elections in France

[jim in paris]

salut les potes !

tomorrow is the first round for the presidential elections

like many of my fellow citizens , I've had hard times finding a suitable candidate
I tried the anagram of names to make " t o u p i e "
but no one qualified!
then I turned to more serious topics:
to stay in the E C that eliminates 8
to qualify an under 50 that eliminates 7
to support a de-penalisation of weed  that eliminates 6
after all these intellectual efforts, I took a nap   zzzzz
I drank a ristreto a nd suddeenly the solution came to my mind
it's an old saying from the village in corsica

"faute de grive on mange du merle"

donc I ' llvote for...
Mac Round




jim signing off

PS:
une grive = a thrush
un merle = a blackbird (less tasty)
"if you can't get a thrush , then you'll enjoy a blackbird"
(never tried to cook one !)

[jim in paris]

2Hours to go before the first estimates


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jim

[jim in paris]

my candidate wins the 1st round against the extreme-right !!

YOUPIE!

jim

[Jeremy McCreary]

my candidate wins the 1st round against the extreme-right !!

YOUPIE!

jim

That's certainly encouraging, but Le Pen is still in the 2nd round. Don't forget: Every time Trump cleared one hurdle, conventional wisdom said he wouldn't clear the next. Now we're stuck with.... Well, I won't go into that here.

Sincerely hope that France doesn't follow suit.

[the Earl of Whirl]

The papers around here have been covering the election with news about it just about every days.

I didn't realize Le Pen is a woman.......Marine Le Pen.

A snap poll says Macron 62% and Le Pen 38%.

[jim in paris]

YEAH! 60/40 would be fine!

we'll sea what Ze win'dows



jim

[the Earl of Whirl]

Front page of USA Today sports talks about how the French election results could impact their 2024 Olympics bid.  Big color picture of the Eiffel Tower with the article.

[jim in paris]

HOURRAH!! ITS THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT MACRON  WHO WINS

at 39 years old, he is the youngest president of the 5th republic



jim

[Jeremy McCreary]

What a relief! So the world isn"t going mad -- just US.

[ta0]

Macron 66%, Le Pen 34%     

Félicitations !!!!!