(2007-05-07) — White House hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, today announced that the results of the French presidential elections were an “isolated incident,” with no discernible parallels to the 2008 U.S. presidential race.
French conservative Nicolas Sarkozy, an avowed admirer of America, decisively defeated socialist Segolene Royal by promising to cut taxes and government spending, shrink government subsidies, reduce the power of labor unions, tighten immigration policy, crack down on lawbreakers and “give greater value to work, to authority, to respect, to merit.”
His defeated leftist opponent, Ms. Royal, had promised tax-funded government solutions to the “malaise” of France, and would have been the nation’s first female president.
Sen. Clinton, asked by reporters if the French outcome bodes well or ill for her presidential prospects, said, “I fail to see the connection or any kind of trend. It’s an isolated incident. Most Americans can’t even speak French. End of story.”
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1 Scott Ott // May 7, 2007 at 7:15 am
Hillary Sees No Parallels in French Presidential Results…
by Scott Ott(2007-05-07) — White House hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, today announced that the results of the French presidential elections were an “isolated incident,†with no discernible parallels to the 2008 U.S. presidential race.French….
2 camojack // May 7, 2007 at 7:15 am
Female socialist runs for President. Nah, no parallels.
Yeah, right!!!
3 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 7, 2007 at 7:25 am
Let Hillary eat cake!
4 Sysiphus // May 7, 2007 at 7:30 am
God Bless America!
5 RedPepper // May 7, 2007 at 7:49 am
Of course there’s no comparison!
Hillary Clinton is nothing like Segolene Royal!
Obviously, people have confused Ms. Royal with Madame Defarge :
Possessing a remorseless bloodlust, Madame Defarge embodies the chaos of the French Revolution. The initial chapters of the novel find her sitting quietly and knitting in the wine-shop. However, her apparent passivity belies her relentless thirst for vengeance. With her stitches, she secretly knits a register of the names of the revolution’s intended victims.
6 Right Mind : Hillary Sees No Parallels in French Presidential Results // May 7, 2007 at 8:01 am
[...] From Scott Ott over at Scrapple Face: [...]
7 Libby Gone // May 7, 2007 at 8:02 am
Capitalisme d’éloge ! Féliciter la France cette des amours Amérique !
8 Maggie // May 7, 2007 at 8:08 am
Is it Ok to eat French fries now?
9 Darthmeister // May 7, 2007 at 8:10 am
Let’s see if we can figure this out. There’s a war on terrorism that liberals and leftists all but deny … in fact they pander to Muslim fundamentalists. Dhimmies.
Mexico and Canada recently elected a “conservative” president, now Phrance. November 2008 should prove very interesting despite what the liberal media pundits are saying about a hands-down win for the Dims.
10 conserve-a-tips // May 7, 2007 at 8:30 am
Darthmeister, why….I do believe you are on to something there. Let’s hope so.
Good morning fellow Scrapplers. Gettin’ out the dinghy to row to the garden. Sheesh. Three years of drought and now the flood. Last night was so much fun. While sitting in an awesome performance of Broadway’s 25th anniversary of CATS, my cell phone beeps with a message that there is a tornado on the ground somewhere close to the house. Turned out that it was north, but the son was also battling them out in Western Oklahoma at the same time and nobody had heard from him. Can’t even enjoy a good CATS song…And then around 4 a.m. we get 75 mph winds and so much rain that the whole place is flooded. It is still raining and water is pouring into the garage and the weather people say more tornadoes this afternoon. Guess what they haven’t installed yet because the ground is too wet..The Tornado Shelter!!!!
OK, rant mode off.
11 boberinyetagain // May 7, 2007 at 10:00 am
Could we find someone who might actually do any of this rather than “promising”? That would be something
“cut taxes and government spending, shrink government subsidies, reduce the power of labor unions, tighten immigration policy, crack down on lawbreakers and “give greater value to work, to authority, to respect, to merit.â€
12 boberinyetagain // May 7, 2007 at 10:01 am
oh, and all the best to you c-a-t? be safe!
13 Shelly // May 7, 2007 at 10:22 am
Darth, my husband and I had the same conversation yesterday. Perhaps there are more liberals being mugged by reality, in North America and Europe.
How could Hillary see a connection here, when her idea of a connection is “supporting” the troops while demanding that they surrender to terrorists?
Fred Thompson spoke Friday, (I DVR’d it from C-Span, can’t find it on the web which is a real shame. He was right-on about many issues.) About Iraq, he said “With everything going on right now, don’t you think we could at least have an adult conversation?” Amen!
14 Shelly // May 7, 2007 at 10:26 am
I had been looking at the blogs I’m familiar with, where I’d have expected it to be posted, but just had an original thought this morning - why not search for it? Duh!
http://www.rightangleblog.com/story/fred_thompson_at_the_orange_county_lincoln_day
I know many here are hoping to see him enter the race, including me. It’s a fairly long speech, but if you want to see what he’s all about it’s good. A side-by-side of his authenticity next to Hillary’s total fakeness would be something for the country to see.
15 Darthmeister // May 7, 2007 at 10:29 am
Hillary sees no parallels …
Well, she always was obtuse.
Shelly, I think a lot of people who aren’t in a perpetual state of denial are properly concerned about Muslim fundamentalists using multi-culturalism and our institutions of liberty as a means to undermine Western Civilization - and this apart from the militant front of jihadism. Fortunately a majority of French voters have been hit by the clue-bat.
16 gafisher // May 7, 2007 at 10:33 am
Darth Re: #9 — The Dims aren’t looking for a hands-down win. Domestically, they’re running on hand-outs, and for defense their platform is “hands-up.”
17 boberinyetagain // May 7, 2007 at 10:41 am
Undermine Western civilization eh?
You surely can be dramatic Hank.
If that’s the goal they have a ways to go before reaching it, that much is certain
18 Darthmeister // May 7, 2007 at 12:29 pm
gafisher, I stand corrected.
Just think, every white bedsheet has the potential to be the American flag under a Dhimmiecratic Administration.
19 woodnwheel // May 7, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Shelly: re. #14 — Thank you for the link! I’ve been very much looking forward to seeing/hearing what he had to say at the Lincoln Club, and I, like you, can’t wait for him to declare his candidacy.
20 Shelly // May 7, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Burning 730 cars in one night is not dramatic?
21 Darthmeister // May 7, 2007 at 12:51 pm
bober, I’d rather be guilty of over-exaggerating the problem than to either ignore it or underappreciate a very real threat.
The Mackenzie Institute is one of several thinktanks that recognizes the Islamic ideological threat to Western Civilization by comparing some of the Islamists’ tactics - which attempt to influence the useful idiots in westernized countries - to the propaganda tactics Soviets used during their reign of totalitarianism.
The Red-Black coalition to destroy western ideals and its institutions of liberty is not some figment of an hyper-active imagination. JihadWatch documents this Red-Black cooperation and has links to other thinkers who see the same kind of leftist-Islamofascist dynamic and the threat this coalition poses to the free world.
Hey, bober, conservatives were exactly right about the threat and subsequent failure of the Soviet socialist system and I have no reason to believe we haven’t also nailed the Islamofascists threat. Maybe we are overstating the case at times, BUT THAT’S BECAUSE THE MUTTON HEADS ON YOUR SIDE OF THE AISLE HAVE THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND! It’s like the need to hit a jackass over the head with a 2 x 4 to get its attention … a very apt description, btw, of those DimDonks who need to get beat with a very large cluestick.
22 Shelly // May 7, 2007 at 12:55 pm
LGF also has this:
Last week the BBC reported that Britain’s MI5 intelligence service was monitoring at least 2,000 terror suspects in the UK.
Today we learn that report was incorrect. The actual number of Islamic terrorists on MI5’s watch list is closer to 4,000.
That seems a tad dramatic to me.
23 Shelly // May 7, 2007 at 1:09 pm
woodnwheel, was glad to have found it. Robert Novak’s column is up at Drudge, and he says he didn’t think Thompson “wowed” the audience, but I didn’t agree. Romney was too polished, McCain was too impassioned, Guliani was too laid back, now Thompson didn’t give any red meat. Do they think we’re auditioning nightclub acts? I was most struck by how authentic Thompson is. He showed a mastery of issues without putting on a single air, and spoke to people, not at them.
24 boberinyetagain // May 7, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Hank, great article. It sis bring to mind another bunch of wach jobs that have been/are intent on a mission, a group within our borders and easily recognizable.
That would be the KKK and while they currently have/will continue to have the either direct or tacit support of many in this and other countries, I equate their threat with that of terrorists. Neither group is likely to sway a majority of public opinion anytime soon. Nor will they garner much sympathy. Nor will they “undermine western civilization” although both would like to, albiet with slightly different agendas.
25 woodnwheel // May 7, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Shelly:
“Do they think we’re auditioning nightclub acts? I was most struck by how authentic Thompson is. He showed a mastery of issues without putting on a single air, and spoke to people, not at them.”
Sadly, for a large percentage of the electorate, elections are little more than a popularity contest (just look at Hillary’s husband). While no politician is perfect (Giuliani’s marriages, Romney’s apparent flip-flopping on issues, McCain’s reputation as a maverick, to give just a few examples), my money’s on Thompson, should he jump in — as appears increasingly likely.
26 Shelly // May 7, 2007 at 1:39 pm
I agree that’s true for some people, but I think the media pinheads in DC are far guiltier of that than a lot of regular folk. They think their influential, not to mention brilliant, so they try to tell us what we thought of people’s performances. And Clinton won because of Perot. He did not even receive 50% of the vote. Plus there are people like me who became conservative after 9/11. At first it was a security thing, but then the more I listened to conservatives the more I realized they were actually right on most issues, especially the economy.
27 upnorthlurkin // May 7, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Shelly, welcome to the fold!! I have a hard time believing some people don’t see a threat! I hope I’m being paranoid, but they did manage to do quite a bit of damage on 9/11. All the social ills in the world aren’t going to matter a whit if some terrorist(s) gets a nuke! The presidency isn’t for whimps!! National security has to be top priority in my mind!
28 JamesonLewis3rd // May 7, 2007 at 4:15 pm
How can anybody with half a brain not realize the goal of Islam is the total annihilation of Western Society (all society, for that matter)?
Eyes wide shut? I mean, c’mon…..Get real.
29 JamesonLewis3rd // May 7, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Clinton would certainly make a wonderful ambassador-at-large, wouldn’t he?
From the New York Sun:
Mr. Clinton also spoke of the danger of Iran developing a nuclear weapon, saying he was more worried about a terrorist group obtaining an Iranian bomb than the Islamic Republic using it itself. “Maybe some Iranian leader would think, maybe I can nuke Israel … but we can handle that with a phone call,” he said. “If a nuclear bomb ever exploded in the Middle East, even if it wiped out Israel, the main victims eventually would be all the Muslims around it who would be killed in the nuclear fallout.” (bold mine)
30 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 7, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Now, maybe the French women will shave their arm pits-just like American women.
31 Darthmeister // May 7, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Gore sees ’spiritual crisis’ in warming
What a lunatic. What more proof do we need that Global Warmism is a religion?
FRANCE: 592 ARRESTED, 730 VEHICLES TORCHED, 28 POLICE OFFICERS INJURED…
Hmmmmmm. And to think that at the torch-car survey I only voted for 500 to 1000 cars being torched by leftists and Muslims as a result of the French elections. Looks like the sour-grapes crowd did that in the first day!
WIRE: War Hampers Kansas Cleanup; National Guard Equipment in Iraq…
Another blame-Bush media narrative being foisted upon the American people. Does anyone have any doubt that other states will step up and provide ALL the equipment necessary to meet the needs of Kansans? This politicizing of the news is disgusting and a slap in the face of every American. No wonder media outlets are suffering financial hardship when they publish such claptrap. And besides, who will determine what constitutes “enough equipment”, the leftist press? With liberals enough is never enough.
32 Hillary Clinton Sees No Parallels in French Presidential Results at No Hillary Clinton // May 7, 2007 at 5:34 pm
[...] Read it all here [...]
33 JamesonLewis3rd // May 7, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Yeah, I heard that puerile comment from the KS governor-totally self-centered and (I suspect) motivated by a desire to get out of helping.
34 Beerme // May 7, 2007 at 5:49 pm
WIRE: War Hampers Kansas Cleanup; National Guard Equipment in Iraq…
Another blame-Bush media narrative being foisted upon the American people.
Hank, it doesn’t surprise me that Democrats notice when the government fails to do a good job in a crisis (especially a civil crisis), as it is plain to see they don’t. Bureaucratic red tape, pointy-headed, instant “experts” and money wasting boondoggles are the government’s stock in trade.
What does surprise me is that the only time they ever mention this is when it benefits them and denigrates Bush. Any other time, government is great, compassionate and capable! Feh!
35 JamesonLewis3rd // May 7, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Feh! Indeed.
36 onlineanalyst // May 7, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Jean Fraud Kerrie must be in a deep blue funk over this news about the French election.
Just a quick hit-and run to suggest two thought-inducing pieces:
Pat Santy has a terrific thread today (rich with links), skillfully weaving several points about the importance of knowing (and learning from) history, the problems induced by PC- and postmodern thought, and the narcissism of the peace-at-any-price crowd: “Why the Peaceloving Mechanoids of Doom Want to Forget History”.
The other by Judith Miller (yes, that Judith Miller) is a terrific analysis of the anarchic “peace activists” who tried to disrupt the 2004 GOP convention in NYC. These groups have their own brand of terrorism behind their hijinks, and they are subsidized by anti-American organizations. The implications for and dangers in maintaining security in the upcoming 2008 GOP convention in the Twin Cities, where the politics and sentiments are generally deep blue, could spell trouble.
Carry on…
37 JamesonLewis3rd // May 7, 2007 at 6:14 pm
I’m utterly ASTOUNDED that President Bush acquiesced and agreed to wear the white tie. (Perhaps he’s wearing a pair of ostrich skin boots?)
Even I would wear a white tie to be entertained by Itzhak Perlman, though.
38 DrivebyMeteor // May 7, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Hillary must be consumed with envy.
Did anyone ever torch a single automobile for her?
( Let alone seven hundred and thirty ! )
39 Harry Daschle // May 7, 2007 at 7:13 pm
I think France’s recent vote shows, that they know soon, (or maybe I should say SOON), they, (France), will need help with the radical Muslims that have all but taken over their Country!
I will have to admit, it was refreshing to hear a Frenchman who was interviewed say, “I am tired of hearing America being bashed constantly here!”
If I heard comments like his a little more, I could, (and would), forgive France for everything! It certainly is a GOOD start!
40 Fred Sinclair // May 7, 2007 at 7:57 pm
So Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy wants to be our buddy now. Perhaps he’s pretty smart. We bailed their irons out of the fire in WW-1 and WW -2 maybe he sees the Islamo-Nazis taking over France and being much, much worse than the German brand of Nazi. America and England are proven big brothers so it’s in his (and Frances) best interest to be on buddy - buddy terms with us.
Heirborn Ranger
41 Fred Sinclair // May 7, 2007 at 8:36 pm
If Mrs. William Jefferson Clinnton is in fact the world’s smartest woman then she should know that if a Democrat is elected president, the Democrat party will implode.
Her policies will embolden the Islamo-Nazi Fascists and instead of America fighting them in Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran, they will be here in America and all America will blame her and her party of liberalism, for the deaths of hundreds of thousands or even millions of Americans.
America will triumph in the end and it will be better to have been a Nazi in Post WWII Germany, than a liberal in America. The Democrat Party will cease to exist.
At least that is my personal unsolicited opinion. It’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
Heirborn Ranger
42 its-just-me // May 7, 2007 at 9:14 pm
C’mon, darthmeisther - boberin’s right…
The Islamofascists aren’t trying to destory Western Civilization -
They just want to eliminate all religions except Islam (freedom of/from religion), then erase the “line of separation” between church and state (the Islamic “church”), supress freedom of speech, reinstitute slavery (women) and bring the blessings of middle-eastern-style tyranny to the rest of us….
Except for those things, they’re just folks like you and me….
43 JamesonLewis3rd // May 7, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Yep. Jus reg’ler folks (with scimitars and ‘tudes).
44 JamesonLewis3rd // May 7, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Hurricane season begins in 25 days.
45 its-just-me // May 7, 2007 at 9:38 pm
I think everyone else must’ve turned in for the evening, JamesonLewis3rd…curse my proximity to California…
46 Fred Sinclair // May 7, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Things you can lookforward to if the Islamo-Nazi Fascist ever get aposition of power in America.
I was recently asked why the Libyan Muslims wear baggy pants tied at the ankle. Since I lived there for a year and a half, The answer that I was given several times by different Libyans never varied. (I was at Wheelus Air Base at Tripoli, Libya)
My answer: “BELIEVE IT OR NOT! They believe that when Mohammaud returns he will be “born” from a man. (I’m not making this up) and since they don’t know when or where, all men wear the baggy pants with tightly tied ankles, so that if the “father/mother is working in the field at the time, Mohammaud won’t be born onto the dirt. This is of the Libyan version of Islam and not all that widespread cross other Islamic Nations like Iraq & Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, etc.
During the month of Ramadam men are forbidden to touch women so for that month they all have sexual intercourse with each other - hoping that they will be honored to birth the Mohammaud baby!
There is a bunch of other weird stuff they do that won’t make the Mainstream Media”. (Or be posted here, for that matter).
Heirborn Ranger
47 its-just-me // May 7, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Wow - I didn’t realize the bit about Muhammad being reborn from a man…. OR about the Ramadan thing… too weird.
48 JamesonLewis3rd // May 7, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Sounds just a tad twisted to me.
Insane, actually.
Psychopathic, even.
Deranged.
49 Darthmeister // May 7, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Twenty years hence:
Dhimmiecrat to Muslim fundamentalist: I think you may be taking this multicultural accomodation thing a little too far. We can’t overtly teach Islam in our public schools.
Muslim Fundamentalist: Then we will behead Islamophobic racists like you for disrespecting us and defaming our religion. How dare you deny your children our truth.
Dhimmiecrat: Oh, don’t get me wrong! I respect Islam, after all it’s the religion of peace. I’m not like those conservative Christians who’ve done nothing but look at the violence certain radical misfits have committed and then blamed the Koran or Mohammed for …
MF: Are you now denigrating our devout Muslim freedom fighter brethren you infidel dog? They fight for The Cause, the cause of the true religion to which the entire world must eventually submit according to our prophecies!
Dhimmiecrat: No, no, no, wha … what I meant to say is we recognize that Islam is the religion of peace and we can’t let the violence of a few misguided Muslims color American’s understanding of Islam …
MF: Misguided? Muslim freedom fighters are following the will of Allah and the fundamental teachings of the Koran.
Dhimmiecrat: Er, I see … But we can’t allow Islam to be taught in our public schools because that violates our most cherished principle of “separation of church and state.” Thomas Jefferson …
MF: Is that really in your Constitution you debauched pig?
Dhimmiecrat: Well, not exactly …
MF: Well then, is there anything about the “separation of mosque and state” in the American Constitution?
Dhimmiecrat: Actually no. You do make a pretty good point. Errrr … ahem, maybe we can come to a common understanding that would benefit both our peoples …
MF: The only common understanding we can have is for you and those like you to yield to Allah and acknowledge the futility of resisting Islam which is destined to rule the world through jihad, die resisting or you can pay the jizyah - the dhimmie tax.
Dhimmiecrat: Your argument is quite compelling indeed. Now how much is this tax? We liberals really love taxes.
50 Darthmeister // May 8, 2007 at 6:14 am
From Michael Barone at OpinionJournal.com:
Democratic politicians like to decry what they describe as a widening economic gap in the nation. But the part of the nation where it is widening most visibly is their home turf, the place where they win their biggest margins (these metro areas voted 61% for John Kerry) and where, in exquisitely decorated Park Avenue apartments and Beverly Hills mansions with immigrant servants passing the hors d’oeuvres, they raise most of their money.
The bad news for them is that the Coastal Megalopolises grew only 4% in 2000-06, while the nation grew 6%. Coastal Megalopolitan states-New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois-are projected to lose five House seats in the 2010 Census, while California, which has gained seats in every census since it was admitted to the Union in 1850, is projected to pick up none.
Imagine that. Of course it’s all Bush’s fault.
51 Blue Star Chronicles // May 8, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Videos of Paris Burning…
Toasted Bread is staying on top of the riots in Paris and the reaction to the election of French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy.
From National Review Online via Toasted Bread …. How did a conservative win the French election?
He stuck on ideas….
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