Jean-Marie Le Pen vs. Arlette Laguiller - who'd you vote for?

[Stefu]

Let's imagine French election getting even more bizarre. There were three Trotskyite groups in 2002 election, which got over 10% of vote between them. Let's say they have a temporary truce and both back Arlette Laguiller. This candidate might also get support from other leftist parties (such as Communists). Let's also say that Chirac has some kind of, I don't know, scandal or something reducing his vote, and French would have the difficult 2nd round choice between Arlette Laguiller, Worker's Struggle, and Jean-Marie Le Pen, National Front.

Who'd you vote for, if you were French?

Some links about Laguiller:

http://www.lutte-ouvriere.org/elc2002/pre/ (party's official site)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4396266,00.html

[ZoboZeWarrior]

Viva Arlette, Viva El Revolutione !

[KrazyHorse]

I think that my answer on this one wouldn't really surprise anybody...

[loinburger]

What kind of political scandal could reduce a French candidate's popularity?

I'd vote for the commie. Fascism can suck a nut.

[MrBaggins]

what no banana option?

[Provost Harrison]

The funny thing I remember hearing was that they are both MEPs, and they are both alphabetically next to each other, so they are plonked together in the European Parliament

I have been to a Lutte Ouvriere fete before and heard her speak. I am sure she is a very good public speaker, but it was all in French and couldn't understand it very well

[KrazyHorse]

Nekulturny Brits.

[Provost Harrison]

Well the crowd seemed to love her

[Christmann]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
The funny thing I remember hearing was that they are both MEPs, and they are both alphabetically next to each other, so they are plonked together in the European Parliament

That's funny, I thought they were seated by party affiliation.

[DeeEllway]

First of all LePen is not a nazi and Laguiller is not a commie!!

LePen is a populistic fraud who tarnishes the term "nationalist" and he´s nothing other than a capitalist stooge and Laguiller has some good ideas but being a trotskyist, she doesn´t understand the importance of nationalism regarding the working class.

I wouldn´t vote. I firmly believe in the importance of engaging in practical action, in preference to wasting time, effort and money by participation in the corrupt electoral process.

[Provost Harrison]

Nationalism regarding the working class? LO is an internationalist communist party, a Trotskyist one, not a Stalinist one. The one thing that unites the working class throughout the world is their common struggle, across borders and cultures. Not arbitrary nation states, devices of the capitalist.

And Christmann, I think it worked out that they were together because they are seated under 'other' or something. I will have to check that one out.

[DeeEllway]

Check out this site or this site

[Dry]

As it is about presidential elections, and the french president has far less power than the US president (mostly foreign afairs, I think), I will vote for Arlette.
At least she will not declare war to [insert random countryname here].

And unlike JML, after desastrious policy, she will not accused the judeo-massonic plot of sabotage and keep the post.
So she will last shorter.

I go for her (only after selling all my french auctions).

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Nationalism regarding the working class? LO is an internationalist communist party, a Trotskyist one, not a Stalinist one. The one thing that unites the working class throughout the world is their common struggle, across borders and cultures. Not arbitrary nation states, devices of the capitalist.

You spit that dogma out so smoothly it seemed like you almost thought of it yourself. As long as it isn't Christian dogma I guess. So you're saying that the struggle of the working classes (which are those btw?, and are they struggling for or against something, or just struggling?) is a more important point of identity for members of this arbitrary class group (the device of the communist) than their national identity? HA HA HA! Stick to science son. I doubt that is true even in Western Europe which has been immersed in commy propoganda for over a century and is seeing it's nations washed away by the EU degree by degree. Every communist state has played the nationalism card for all it was worth, and the idea of nationalism is the universal success (left, right and middle) that communism always thought it would be.

[*End Is Forever*]

My personal experience of Trotsky-ites is that they're every bit as racist, bigoted and close-minded as Le Pen is. Whether the French variety are just as bad, I don't know... but probably.