Comments on: Sometimes Other Countries’ Elections Are Concerned With Their Own Problems http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2007/05/07/sometimes-other-countries-elections-are-concerned-with-their-own-problems/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sometimes-other-countries-elections-are-concerned-with-their-own-problems n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chopsui http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2007/05/07/sometimes-other-countries-elections-are-concerned-with-their-own-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-6459 chopsui Mon, 07 May 2007 22:39:19 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/05/07/sometimes-other-countries-elections-are-concerned-with-their-own-problems/#comment-6459 I agree with your overall point, but come on; the '92 election may have been boring in your opinion (though I think most would disagree) but it was anything but conventional. - H. Ross Perot I agree with your overall point, but come on; the ’92 election may have been boring in your opinion (though I think most would disagree) but it was anything but conventional.

- H. Ross Perot

]]> By: joe http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2007/05/07/sometimes-other-countries-elections-are-concerned-with-their-own-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-6456 joe Mon, 07 May 2007 18:26:14 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/05/07/sometimes-other-countries-elections-are-concerned-with-their-own-problems/#comment-6456 It is not so much the (viva la) difference between Chirac & Sarkozy as between Sarkozy and Royal. True it may have amounted mostly to atmospherics but even symbolism carries some influence and while there could be no question of Royal being hostile to an American president like Bush, Sarkozy may surprise... I love this comment on the Sarkozy victory meaning France will become more vulgarized a la America! Tant pis! Democracy is a bitch n'est pas?Stupid people! Don't they understand that real culture must be emdeded in socialism and the capatalism leads necessarily to philistinism? It is not so much the (viva la) difference between Chirac & Sarkozy as between Sarkozy and Royal. True it may have amounted mostly to atmospherics but even symbolism carries some influence and while there could be no question of Royal being hostile to an American president like Bush, Sarkozy may surprise…
I love this comment on the Sarkozy victory meaning France will become more vulgarized a la America! Tant pis! Democracy is a bitch n’est pas?Stupid people! Don’t they understand that real culture must be emdeded in socialism and the capatalism leads necessarily to philistinism?

]]> By: A.K.B. Cusack http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2007/05/07/sometimes-other-countries-elections-are-concerned-with-their-own-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-6455 A.K.B. Cusack Mon, 07 May 2007 16:16:03 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/05/07/sometimes-other-countries-elections-are-concerned-with-their-own-problems/#comment-6455 The difference between Sarkozy and Chirac has always appeared to me as being completely one of style over substance. There will probably be a few therapeutic acts to make people feel like something has been done about crime and immigration, but Sarkozy is just as establishment as Chirac and Royal, and there is no particular reason to believe that he will to make any substantive changes. If he does, I will be happily surprised. If we can give Sarkozy credit for any noteworthy change, it will be for moving the French political culture even further down the road of meaningless American vulgarization. The difference between Sarkozy and Chirac has always appeared to me as being completely one of style over substance. There will probably be a few therapeutic acts to make people feel like something has been done about crime and immigration, but Sarkozy is just as establishment as Chirac and Royal, and there is no particular reason to believe that he will to make any substantive changes. If he does, I will be happily surprised.

If we can give Sarkozy credit for any noteworthy change, it will be for moving the French political culture even further down the road of meaningless American vulgarization.

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