tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940841.post111746512429925644..comments2024-02-02T07:41:55.155-05:00Comments on The Headpiece for the Staff of Ra: Pardon me while I don't talk electoral strategyMosBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14396378353702882073noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940841.post-1117987935086642002005-06-05T12:12:00.000-04:002005-06-05T12:12:00.000-04:00I think that pretty much everything you say here i...I think that pretty much everything you say here is right-on. Quick point of information, though:<BR/><BR/>"In the last Presidential election, Chirac ran against Dominique de Villpin (sp), a far-right xenophobe, and the left was forced to vote for a conservative incumbent who took their support for granted."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_de_Villepin" REL="nofollow">Dominique de Villepin</A> is a political ally of Chirac's, just recently elevated to the position of Prime Minister. The fascist revivalist that Chirac faced in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_French_presidential_election" REL="nofollow">the most recent Presidential election</A> was <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marie_Le_Pen" REL="nofollow">Jean-Marie Le Pen</A>, founder of the "Front National". (France has multiparty presidential races with a single run-off round; what happened was that the Left vote was split between several unpopular candidates, so by a fluke Le Pen came in #2 in the first round and went to the one-on-one run-off with Chirac, where he was crushed by an alliance between Chirac and the Left voters, by a margin of 82%-18%.)<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps.Charles Johnson (Rad Geek)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07219438422065065968noreply@blogger.com