Chirac shoots from hip for Yes voteBy John Thornhill Published: April 15 2005 21:17 | Last updated: April 15 2005 21:17Jacques Chirac outgunned Clint Eastwood on Thursday night, but only just. The French president's much-hyped intervention in the European constitutional debate attracted 7.4m television viewers, while the Hollywood star drew 6.4m for his film, Pale Rider, on a rival channel.But if the two lead actors' styles varied, their promised plotlines seemed similar: “A small town is terrorised by a gangster and salvation comes in the form of a gun-toting preacher.”Seeking to reassure his live audience of anxious young voters,...