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Question: Who will be the next French president?


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S. Royal 3 (42.9%) N. Sarkozy 3 (42.9%) It does not matter 1 (14.3%) Total votes: 7 « Created by: thibdb13 on: 05/05/07 at 07:18:51 »

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zoo Ex Member	Re: Next French president Reply #6 - 05/05/07 at 21:29:07	Post Tools	Print Post
	Well, Nicolas Sarkozy, our probable next president, is an ambitious guy with strong (right-winged) convictions and energy. To put it mildly, he is rather in the "doing" than in the "being", and so things are going to change, for better or worse (think Margaret Thatcher). He reminds me of the epitaph for Cardinal de Richelieu, an ancient French statesman (sorry for the awful rendition in english) : " Here lies a famous Cardinal Who did the Good and did the Bad. The Good he did, he did it bad, The Bad he did, he did it good."


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MNb God Member Offline Rudolf Spielmann forever Posts: 10777 Location: Moengo Joined: 01/05/04 Gender:	Re: Next French president Reply #5 - 05/05/07 at 20:24:30	Post Tools	Print Post
	Willempie wrote on 05/05/07 at 11:23:24: Ah the cute incompetent vs the guy with some weird ideas Pity Bayrou didnt make it The weird ideas will prevail. We should be happy with it, as incompetence usually is even more harmful, as Bush has proved once again last few years.

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Prince-Nez Senior Member Offline Sic Transit Gloria Mundi Posts: 251 Joined: 03/23/05	Re: Next French president Reply #4 - 05/05/07 at 16:18:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	I think Sarkozy is the obvious and sensible choice. I hope he wins.

	We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. &&~ Henry James
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Uberdecker God Member Offline Posts: 641 Joined: 03/21/06	Re: Next French president Reply #3 - 05/05/07 at 15:59:48	Post Tools	Print Post
	Sarkozy has assured himself of victory with his [i]trafic d'influences[/i] in the media and political worlds. And the socialist party decided in the preliminaries not to put forth a credible candidate (Strauss-Kahn) on the basis of volatile popularity polls. A great pity that Bayrou did not make it. Not that I would have expected the "great changes" that he promised, but it would have avoided the Berlusconi-Guiliani style police state that we are about to witness...


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hicetnunc Full Member Offline "Do something scary every day" Posts: 237 Location: Paris, France Joined: 01/04/03 Gender:	Re: Next French president Reply #2 - 05/05/07 at 12:14:11	Post Tools	Print Post
	N.Sarkozy is a heavy favourite, according to all sources, including English bookmakers... We can expect some good things and some less good things in the coming years in France... Pity Bayrou didn't make it...

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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: Next French president Reply #1 - 05/05/07 at 11:23:24	Post Tools	Print Post
	Ah the cute incompetent vs the guy with some weird ideas Pity Bayrou didnt make it

	If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	Next French president 05/05/07 at 07:18:51	Post Tools	Print Post
	Tomorrow is the decisive day. Which result are you expecting?

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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