Apr. 20th, 2007

Telly time

Apr. 20th, 2007 11:42 am
chani: (Default)

No, despite my new addiction to Life On Mars,  I didn't forget to download Lost.

Grey's Anatomy has been rather disappointing lately but I may give it another try.

So many shows, so little time...

Lost 3x17 )



J- 2

Apr. 20th, 2007 02:36 pm
chani: (break)

I will post about Nihous, Royal and Sarkozy later, but I want to add something about our previous flyers.

As

[personal profile] sister_luck pointed out it was very populist, showing Le Pen as an action man (despite his age!) with a carnassial smile. In his handwritten motto, Le Pen wrote "Vive la Vie, Vive la République Vive la France" in that order. I checked out and he's the only one who used the word "la vie". I think it's interesting. What does that mean?

I believe it's a wink to the traditionalist (pro-life) Catholics who, according to the polls, would tend to vote for Sarkozy. Le Pen had to use a card that other candidates from the right didn't dare to use. He can no longer rely only on his infamous "La France aux Français" and the nationalist speech about immigration because De Villiers AND Sarkozy took up that field too (Sarkozy even stole his motto "La France tu l'aimes ou tu la quittes!"). 

So "La Vie" appears on the poster just as sacred as "La République" or "La France" (the use of la République is to reassure people of course). It's a simple message, 3 truths, 3 unchanging values. Le Pen is assuming a pro-life profile by using the word on his poster. A year ago his daughter said that abortion was a horror but seemed to have given up the idea of repealing the Loi Veil. Le Pen backed her up. Now he says that if he's President he will hold a referendum on abrogating abortion.

Of course the same candidate is also asking for the return of death penalty in France while the law that bannished it in 1981 is now part of our Constitution ! "Vive la Vie" has obviously its limits...

So I can't help posting extracts from the famous speech of a Republican who asked for the repeal of death penalty in May 1791...

 

J - 2

Apr. 20th, 2007 05:52 pm
chani: (sunset)
Our first candidate today must be unknown by foreigners...Hell he's barely known in France!


The second one is more famous...


And the last candidate of the day is

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