1) The handwringing McClellans are out, esp. after the FR/BR elections.
2) Systems matter, and POLICIES matter.
3) France was a victim of the first. They have a goofball multi-election system combined with a proportional representation structure . . .
2) Systems matter, and POLICIES matter.
3) France was a victim of the first. They have a goofball multi-election system combined with a proportional representation structure . . .
3) contd . . . (the same that led to Hitler in Weimar Germany). Under this structure, no one is pushed to the middle to a definitive yes/no on any candidate or party. Instead, they have enclave parties that must make coalitions to "govern."
4) Le Pen never had more than 35%.
4) Le Pen never had more than 35%.
5) But the other two parties---Macaroni's party and the socialists---never had close to 50% either.
6) So Macaroni's delegates abruptly resigned, allowing the socialists to fill their seats, defeating Le Pen about 2:1.
6) So Macaroni's delegates abruptly resigned, allowing the socialists to fill their seats, defeating Le Pen about 2:1.
7) A similar thing happened in Weimar Germany, where the Nazis at their peak only had 44% and were already seeing a downward trend at the ballot box. They go the National Party (8%) to ally with them on a vote making Hitler Chancellor.
8) We do not have that.
8) We do not have that.
9) Did they cheat? Technically, no. They took advantage of a crappy system. A majority clearly do not want Le Pen, unfortunately. But a majority did not want the socialists until Macaroni's little maneuver. France has been socialist before.
10) This surprised me but shouldn't have. The French "center" (Macaroni) is like our RINOs: they pretend not to be commies, but really are.
11) The situation in England is ENTIRELY different. You can blame France on a "dirty trick"--Eng you have only the Tory Party to blame.
11) The situation in England is ENTIRELY different. You can blame France on a "dirty trick"--Eng you have only the Tory Party to blame.
12) The Tories backed the Uke war, supported the idiotic climate change policies, and made no serious effort at all (except a couple of minor deportations) to get rid of the invaders.
13) The people did not LIKE Labour, but had no choice. The Tories were a party of McTurds.
13) The people did not LIKE Labour, but had no choice. The Tories were a party of McTurds.
14) The same McClellans here crying "steal" completely ignore the policies of the Tories, and then completely ignore the MASSIVE wave of populism across the rest of Europe:
*Portugal
*Slovakia
*Hungary
*Italy
*Holland
*Belgium
*Estonia
*Portugal
*Slovakia
*Hungary
*Italy
*Holland
*Belgium
*Estonia
15) Even Germany is under huge populist pressure: the Greens have seen their % in that stupid proportional representation system go down every year.
16) I actually have more hope for FR than BR because people will get sick of socialism quickly, but BR has no real opposition.
16) I actually have more hope for FR than BR because people will get sick of socialism quickly, but BR has no real opposition.
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