The usual Sidney know it all bollix. Herself and her father have brought their Party into the mainstream in the last 30 years with upticks in performances in regional, National Assembly and Presidential elections. This isnât some sort of Jeremy Corbyn like take over of a mainstream party, this is helping to erode the popularity of the mainstream of French politics by the wider ballot box.
She might have had a poor debate, but she clearly has some political skills to get where herself and her Party are.
This is like the jeering at Donald Trumpâs cadence and communication skills by the Twitteratti. They just donât get it.
You even admit to not watching the debate but go on âreportsâ to fit into your narratives. I doubt you even speak French and are probably furiously translating articles from Le Monda on Google Chrome.
There is nothing to debate with you. You admit to not even watching her debate and likely donât speak a word of French to boot, but go off on one about her political skills. Youâre gas.
Where is the tangent? You admit to not watching her debate but go off on one, classic Sidney pretend knowledgeability on a subject. Youâve never met a topic you couldnât google to suit your agenda.
The tangent is in pretty much everything you wrote, Tim. Hot air which failed to engage with anything I wrote, with the sole exception of where you agreed with me that her performance in the debate was disastrous.
Youâre not even keeping up a pretence of pretend knowledgeability here.
i.e. âI didnât watch it and I donât actually understand French, but here are my takeaways on Xâs political competency based entirely on my wishes on how politics will goâ
More feelings over facts from Sid, even after Brexit and Trump he still just doesnât get it- plus ça change, plus câest la mĂȘme chose.
Iâm really not sure what my standard of French-speaking has to do with anything, mate. Perhaps you could enlighten me?
I love the way youâve admitted twice that my posts actually contain some research, by the way. Perhaps you might do some yourself before commenting in future, because itâs quite clear you need a bit of work in that regard.
I also loved the way you threw in a bit of French there at the end of your post to try and make yourself look knowledgeable. It reminds me of the way @anon7035031 likes to throw in a bit of Latin at the end of his posts in a similar, haughty manner. But at least it proves the grinds at the Institute clearly werenât a total waste, unless youâve gone GooglingâŠ
I get it, youâre a Le Pen supporter. Feelings over facts are clearly overcoming you at the moment. Thatâs OK, denial is the first step in the grieving process. Youâll come through it.
Again this is classic Sidney, you donât even deny that you canât speak French and are just going off on one based on your delusions about the world.
In a few weeks you will be giving it big 'uns moaning about the first past the post system in the U.K. (just like the US electoral college and US senate, because your team lost those) but will ignore the electoral successes of LePenâs party because they didnât win the big one.
Fucksake, anyone that predicted a Le Pen victory is clueless on French politics. As a commentator said recently âa goat would beat Le Pen in a second round runoffâ. The FN and in particular someone with the name Le Pen will never win the presidency in France.
While she was never going to win, Le Penâs biggest mistake, especially in the last debate, was attacking Macron. In this respect she made the same mistake as Clinton, who spend too much time attacking Trump and never presented a compelling argument on her own policies.
The only interesting aspect of the French election is the defeat of all the traditional parties, the rejection of establishment parties and politics continues to be the primary driver in western democracies.
Itâs like jeering UKIP getting just 1 seat after getting nearly 13% of the vote in the 2015 election because of FPTP. 12 months later their principle political aspiration was achieved.
