“Let’s see how this works out.” I agree.
I don’t like the symbolism of this appointment, because it suggests that the permission of large elements of the immigrant community is needed before there can be real reform on these issues. But maybe that’s the reality. Certainly the woman seems admirable.
The thing is, he’s picking out the good ones and empowering them. The neerdowells are now left on the sidelines, screeching about oppression. Well, it’s not oppression, it’s just their bad attitudes, entitlement mentality and islamofascism that’s their problem. People like Dati do just fine and inspire the others.
Sarko’s outfoxing them all.
IMHO it is not just symbolic. Rachida Data was a highly trained, qualified and distinguished Judge (Magistrate) before she joined Sarko’s team as his chief spokesman and campaign advisor.
She is the child of immigrants, not an immigrant herself. She has always been on the Right politically. The immigrants hate her, and consider her a traitor.
She is like Condi Rice in many ways, viewed in her own group as a traitor, but able to be a role model for others who wish to pull themselves up by their bootstraps as she did, work very hard, get an education, and excel.
She is the true American success story, and that is why they hate her on the Left.
I can’t help but admire an immigrant like her, who pulls herself up by her own bootstraps and doesn’t wait for handouts. She seems very accomplished and determined, much like the first big waves of immigrants to the USA 100 years ago...unlike so many illegal ones we have here today who demand entitlements.....