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MADem

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3. Ain't That Special! And he's not even the extremist in the French presidential race!
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 05:29 PM
Mar 2012
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/extremist-suspect-upends-french-presidential-race-15976445

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says her anti-Islam agenda has been vindicated: A French Muslim claiming ties to al-Qaida has taken responsibility for the country's worst killing spree in years.

The specter of radical Islam's grip on France has threatened to overturn France's presidential race, in which Socialist Francois Hollande has long been the pollster's favorite to unseat the divisive conservative president, Nicolas Sarkozy.

Le Pen, the No. 3 candidate in polls, said France must "wipe out" the Islamist threat, saying it has been minimized by authorities.

Sarkozy has borrowed from Le Pen's playbook in campaigning for the presidential election on April 22 and its expected runoff May 6, with talk of halving immigration and lamenting widespread availability of halal meat....


I guess the old "Harrrumph!!! I'll move to FRANCE!!!" shit ain't working so well, anymore....although I do like halal meat--it's like kosher, is all--no assholes, ears, noses and duck feet!

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