Monday, August 04, 2014

Pensive

Smokin'
This is hardly surprising:
If the upcoming French presidential elections were held today, the controversial far-right politician Marine Le Pen would take the lead. The head of the National Front party she inherited from her father, Le Pen has overtaken the other main candidates in a recent poll by the French Institute of Public Opinion. The two other main candidates are former President Nicolas Sarkozy, a moderate conservative, and current president François Hollande, a socialist. 
What do you suppose happens when socialism fails, as it always does, and when the feckless alternative fails as well? Mme. Le Pen is a much easier sell than her father was. I chose an unflattering picture of her on purpose, but others might not. Watch France carefully.

1 comment:

W.B. Picklesworth said...

I'm not willing to be upset about the prospect of The National Front winning an election. People call it extreme - as if the de facto hasn't been extreme. People worry that it might be anti-democratic. As if Brussels isn't anti-democratic. People worry about the specter of Hitler and Mussolini - as if synagogues aren't already being attacked.

Leftist "democrats" have been sowing seeds for years now. They will be as responsible as anyone if facism makes a return.