France: By Jove!

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jBrereton: May 30, 2013; Grimey Drawer

exmarx posted:

remember when that old front national guy blew his brains out in a church over gay marriage

I think dominique venner was so deep down the pied-noir rabbit hole he wasn't even in FN although I could be wrong on that

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Comrade Cheggorsky: Aug 20, 2011

labelling Macron as a virile handsome sex man will finish him, good work lads

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Agnosticnixie: Jan 6, 2015

jBrereton posted:

I think dominique venner was so deep down the pied-noir rabbit hole he wasn't even in FN although I could be wrong on that

It's more that he was basically the originator; pretty much everyone on the french far right saw him as a political prophet, including Marine.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 10:50

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

exmarx posted:

remember when that old front national guy blew his brains out in a church over gay marriage

not just any any church, noter drat of paree

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deadgoon: Dec 4, 2014; by FactsAreUseless

im gonna be disappointed if we dont get franchsim

# ? Apr 25, 2017 11:38

mysterious frankie: Jan 11, 2009; This displeases Dev- ..van. Shut up.

Comrade Cheggorsky posted:

labelling Macron as a virile handsome sex man will finish him, good work lads

Weird how 4chan doesn't get a culture where sex freely given is used as punctuation.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 14:20

the bitcoin of weed: Nov 1, 2014

4chan: this guy fucks

France: *elects gently caress-guy in incredible landslide*

# ? Apr 25, 2017 15:11

mags: May 30, 2008; I am a congenital optimist.

gently caress Guy's platform really resonates with me

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Venom Snake: Feb 19, 2014; by Nyc_Tattoo

The thing about sex scandals (except yknow when rape is involved) is they tend to increase the popularity of the person in question.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 20:19

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

anime was right posted:

its either going to be her downfall from an outside source or a calculated move yea. i would not be surprised if this was her "rethinking" her stance on nazis even though all the actual nazis are going to vote for her no matter what. this is what people were scared of trump actually doing lol.

La pivote

# ? Apr 25, 2017 21:17

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

Venom Snake posted:

The thing about sex scandals (except yknow when rape is involved) is they tend to increase the popularity of the person in question.

* does not apply if not white or heterosexual

# ? Apr 25, 2017 21:20

Agnosticnixie: Jan 6, 2015

Chokes McGee posted:

* does not apply if not white or heterosexual

Macron had ongoing rumors that he had a male lover on the side during the elections, doesn't seem to have hurt that much.

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Corek: May 11, 2013; by R. Guyovich

https://twitter.com/Berlaymonster/status/856485802012012544

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Venom Snake: Feb 19, 2014; by Nyc_Tattoo

Chokes McGee posted:

* does not apply if not white or heterosexual

The clintons were at their most popular during the height of the Lewinsky scandal

# ? Apr 25, 2017 22:52

mags: May 30, 2008; I am a congenital optimist.

Is Paris a really conservative city? What's the Le Pen appeal there?

# ? Apr 25, 2017 22:57

jBrereton: May 30, 2013; Grimey Drawer

mister magpie posted:

Is Paris a really conservative city? What's the Le Pen appeal there?

Macron and JLM won Paris.

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BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

mister magpie posted:

Is Paris a really conservative city? What's the Le Pen appeal there?

Nah yellow is Macron. Le Pen's territory is in the rust belt north and the Med coast (Pied-Noirs). I've also read that some of the areas near Germany have generally been authoritarian and went from being annexed by the Nazis, to being communist strongholds post-war and now voting for the authoritarian right today.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 23:02

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/25/emmanuel-macron-is-everything-hillary-clinton-was-not-french-elections/

quote:

Macron�s success raises the question of whether center-left regimes are foundering under the weight of an unpopular platform or simply unpopular leaders. Although crucial blocs of voters in many countries undoubtedly favor retreating from global institutions like NATO and the European Union, it�s not clear whether such views actually command a majority in any country, perhaps not even in the United Kingdom, where multiple surveys indicate that most voters, faced with a weakening pound, wish Brexit had failed.

In France, the doomed Socialist Party machine of President Fran�ois Hollande and his former prime minister Manuel Valls, instead of clinging to vanity and suffering defeat at the hands of Marine Le Pen�s National Front brownshirts, concluded that fascism could be stopped in its tracks, but only through drastic action: dismantling the party system, committing suicide as a ruling class, and effectively endorsing a younger spokesman with a full head of hair.

[...]

The New York Times recently glossed Macron as someone with the �profile� of an �insider� but the �policies� of an �outsider.� The truth is closer to the opposite. Macron successfully branded himself as an outsider while boosting an agenda that differs little from his predecessor. Most impressively, Macron managed to co-opt the millenarian, apocalyptic rhetoric of his opponents on the extreme right and the extreme left.

[...]

English-language publications typically translate En Marche!, the name of Macron�s centrist coalition, as �forward,� but �forward� fails to convey the name�s explosive, eschatological ring. �En Marche� means not simply �forward� � a slogan that, � la benighted Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush�s Jeb!, might suggest continuity with the old regime � but something closer to �turned on� or �on the march.� It�s not that Macron has fooled voters into thinking he�s a bomb-thrower � they know perfectly well that he�s pushing a neoliberal agenda. Macron might not sound totally believable when he calls for smashing the system, but change-hungry voters still appreciate the feeling of being targeted. Authenticity isn�t the only thing rewarded in politics; effort is rewarded, too.

[...]

It�s hard not to draw an unfavorable comparison between the center-left strategy in France and the center-left strategy in the United States, where leaders of the Democratic Party are mostly digging in, apparently unwilling to contemplate a hard reboot of personnel. Democratic Party regulars are fired up, but the party�s leaders, who remain unpopular, seem to be having difficulty capitalizing on that enthusiasm. Trump, by all accounts, has had a miserable first 100 days in office, with innumerable controversies and no major accomplishments. Nevertheless, some analysts say his approval ratings, in the low 40s, are consistent with narrow re-election. The Republican Party, which controls the entire federal government and most levers of power in the states, is deeply unpopular, but the Democratic Party, which controls nothing, is even less popular, according to some polls. The irony is that the Democratic Party�s platform on issues like health care, education, and immigration is as popular � and as progressive � as it�s ever been.

Guess we'll find out.

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Agnosticnixie: Jan 6, 2015

Corek posted:

https://twitter.com/Berlaymonster/status/856485802012012544

I don't think the cultural values of medieval England have anything to do with Macron or Melenchon but that's just me.

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etalian: Mar 20, 2006

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/25/emmanuel-macron-is-everything-hillary-clinton-was-not-french-elections/

Guess we'll find out.

Lolled at the Jeb! reference in the article.

Jeb! is still the most beloved primary canidate

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Lawman 0: Aug 17, 2010

Corek posted:

https://twitter.com/Berlaymonster/status/856485802012012544

Extremely my jam

# ? Apr 26, 2017 02:19

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

mrbradlymrmartin posted:

it is a pun on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He-Rvc93zwc

I meant which Indian, Navajo or Sioux or what?

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KaptainKrunk: Feb 6, 2006

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/25/emmanuel-macron-is-everything-hillary-clinton-was-not-french-elections/

Guess we'll find out.

Saving this article for 2022 when Macron has like 10% approval and Le Pen sweeps into power.

# ? Apr 26, 2017 05:00

byob historian: Nov 5, 2008; I'm an animal abusing piece of shit! I deliberately poisoned my dog to death and think it's funny! I'm an irredeemable sack of human shit!

Agnosticnixie posted:

Macron had ongoing rumors that he had a male lover on the side during the elections, doesn't seem to have hurt that much.

yeah he goes out with all the cutest teachers X O X O

# ? Apr 26, 2017 05:08

Condiv: May 7, 2008; Sorry to undo the effort of paying a domestic abuser $10 to own this poster, but I am going to lose my dang mind if I keep seeing multiple posters who appear to be Baloogan.

With love,
a mod

mrbradlymrmartin posted:

yeah he goes out with all the cutest teachers X O X O

apparently obama was tutoring him in statesmenship, but stopped when he discovered macron had a raging hard on during their sessions

# ? Apr 26, 2017 07:13

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

not a great start for macron, he hosed up a visit at a factory by not meeting with the workers, while le pen did

that started new comments about him being an out of touch elite who doesnt care about the little man

# ? Apr 26, 2017 15:01

Condiv: May 7, 2008; Sorry to undo the effort of paying a domestic abuser $10 to own this poster, but I am going to lose my dang mind if I keep seeing multiple posters who appear to be Baloogan.

With love,
a mod

Kurtofan posted:

not a great start for macron, he hosed up a visit at a factory by not meeting with the workers, while le pen did

that started new comments about him being an out of touch elite who doesnt care about the little man

when is the election...

this is super worrying.it's like 2016 all over again

# ? Apr 26, 2017 15:11

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

Watch Macron blow the election.

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Pener Kropoopkin: Jan 30, 2013

Kurtofan posted:

not a great start for macron, he hosed up a visit at a factory by not meeting with the workers, while le pen did

that started new comments about him being an out of touch elite who doesnt care about the little man

Well it's not wrong.

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Karl Barks: Jan 21, 1981

i want to be a blue collar investment banker

# ? Apr 26, 2017 15:35

Condiv: May 7, 2008; Sorry to undo the effort of paying a domestic abuser $10 to own this poster, but I am going to lose my dang mind if I keep seeing multiple posters who appear to be Baloogan.

With love,
a mod

let me guess, the french press conveniently ignored all of macron's faults while blowing his opponent's out of proportion

# ? Apr 26, 2017 15:40

UHD: Nov 11, 2006

Condiv posted:

let me guess, the french press conveniently ignored all of macron's faults while blowing his opponent's out of proportion

what does coffee have to do with it

# ? Apr 26, 2017 15:42

Top City Homo: Oct 15, 2014; Ramrod XTreme

are you ready for MADemoiselle President?

:smuggo:

# ? Apr 26, 2017 15:47

anime was right: Jun 27, 2008; death is certain
keep yr cool

are there any new polls

# ? Apr 26, 2017 15:59

mysterious frankie: Jan 11, 2009; This displeases Dev- ..van. Shut up.

Dammit, Rothschild Sexman, stop counting money and having sex and start shaking hands.

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Pinch Me Im Meming: Jun 26, 2005

You know what we need right now in France? We need a Second Amendment that's what we need.

# ? Apr 26, 2017 16:21

Pener Kropoopkin: Jan 30, 2013

2nd Amendment solutions for First World Problems

# ? Apr 26, 2017 16:31

Pinch Me Im Meming: Jun 26, 2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHh62SfIVsc

# ? Apr 26, 2017 16:47

byob historian: Nov 5, 2008; I'm an animal abusing piece of shit! I deliberately poisoned my dog to death and think it's funny! I'm an irredeemable sack of human shit!

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

Watch Macron blow

yeah we were talkin bout dat

e: fun fact the term french kiss originally came back with the doughboys gettin bjs in wwi cuz apparently american girls wasnt so fond of the taste of dick au fin du siecle i s t h e s t o r y i h e a r d

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Fallen Hamprince: Nov 12, 2016

Condiv posted:

let me guess, the french press conveniently ignored all of macron's faults while blowing his opponent's out of proportion

les courriels

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