May 04, 2007
French Socialist Candidate Warns of "Violence" if She Doesn't Win
Via Reuters:
"Choosing Nicolas Sarkozy would be a dangerous choice," [Segolene] Royal told RTL radio.Can you imagine being the kind of voter who would change her vote based on this kind of threat? Does Royal know something the rest of us don't? Maybe so. Guess we'll just have to see. Polls show Sarkozy up by 10 points. Seems to me the election of the pro-American Sarkozy would signal French frustration with Muslim immigrants and Chirac's limp-wristed appeasement efforts. I doubt that burning more shit in the banlieues is likely to do anything but strengthen Sarkozy's hand. I expect we'll know by Monday. (h/t : The Big Johnson)"It is my responsibility today to alert people to the risk of (his) candidature with regards to the violence and brutality that would be unleashed in the country (if he won)," she said.
Pressed on whether there would be actual violence, Royal said: "I think so, I think so," referring specifically to France's volatile suburbs hit by widespread rioting in 2005.
By Ragnar Danneskjold, R.I.N.O. Hunter at May 4, 2007 11:36 AM | | l digg this
