[Cincinna]

“Ultra right” in France means neo-fascist. It has nothing to do with free markets, freedom of the press or anything we American Conservatives think of as the “Right”.

Le Pen in not in favor of free markets, capitalism as we understand it. He is anti-American, anti-free trade, anti-semitic, and anti-Israel.

[etradervic]

Le Pen in not in favor of free markets, capitalism as we understand it. He is anti-American, anti-free trade, anti-semitic, and anti-Israel.

I was being sarcastic in my initial post. But, your description of the so-called "ultra-right" Le Pen applies 100% to French Socialists as well. So, what is the distinction?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Once upon a time there was a nasty little man
Who fooled people into thinking he was a socialist.
He ran as the head of a new party
And got what he wanted
Years later, as he was hiding in a bunker
Waiting to blow his brains out
He thought to himself
I hope some weird little Frenchman doesn’t make the same mistakes I did decades from now.