September 12, 2006

My French blog is on fire since I announced I would vote for Nicolas Sarkozy

Posted at 21:56 in France, Politics | | 38 Comments

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picture: Paris-Match showing Nicolas Sarkozy surrounded by journalists and a few accredited bloggers at the last UMP university, where 12 bloggers had a press badge, a first ever in France, I'm on the left corner ;-)

Hundreds of comments and more than 20 000 page views a day currently on my french blog as I announced that I decided to vote for Nicolas Sarkozy at the next 2007 presidential elections.

The reason I did that is that Nicolas Sarkozy, currently #2 in Government and future candidate is the only politician in France to my knowledge to say he wants to transform France into a "nation of entrepreneurs" when entrepreneurs are often seen as "enemies of the State" these days, so I can only support him. Of course, many people disagree... The French AP AFP and Reuters published the news straight from my blog so it's also rock and rolling in the press... [-] Here the presidential race will probably be won with a very tiny portion of votes, so I anticipate blogs to play a big role in the elections.

Maybe you're exaggerating a bit. Okay some people disagrees with your political choice and cries this everywhere, and not really in the good way. But this sort of people are more and more numerous on the Web. So, this a bit like the new sort of "people press" and this is the problem when we have a blog of opinion, visited by a large public. And you must make with them...

The only one reproach i've to make to you is that you posted your opinion a little early than you should. We are in September 2006 and the election will be in May 2007. There's no electoral program yet which are public and we have the impression of a decision without "true bases" made with the light one. Maybe (i think and i hope) this is just an impression but that's the image you gave on your blog in this post and i think that's the real problem which launched this polemic.

Deeder, September 12, 2006 at 23:12

You are such a wonderful source of information for what's really happening in the French blogosphere.

Is impressive the reaction of the people and the media on your post!

Congrats!

Octavio Isaac Rojas Orduña, September 12, 2006 at 23:32

Moi le seul candidat pour qui je voterais c'est celui qui dira que son but est le bonheur de tous. sinon ça sert à quoi un politicien ? Curieusement personne ne l'a jamais dit.

Bob Marcel, September 12, 2006 at 23:56

Octavio, thanks, but unfortunately I don't post enough these days in english, I have to work on it.

Deeder, exagerating a bit has been a style for since I was born, you know how we are here when we were born in the south of France ;-)

Loic, September 13, 2006 at 00:04

"I guess it's because I'm the first blogger to publish its political views on his blog"

Ça va les chevilles ? -_-;

kwyxz, September 13, 2006 at 01:43

Hi,

Just as a FYI Loic, your post should really read "My French Blog is on fire". ;-)

But congrats on your blog, and I think the 07 election will be won on the blogosphere.

I will vote for Nicolas too.

Joel Demay, September 13, 2006 at 01:50

"I guess it's because I'm the first blogger to publish its political views on his blog"

Hahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha !

VinZ, September 13, 2006 at 02:30

Hum, it was late, my english.... apologies.

Loic, September 13, 2006 at 07:10

C'e n'est pas dans une boite de diffusion de blogs que tu devrais bosser mais dans une agence de pub !!

Bravo pour le buzz autour de...si peu de choses ! A quand ton article sur ton changement de camp ?

citoyenne, September 13, 2006 at 07:48

Etonnant de fatuité et de vulgarité.
Finalement, involontairement drôlissime...

C., September 13, 2006 at 08:12

You'll vote Sarkozy (he's not even candidate yet) because you saw him!! lol. You feel impressed, it boosts your own ego.
I don't like Sarkozy because his not sincere.

sdfds, September 13, 2006 at 09:05

C'est quoi ce restaurant où il y a autant de serveurs pour passer la commande et pas assez de sièges pour asseoir les invités?
Et sans table, comment on fait pour servir la soupe?

skoobeedoo, September 13, 2006 at 11:39

Meanwhile, in Spain... ;)

Looking forward to have a president like Sarkozy here.

ignazio, September 13, 2006 at 22:00

Loïc, what do you make of Sarkozy's support for Bush? I agree France needs to be more entrepreneurial but do we want a French Patriot Act?

Marc, September 13, 2006 at 23:23

I would vote for him too if I was french. His ideas are pertinent. Would you believe most of the foreigner with a minimum of common sense agree with him. I am senegalese myself, living in France, but I am 200% with him. I'm not only talking about the immigration issue, but his economical point of view is also logic.

Absatou, September 14, 2006 at 14:33

So, beyond economical questions, how does a Bush/Sarkozy association makes you feel?

Marc, September 14, 2006 at 18:35

I don't think he really supports Bush, I think he likes the US model in general so one way to show it is to support its current president.

Is publically advocating for the US style here all the time: the way you integrate minorities, multi-cultures, liberalism, entrepreneurship etc. That, I like.

Loic, September 14, 2006 at 20:19

FYI That same picture is also in the latest edition of Time magazine. You really adore Sarko!

Matthias, September 15, 2006 at 10:23

"My blog HAS BEEN on fire since I announced I would vote for N. S." et non "IS on fire..." Faute de grammaire récurrente chez les français. Il s'agit d'un bilan. L'emploi du présent perfect s'impose. T'as encore des progrès à faire. En anglais. Entre autre. Mais au fait, tu vas voter Sarko pour quelles élections? En dehors du fait qu'il s'est auto-proclamé candidat à la candidature (se fichant Royalement de toute notion démocratique), le candidat UMP n'est pas encore désigné. Et sur quel programme? Parce que pour l'instant, on n'a pas vu l'ombre d'une esquisse de signe de programme. Les apparences, le show, la frime, c'est pas un programme ça. Et puis, entre nous si t'avais dit que tu allais voter Royal ou De Villiers, les réactions auraient été exactement les mêmes! Essaie en allemand la prochaine fois. Qu'on se marre un peu.

Fabrice, September 15, 2006 at 16:28

Matthias: really ? I can't say cool because everybody will jump on me again !

Loic, September 16, 2006 at 00:12

I have a question. Do you think Sarkozy will lose points for showing his admiration for Bush?
I really support him, but don't you think he might be the puppy of Bush once he becomes a president?

Absatou, September 16, 2006 at 20:15

Je pensais que la réflexion serait plus poussée au vu du tapage médiatique sur té décision de voter Sarkozy...
Force est de constater qu'à part une citation de Sarkozy voulant faire de la France "une nation d'entrepreneurs", on sait pas grand chose... On retombe là encore et toujours à des effets d'annonces! Car sauf erreur de ma part, pas un seul homme ou femme politique n'a clairement dévoiler un programme en partant de situations actuelles et en amenant des propositions clairement illustrées qui nous montrent enfin où ils veulent aller!
Avoir une nation d'entrepreneur forte pour développer l'économie d'un pays, celà relève de l'évidence, que nul ne peut réfuter... Mais concretement, comment Sarkozy s'y prend-il? Quels droits ou modifications sont à son sens nécessaires?
Bien beau donc d'annoncer des choses, des "titres", encore faut-il en proposer un contenu...

calgar, September 17, 2006 at 13:07

Je suis effaré de voir Loïc adhérer au projet de Sarkozy. Je me retire immédiatement de ce forum que je lisais avec intérêt, je ne veux pas me retrouver dans les statistiques que les spin doctors du petit homme ne manqueront pas de mettre en avant quand la campagne du candidat sera à la rubrique internautes.
Cocu, peut être, mais je suis plus obligé d'assister aux séances!

Bon vent et sans moi!

Jean, September 18, 2006 at 00:24

Note To French... Note To French: Bush is not the USA... Bush is not the USA... Comprendez?

I suspect the French like to confuse Bush with the USA because it stops them from having to think too hard about their own problems. So call me a cynic.

What the Americans fail to understand about France: how important social "position" is in the latter.

Don't even get me started about the British....

Hugh MacLeod, September 24, 2006 at 00:49

Marc: "do we want a French Patriot Act?"

don't you already have zillions of them? ;-)

Bravo pour le buzz

yankee_capitalist_pig, September 24, 2006 at 18:00

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