Le Pen is an artifact of how democracy works here. The outcome was bad, but the process, I'm not ashamed of that, and the second round...what did Le Pen get?
No, that wasn't a mistake. Jospin would have been better than Chirac, but Chirac was better than what, for example, the Worker's Party in England was inflicting on Europe. Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
The big mistake was his reelection - that's what Americans were making up for in 2008 when they elected Obama. Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
I think even "heckuva job" Brownie is able to do that...
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
Mitterand...Europe could do far worse than Mitterand, especially what he first tried (but what he proved was that in an integrated europe you can't do real socialism unless all of europe does. Lesson learned...and Prodi and Delors learned it well.)
Giscard? Again, difference of opinion, compared to the Thatcher the english came up with though...not the worst.
Pompidou? At least a famous wife, in many regards.... De Gaulle? At least he got english membership in the eec correctly. We're still paying the price for ignoring his veto.
How far am I supposed to go back? Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
OK, just to make a point. Sarkozy is our mix between Cheney, Bush and Berlusconi. He is proof that we can elect just as bas as those countries. Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
