[lbo-talk] Re: French Victory

[Wendy Lyon]

On 5/30/05, Turbulo at aol.com <Turbulo at aol.com> wrote:
> It's amazing how the American media are already spinning this thing. The AOL
> headline has the French "turning up their noses" at the constitution.
> Another instance of Gallic snobbery. Vive le snobbism! May 2005 go down in
> Europe as the year of the snob! Any leftist who is not reveling and drinking
> deep is badly in need of psychiatric help. The euro be damned! What was it
> Marx said about the crowing of the Gallic cock?  

The Irish media aren't much better.  My Sunday paper had a headline
"French fear of change" and on the radio this morning it's been all as
if it were just a personal vote against Chirac.  The three speakers
invited to discuss the result on the show I listened to were all
pro-Constitution.