[ModelBreaker]

If they do, they fear losing the votes of France's three (count 'em!) small Trotskyite parties preaching class struggle and antiglobalization. As a result, the Socialists' message is often distorted by the tension between ideology and realism.

It's allright. Socialists everywhere have grown to live with tension and be OK with it.

[Atlantic Friend]

Calling de Villepin a “historical Gaullist” is an insult to the memory of General de Gaulle. I’d call him a degenerate twit who sh*ts in the Tricolor flag and calls this patriotism.