Sunday, May 6, 2007
Sarkozy
Sarkozy's election is seen as a turning point in Europe. An outsider and conservative, he wants France to beam down to Earth. Sarkozy's putative pro-American, pro-Israeli stance is heartening. Fear at the loss of privilege seems the knee-jerk reaction of many in a country that has a multitude of problems — they sure need something.
With the would-be candidates on the Left in the US running further Left and the Right running to Reagan — a man from another time — you wonder where all this will lead? Centrism seems as quaint as the dinosaurs now.
Here's Roger L. Simon's take on NYT coverage of the event. Roger observes that the French media was uniformly against Sarkozy — making Sarkozy's victory all the more significant.
Roger says the French “…may be waking up to the defense of their invention - The Enlightenment - no matter what their Foucault-besotted chattering classes wish.” Let's hope so.