Nicolas Sarkozy

From RationalWiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Wheut? ... heuld on ... Ah, mon translateur says tu es un peu of un con.

Nicolas Disco Sarko l'Americain Sarkozy, nicknamed "le nain" in latest voting,[1] was the President of France from May 2007-May 2012. He is conservative by French standards, and thus loved by American conservatives, despite being far to their left on many issues, including civil unions, Affirmative Action (a very touchy subject in France), and strong bank regulation. Note that this perception is mostly due to the inertia of the French welfare state system, as confirmed by analysis like Political Compass needing George W. Bush and Silvio Berlusconi to get somebody to his right.[2]

When he was first elected President, many worried that some of his past racially-tinged comments (particularly one about wanting to clean the French suburb-ghettos with a high pressure hose) meant that he was hiding stronger rightist views. However, he cemented a reputation as a decent leader for France and Europe on the international scene. The Roma, presumably, disagree. Among a lot of French people too, his approval ratings plummeted with the financial crisis, and his attempts to return to fear-mongering and populism only managed to help the Front National.[3]

He was once hilariously chased around by Basque protesters on an electioneering visit to the region. While he was on an official visit to Romania, he requested 20 cm (8 inch) tall stand in order to look taller. The stand hadn't been removed after he finished his speech, so taller speakers had to lean in order to get the microphone. This all caused great mirth in the house.[4]

[edit] Sarkozy's wife

Sarkozy got a divorce while President of France from Cécilia María Sara Isabel Ciganer-Albéniz, his second wife, and later married model Carla Bruni. Many in the world got a laugh that the First Lady of France had nude pictures up on the internet, but the novelty soon faded.

Late August 2010, the Iranian Kayhan daily paper called Bruni a "prostitute" after she condemned the stoning sentence against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani.[wp][5] We wonder their reaction when she then said that gender equality wasn't needed.

More controversy developed after the announcement of a statue dedicated to Bruni in the Paris suburbs.[6]

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. Likewise, Marine Le Pen was given the codename "Voldemort."
  2. Political compass analysis
  3. Most bigots seem to prefer the original rather than the copy.
  4. Sarkozy's lift causes mirth in Romanian parliament
  5. Iranian media warned after paper calls Carla Bruni-Sarkozy a 'prostitute'
  6. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/feb/12/carla-bruni-sarkozy-bronze-statue
Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Community
Tools
support