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So, Bobbie agrees with the anti-democratic maneuver of kicking opponents off the ballot even though they qualified for it? Or does he/she think it is "idiotic" to object to that partisan hanky panky?

Commented: Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 @ 5:26 pm By: Rino Hunter

Not everyone

Commented: Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 @ 3:16 pm By: Big Bob

Did Little Bobbie not get his talking points yet on this one?

Commented: Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 @ 2:52 pm By: John Steed

Voter suppression is the game the Democrats play. Keeping opponents off the ballot by these disgusting powerplays in a blatant attack on democracy.

Commented: Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 @ 12:19 pm By: Rino Hunter

Get out the popcorn, France's government is going to be a train wreck. France is the new Greece. Macron's spending has already had France called on the carpet by EU authorities for violating its agreements when the euro was created by building up debt far beyond its GNP. Now the far left NPF thinks it rules the roost and wants much, much higher spending. The country's well to do are widely discussing fleeing the country and its taxman (in Europe, you are taxed where you live, not by your citizenship). Macron's Ensemble took a major beating in the elections and is a spent force. He, himself, is a lame duck who is termed out. His prime minister has resigned, but Macron has not accepted his resignation.

If I were Marine LePen, I would be thinking about throwing Macron a lifeline, with conditions attached. She has a real opportunity here to make the far left the major political monster and give her own party an image of putting the country ahead of politics. I would exchange backing Macron's prime minister in a confidence vote for some concessions from Macron on toughening immigration. What that does for the next parliamentary election is create an image for Macron voters that National Rally is their friend and NPF is their enemy. With the French system, positioning for the runoffs is critical.

Even with help from a few snall leftwing parties, the NPF can only muster about 200 votes in parliament out of 577. The National Rally represents the only force that could come to Macron's assistance to block the NPF.

Even if Macron will not do a deal, LePen could get a lot of milage by announcing that her party was putting France first ahead of its own interests, and would cast its votes in parliament in a way to keep Macron's prime minister in power, whether by abstaining or voting for him, as long as he did not adopt the radical policies of the far left NPF. She could do that unilaterally and it would offer almost the same benefit to her party and to France as an actual deal with Macron.

Commented: Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 @ 9:57 am By: Steven P. Rader

I think your concern is over blown and fear driven.

Commented: Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 @ 9:34 am By: Big Bob

Globalism is the totalitarian movement of the 21st century, much like communism and fascism in the 20th century. Schwab's "Great Reset" book is the equivanlent of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" or Marx's "Communist Manifesto". Schwab increasingly points to Communist China as his role model.

"You will own nothing and you will be happy," Bobbie.

Commented: Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 @ 8:05 am By: Conservative Voter

That's what your far left talking points tell you, Bolshevik Bob, but it is not the reality on the ground.

Commented: Wednesday, July 10th, 2024 @ 7:28 am By: John Steed

That’s not really the problem here. Not by a long shot.

Commented: Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 @ 7:35 pm By: Big Bob

Because we agree with what she said sans any evidence.

Commented: Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 @ 9:10 pm By: Big Bob

It is not just the Jews talking about fleeing France. The well off and productive citizens are also angling to flee the far left's push for a 90% income tax rate, and the French stock market is in turmoil. Macron has unleashed a Frankenstein monster, and his now much smaller party may have to turn to LePen to stop it. redstate.com

Commented: Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 @ 2:27 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer