France Dumps Sarkozy, Probably

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McClatchy:

French Socialist Francois Hollande appeared headed to victory over President Nicolas Sarkozy, according to exit polls of voters released by Swiss and Belgian news media.

Those polls showed Hollande with 52 to 53 percent of the vote in an election that turned on solutions for Europe’s economic crisis amid record unemployment in France.

These are exit poll results, not actual results, but it appears it would take a miracle and the U.S. Supreme Court to keep Sarkozy in power.

Associated Press:

France voted in a presidential run-off election on Sunday that could see Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy by capitalizing on public anger over the government’s austerity policies.

This will probably be the big news of the day.

8 thoughts on “France Dumps Sarkozy, Probably”

  1. So, France may well ditch the rightie with the trophy wife, and elect François Gérard Georges Hollande, an actual, real SOCIALIST!!!

    OY!
    Now we’ll be forced to relive the very apex of the stupid “Baby Doc” Bush years, where you couldn’t order or do things that were at all associated with France, since that country didn’t want to join in in “W’s Folly.”

    And when/if things improve in France, I’m sure their righties will give all credit to Sarkozy.
    And if things get worse, it’ll be the fault of the Socialists, and their allies, the angry Moooooooooooslims of France.

    So, you had to get “Freedom Fries” with a burger.
    At Home Depot, they only sold “Patriot Doors.”
    You were allowed to “Liberty Kiss” – but only if you weren’t gay.
    And, the sexually depraved, had to go to sex boutiques for their “Independence Ticklers.”

  2. My laptop’s a POS!!!
    It moved the cursor when I wasn’t looking, and I didn’t notice, so the paragraphs are not in sequence.

    Here’s how this should have read:
    So, France may well ditch the rightie with the trophy wife, and elect François Gérard Georges Hollande, an actual, real SOCIALIST!!!

    OY!
    Now we’ll be forced to relive the very apex of the stupid “Baby Doc” Bush years, where you couldn’t order or do things that were at all associated with France, since that country didn’t want to join in in “W’s Folly.”

    So, you had to get “Freedom Fries” with a burger.
    At Home Depot, they only sold “Patriot Doors.”
    You were allowed to “Liberty Kiss” – but only if you weren’t gay.
    And, the sexually depraved, had to go to sex boutiques for their “Independence Ticklers.”

    And when/if things improve in France, I’m sure their righties will give all credit to Sarkozy.
    And if things get worse, it’ll be the fault of the Socialists, and their allies, the angry Moooooooooooslims of France.

    “What’s that, my precious littl lambchop of a laptop?
    No, I wasn’t talking about. I was talking about my former WORK laptop – back when I had work, and they gave me a laptop to use – 3 1/2 years ago!”

  3. “This will probably be the big news of the day.”

    As well it should be. Austerity is not the answer. And I did not learn that from Dr. Krugman. I knew it long before he was famous. If austerity means cutting gov’t spending and all that goes along with that, then the masses haven’t the money to buy the junk that the big box stores sell that helps to keep the economy afloat.

  4. Well, the good news is that, while the SCOTUS might think they have jurisdiction, France does have a history of actually believing in international law.

    (Where was the embarrassment when the lack-of-WMDs report came out, and Sarkozy was quoted as saying “yeah, pretty much what I figured, intel agencies are *supposed* to be alarmists.”)

  6. Doug,
    Thanks for the link.
    And it’s no wonder most financiers are conservatives, and most conservatives love financial wizards – they both spook easily!

  8. Joan,
    Yes!

    And someone needs to put some saltpeter in Pepe Le Pew’s vintage champagne.

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