GalliaWatch: François Hollande - The People's Choice?

The second round of the first-ever Socialist primary was held on October 17, with François Hollande defeating Martine Aubry, the pro-Islamist mayor of Lille.

François Hollande, is virtually unknown outside of France. In this article from #143 of his weekly newsletter (available through subscription), Yves Daoudal explains why he is (with good reason) unknown, and why his victory in 2012 would expedite the long death agony of the country:

François Hollande, wearing the halo of popular legitimacy as the Socialist presidential candidate, went to Spain and met with the Socialist head of government José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. A visit that aimed to strengthen his international stature, they say. To strengthen, or to begin to try to establish. For François Hollande is unknown outside of France. The very serious German journal Die Welt explained to its readers why he is nicknamed Flamby, a brand of caramel custard. For The Economist, he is a "dinosaur", like Martine Aubry, since both of them seem frozen in the past, in 1981": retirement at 60, creation of public jobs, more taxes and unreduced expenses… One wonders if Hollande asked Zapatero how to get the ratings agencies to downgrade you by two points all at once, before hurtling you into a Greek hell, but it wasn't necessary: all he has to do is implement his platform.

A platform that isn't a platform. A feeble caricature of the old Socialist program. But they need it. It is significant that the website dedicated to the much-talked-about Socialist primary gave no indication at all of the candidates' platforms. Curiously, the site was called "The Citizens' Primary" as if it were a Socialist monopoly, and their goal was to designate "the candidate of the Left" as if the other leftist candidates were impostors. I don't remember hearing Monsieur Mélenchon (another leftist candidate) howling that he was denied his right to exist. But it's true that I didn't pay close attention to things that have no importance whatsoever.

Candidate Hollande's first act was to participate in the ceremonies commemorating the "massacre of 300 Algerians" by the Paris police on October 17, 1961, thus paying homage to the FLN (National Liberation Front). Yet the archives of the medical examiner prove that there were perhaps two deaths. To participate in such a sham at least has some meaning. François Hollande is a true Socialist with a true hatred of France. Hence, he espouses Europeanism, and Euro-globalism tainted with Alter-globalism, and the desire to give foreigners the right to vote (naturally they participated in this primary).

To which we can add a disdain for marriage and family, as his personal life attests, and an enraptured acquiescence to anything related to the culture of death.

In any case, François Hollande is not very far removed from what they call the Right. The difference is not one of nature, but of zeal and celerity. With the Left, we just go more rapidly into the wall, economically speaking, and into the depths of decadence, in all other areas.

Polls indicate to us that this is what the French want. They affirm that 59% of the French hope the Left will be victorious, and that François Hollande will win the second round of the election against Nicolas Sarkozy, with 62% of the votes. Of course, besides the usual reservations regarding polls, we must remember that they were conducted at the very moment when François Hollande had become the media's superstar (which is rather surreal considering the inconsistency of the man…) But, just the same, these polls are quite amazing: a majority of Frenchmen hope to go faster into the suicide of France.

Note: The Paris massacre of 1961 is a topic in itself. The event made headlines world-wide, and the fierce controversy over the number of Algerians killed persists to this day. Wikipedia has a long page devoted to this violence that erupted in the time of the Algerian War. A Google search on October 17, 1961 will provide you with ample reading for many days.

The photo at the top shows the Socialist candidates in a gesture of solidarity. Hollande is second from the Right. Ségolène Royal is in a red jacket, Martine Aubry in white.

Below, François Hollande and his current partner Valérie Trierwilier, a divorcée with three children.

Below, with his civil union partner of 25 years Ségolène Royal, the mother of his four children, and his political rival in the recent primary. She came in fourth, after Martine Aubry and Arnaud Montebourg.