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On this side of the Alpes, our own omni-president, Nicolas S. (a lawyer by trade) has been very litigious himself: barely in the first 18 months of his terms, he has filed more lawsuits against papers, businesses and private citizens than all his predecessors put together.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
by Bernard on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 09:25:13 AM EST
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There are fundamental differences between Berlusconi and Sarkozy. "Casse-toi, p'tit con," didn't get too far.
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 01:04:39 PM EST
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There are more similarities than a first examination would show. Of course, one is still playing in the little league whereas the other...

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
by Bernard on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 03:31:44 PM EST
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Sarkozy has yet to receive a windfall of several billion euro from obscure Swiss sources to start business; launder money for the mafia and work in perfect symbiosis with the Italian mafia and "flex groups"; create a monopoly of all the publicity, national televisions, and a substantial part of the press through political corruption and bribes; evade taxes for decades; openly covort with hardline fascists and exalt fascism; belong to a subversive terrorist sect known "Propaganda 2" involved in sedition and terrorist bombings that cost the lives of several hundred people; suspected of having ordered the murder of prominent national judges such as Falcone and Borsellino.

Sarkozy has a long way to go. He's young but I haven't seen him snear at the French Resistance and appoint Le Pen as minister.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 03:44:39 PM EST
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Well, his "reading the Guy Moquet letter" episode shows his understanding of the Résistance to be rather lacking, beyond the fact that his political program consists of rolling back much of the social protections put in place by the Resistance in 1945. And there certainly are a few former far right wingers in his governement.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sat Feb 7th, 2009 at 07:00:36 PM EST
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