Dem frogs.

[tyven]

hollande's campaign used niggas in paris in a campaign ad. holy s this guy pwns

[Byrthnoth]

This might matter:
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[Ashmada]

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[Cantih]

Yay I hope.

[Ashmada]

Largely, yes. Still interesting to consider how close Strauss-Kahn was from presidency. He was so popular before the Sofitel, he'd have easily won the primaries and thrashsd Sarkozy even moreso.

[Moss]

hollande's campaign used niggas in paris in a campaign ad. holy s this guy pwns

L O FUCKING L

[Chun Liroy]

Brb getting France Citizenship to vote for that guy.

Rofl amazing.

[Correction]

Nikkei hits three-month low after France, Greece polls

"It's red all over the place. It's pretty bad," a trader at a U.S. bank said, adding that concerns over the euro zone and slowing growth in the United States triggered yen buying, which further weighed on Japanese exporters.

Financials also suffered as investors cut their exposure to risky assets. Nomura Holdings (8604.T), Japan's top investment bank, sank 6.4 percent, insurer Tokio Marine Holdings (8766.T) dropped 3.9 percent and lender Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316.T) lost 2.9 percent.

Greek voters enraged by economic hardship caused by the terms of an international bailout turned on ruling parties in an election on Sunday, putting the country's future in the euro zone at risk and threatening to revive Europe's debt crisis.

In France, voters ousted incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, a key architect of bailouts for indebted countries and an advocate of austerity measures, in a presidential election on Sunday, and winner Francois Hollande promised to start a pushback against German-led austerity policies.

Tomorrow morning should be fun on the NYSE.

[Ragnus]

I loved the sound bites of Sarkozy supporters, taking to the streets among other protesters, yelling that the supporters of the new president are communists and welfare addicts. Makes me feel a bit better about the state of the US when I find more concrete proof that other countries are just as bad.

[Ashmada]

Moreso than previous right-wing presidents (Chirac rarely did, if ever), Sarkozy ran the "assistanat" rhethoric. His entourage still does. The french people, not unlike the US people, fanatically parrot their candidate's soundbites.

We're a lot more cynical about our politicians in Beerlandia.

[Kuya]

Meanwhile, in the US, the options are limited to the american version of Nicolas Sarkozy and Marine LePen

[Ashmada]

I wouldn't go that far. I know the analogy is right-wing (demos) vs far-right (repubs), and it's been made by many people already (Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye: "the democrats are right-wing, the republicans are extremely right-wing and the tea partier are mad"), but the specific examples don't quite match up.

As disappointing as Obama has been, he's not as bad as 'kozy. But anyway, turd sandwhich and giant douche, pretty much anywhere in the world.

[Kuya]

What were the policies of Sarkozy during his term?

[Ashmada]

Not limited to policies, but on top of the stuff I mentionned in the OP (deporting gypsies, abusing his power, expressing heavy distate towards his country's secularism), he has:

- Raised the legal age for retirement. Very unpopular measure, though tbh that one was somewhat justified. Pensions are a problem on the whole continent and it's only going to get worse as babyboomers grow old. Although it's a right-wing solution, at least it's a solution to an existing problem, not a made-up one.
- Invited his mate Khaddaffi round for tea. He owed him that much, afterall he funded* his 2007 campaign; hence his vehemence in condemning the Lybian regime during the uprising: he was trying to hide his sympathies.
- "Debate on national identity." I won't explain it any more so I won't influence your opinion of that initiative, up to you to research more on it.
- Failed to deliver on his promise of lowering unemployment rates to 5% or less, it sits at ~10% right now.
- Increased public debt from 64% to 86%.
- Passed HADOPI. You can look it up, but it's basically SOPA/PIPA.
Top of my head, that's all I remember.


*(allegedly, innocent until proven otherwise)