But if Le Pen's strong showing isn't alarming in itself, The Weekly Standard's Christopher Caldwell http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/162pmono.asp
argues that Le Pen's ideology "has a great deal in common with that of the French hard left":
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It begins with globalism and ends in an alliance with (and abetting of) anti-Semites. But whereas the old right's anti-Semitism is vestigial and utterly hemmed in by French constitutional practice, this new left's anti-Semitism--which operates through an identification with Islamicist ideology that was spreading like poison even before Zacharias Moussaoui replaced Camembert as France's most famous export--is activist, violent, and chic.
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There have been a number of ugly incidents lately, where Algerian and other Third World Moslems living in France have attacked French Jews. So I suspect that Le Pen is actually drawing some Jewish support now, whether or not the so called leaders are attacking him.
The problem with both the Wall Street Journal and the Weekly Standard is that they have a sort of "tunnel vision" on the subject of Globalization. They are so preoccupied with the business benefits of the global economy, that they have lost sight of important cultural issues. In their own way, they are as far "out to sea," as some of the most radical of the demonstrators against globalism.
I personally favor a maximum of economic freedom. But I would shun, socially, and denounce as the worst form of blackguard, anyone who operates on the basis that profits are the only thing that matters. While it may not be for Government to tell anyone where they can invest their money, or where to buy or sell goods--except in a wartime situation--that certainly does not excuse anyone from the normal claims on loyalty--or respect for the normal ties of consanguinity or the legitimate claims of community, State or National interest.
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