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Looks like Macron wins French Presidential Election easily
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RE: Looks like Macron wins French Presidential Election easily
(May 7, 2017 at 3:37 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I still can't disabuse myself of the notion considerable opposition to Le Pen stems from misogyny.  Her views on economics are right there with Sanders after all.

Uhm... That's because this is Europe, not 'Murrica - pretty much everyone's views on economics are "right there with Sanders". Or rather - that's where Sanders got his ideas from.  If you think this is something special - you have no idea what you're talking about. 

The "considerable opposition to Le Pen" stems from the fact that she's a neo-fascist and a nut-job. Not that misogyny isn't a thing, mind you, but if you think she lost 35% to 65% simply because she has a vagina - you're out of your mind.


(May 7, 2017 at 10:28 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: reformed the way they want it, I find it compelling.

Maybe allow Canada in . . .

Yeah - you have no idea what you're talking about.
One of the main reasons for Brexit is isolationism - if May (or whoever wins the election) tries to sell the idea of joining another EU to the half of the country, that voted "Leave" - they will throw a fit. France has a large - and growing - population of Muslims and - in the minds of Leavers - they all want to cross the Channel and settle over here. All the while - the other half of the country would be mortified by the thought of joining ranks with someone like Le Pen. Your idea is a non-starter, at least until both UK and France end up in some deep financial, or political crisis - and even then it would take years for isolationists to drop their naive ideas of "independence".
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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RE: Looks like Macron wins French Presidential Election easily - by Homeless Nutter - May 8, 2017 at 1:48 am

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