More on the French Reagan
Investors Business Daily had this analysis of Sarkozy and the heritage of the ‘68ers.
For Sarkozy, what ails France is not ultimately economics, but moral issues centered on values. “After May 1968, we could not speak about the moral anymore,” he told 20,000 supporters. “For the first time in decades, it has been at the heart of a campaign.”
Now who does that sound like? The French presidential front-runner seems to articulate the unspoken thoughts of many French voters who’ve been shut out of the national debate. As Sarkozy himself said, “I speak for the silent majority.”
Sounds a lot like Ronald Reagan. Like Reagan, Sarkozy faces the task of leading his nation out of a malaise and seems to recognize that. Also like Reagan, he wants his nation to stand proud again. Sarkozy now holds a four-point lead in the latest polls despite being denounced by his foes as hard-hearted and cruel.
If France is ever going to emerge from its self-imposed decline, they must have the courage to elect Sarkozy. The Fifth Republic has been nothing but a disaster for 40 years. As the article points out, the legacy of this Republic has been “unchecked immigration, multiculturalism without assimilation, judicial softness on crime, and the growth of France’s overbearing, unaccountable state.” The very future of France may hinge on who they elect this Sunday.
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The same legacy that the Democrats seek to impose on this nation. You’d think they’d look around and see what it has done to other countries. Far more frightening is the aspect that they have seen what such policies have done to countries like France, and purposefully seek to emulate such a disaster. I guess none dare call it treason.
Dave the Infidel Sage
1 May 07 at 9:12 pm
[...] brilliant lede to a typically brilliant column on the new French foreign minister. ConClub has previously written about the election of Nicholas Sarkozy as president of France, and how pro-American and [...]
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