Serious Questions

When prominent socialist writers and "philosophers" are critical of their own candidate, you know something is terribly wrong. Powerful political organizations tend to close ranks and defend their candidate through thick and thin. But it seems that this time the ice is just too thin. In my last post I quoted Ségolène as saying that her worst enemy is mediocrity. Those words may be used against her as she unwittingly reveals her inaptitude, if not her irrelevancy, for the post she is seeking.

Wealthy, jet-setting socialist writer Bernard-Henri Lévy, known as BHL, finds Madame Royal's campaign most demoralizing, according to an article from Yahoo:

The presidential campaign fills philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy with "a feeling of discouragement" due to the fact that "in his entire life" he has "never seen such a mediocre campaign."

In an interview scheduled to appear in Sunday's Parisien/Aujourd'hui, BHL declares that this election will be "the moment of truth", for we will see if the "next president has the strength and the grace to make the necessary reforms."

In this case, "France will keep the place in Europe and in the world that she has long held". In the opposite case, "we will become a sort of second Switzerland."

After recalling that he had been "among the first to welcome the rise in popularity of Ségloène Royal, the novelist/philosopher notes with bitterness that "six months later, and with the best will in the world, it is difficult not to ask some questions: What does she want? What is her goal?"

"Can a candidate for the presidency not know, as it seems to be the case, how many nuclear submarines will be under her control?" laments the philosopher.

Questioned on the future of Ségolène Royal between now and the election, BHL feels that she is "such an atypical candidate that anything can happen. Maybe a spectacular recovery (...) or a sudden extinction of all the lights around her and in her that will cause her to free-fall."

In view of this catastrophic perspective for the Socialist Party, BHL declares he is aware that "some in the Party (...) are envisaging a sort of grand appeal from the higher elected officials to the candidate that she sacrifice herself on the altar of a special convention that would nominate...François Hollande! Perhaps..."

Note: I think she should continue to be the candidate. This way she may disable the socialists for a long while. Even if she won the election, she would be such a disaster that the socialists would be out of power for a long time. Machiavellian, I know...

Note: I'm having trouble realizing that they didn't know she was like this before they nominated her.

Note: Nor do I know what he means by a "second Swtizerland" unless it be "insignificant". Swiss people, take note!

BHL's trendy political correctness and chic socialism has its own brand of mediocrity. But that's a different topic...

One final note: François Hollande is Ségo's "partner" and the father of her children. Recently he has been pushed into the background while she grabbed the spotlight. Revenge will be sweet...