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The France to which the author, and presumably bHo himself dreams of, is the pre-Sarko France. President Nicolas Sarkozy is not a Socialist, but an anti-Leftist os all kinds, pro-capitalist, pro-American, pro-Israel, lover of liberty and freedom. He is trying to reinstate it in France.
Many US Conservatives would switch out Obama for Sarko in a heartbeat.
Don't get me wrong, I think President Obama's counter-revolution goes in the right direction. In fact, it's less a question of right and wrong with his budget than of necessity. After the excesses of Reagan-inspired deregulation and the disaster that unfettered markets have delivered, the pendulum had to swing. Still, the $3.6 trillion Obama budget made me a little queasy... there was something breathtaking about the scope of the president's targets and ambitions. For everyone from the oil and gas industry to drug companies, the message was clear: Off with their heads!