP---------------

Of course, it was all a scam. When will people learn that leftist lie, cheat, steal and do anything to get and keep political power?

Reposted for clarity

[hellbender]

I thought the French had already devised a form of passive euthanasia-by-neglect already, like leaving the aged to die in their apartments during heat waves. Maybe the French Socialists should be in favor of global warming.

In some ways, Sarkozy sounds as if he's to the right of our "front-running" GOP candidates.

[Billthedrill]

Some progressives tend to assume that everything that sounds like a good idea to them will make for successful politics as well. Avoiding that mistake is one reason political advisors make so much money. In this case I'm sure she's got the suicide "community" sewed up, but by definition that tends to be a sort of small demographic.