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I had to step out last night, so I missed the debate (hoping to see it later tonight), but the sense I get is that while Royal held her own, she didn't kick Sarko's ass to next Tuesday. Which might have been necessary for her to have a shot at winning this thing.
Still, I remain optimistic. We'll have five years to be depressed and ponder what might have been, no need to start early, I say.

Also, if Sarkozy does win, I'm planning a Bill O'Reillyesque boycott of France. Who's with me?
My first act will be to stop drinking French wine. Instead, Hungarian wine all the way! Oh, wait...

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:08:05 AM EST

Re: Sego-Sarko Debate Opinions (none / 1)

Italian and Spanish wines are good, too.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:18:04 AM EST
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Re: Sego-Sarko Debate Opinions (4.00 / 2)

Yes, but that would totally ruin my joke.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:28:50 AM EST
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Jérôme wasn't the only one who missed it. Is it some variation of Hungary/hungry?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:34:30 AM EST
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Oh, wait, the Hungarian government is neoliberal, too! (German wine would have worked, but not Spanish or Italian)

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:44:09 AM EST
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Because, you know, Sarkozy is half-Hungarian. And therefore, it would be funny if my dislike of Sarkozy caused me to abandon French wines in favour of Hungarian ones.

Okay, it wasn't a good joke, but it somehow made sense at the time I posted the comment. I'm not quitting my day job.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:46:50 AM EST
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...and I spent five minutes trying to Rohrschach "Hungarian wine" into "hungry ???"...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:54:21 AM EST
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Most w(h)ining is NeoLiberal.

It's Internationalist whining, transcending the limitations of the nation state.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 12:43:22 PM EST
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Re: Sego-Sarko Debate Opinions (4.00 / 2)

When my sister was an ERASMUS student in the UK, she got asked "in Spain, do people prefer French or Italian wines?". D'oh!

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:45:19 AM EST
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