memeorandum: French elections: Sarko [ahead] WINS! (Fausta/Fausta's blog)

5:00 PM ET, May 6, 2007

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Sarkozy Defeats Royal in French Presidential Runoff (Update2) — By Francois de Beaupuy and Helene Fouquet — Nicolas Sarkozy was elected president of France as Socialist Segolene Royal conceded defeat. — Sarkozy, candidate of the governing Union for a Popular Movement …

Discussion: Power Line and Wizbang

CNN:

Sarkozy wins French presidency … PARIS, France (CNN) — Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy greeted news of his election Sunday to a five-year term as France's president with a vow to serve as a leader for all people of France. — "The president of the republic must love and respect all the French …

Matthew Campbell / Times of London:

Riot alert for Sarkozy victory — Thousands of riot police will be deployed in Paris tonight after warnings that victory for Nicolas Sarkozy, the conservative candidate in today's presidential election, could spark violent protests. — Fears of a repeat of the rioting that swept France …

Discussion: Riehl World View, UNCoRRELATED and Little Green Footballs

Pajamas Media:

France: The Final Round — Today's crucial runoff election will decide who's the next president: Ségolène Royal (Socialist) or Nicolas Sarkozy (conservative). Naturally, Pajamas Media will be following throughout the day. Paris editor Nidra Poller will be filing continuous …

Discussion: Publius Pundit and Riehl World View

Fausta / Fausta's blog:

French elections: Sarko [ahead] WINS! — 2PM: — SARKO WINS BY 53.2% — The official results have just been broadcast on French TV. — Bloomberg: French Vote for President as Sarkozy-Royal Race Ends — Welcome, Captain's Quarters and Instapundit readers.

Discussion: Charles Bremner and Pajamas Media

Roger Kimball / Armavirumque:

Department of Euphemism Abatement — Here is an idea I offer gratis and for nothing to all those socialistically-inclined politicians looking for novel ways to tax people. What I have in mind is a tax on the public utterance of politically correct euphemism. Why not?

The Australian: Riot alert over Sarkozy win

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Is It Sarkozy? (Update: Yes, It Is)

Discussion: Agence France Presse and Swords Crossed

Simon Heffer / Telegraph:
Will France choose Sarko or the road to ruin?

Discussion: The Newshoggers, New York Times, Secular Blasphemy, Times of London, The Nation, Associated Press, Charles Bremner, Gateway Pundit and Neocon Express

ABCNEWS:

New Tape: Al Qaeda No. 2 Wants 200,000-300,000 U.S. Dead in Iraq — Ayman al-Zawahiri Says Al Qaeda Wants to Spill More U.S. Blood Before America Withdraws — In a new video posted today on the Internet, al Qaeda's number two man, Ayman al Zawahiri, mocks the bill passed by Congress setting …

Discussion: Think Progress, The Moderate Voice, Shakesville, Althouse, Crooks and Liars, The Mahablog, Riehl World View, Atlas Shrugs, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Ross Douthat, The Newshoggers, Hot Air, Dr. Sanity, Don Surber and State of the Day

Michael Luo / New York Times:

With New Clout, Antiwar Groups Push Democrats — Every morning, representatives from a cluster of antiwar groups gather for a conference call with Democratic leadership staff members in the House and the Senate. — Shortly after, in a cramped meeting room here, they convene for a call with organizers across the country.

Discussion: QandO, protein wisdom, PoliPundit.com, Sister Toldjah, WorkingForChange, Democrats.com and Prairie Weather

SITE Institute:
As-Sahab Video of Third Interview with Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri - 5/2007

Discussion: Gateway Pundit

Howie / The Jawa Report:
Zawahiri Mocks Democrat's Surrender Bill (Updated, Bumped With Video)

Discussion: Riehl World View

Jules Crittenden: Impeach Bush! — Delightful posts from W.C. Varones …

John Aravosis / AMERICAblog: Al Qaeda #2, Zawahiri, endorses Bush plan for Iraq

Marcus Mabry / Newsweek:

The Elephant in the Room — George W. Bush has the lowest presidential approval rating in a generation, and the leading Dems beat every major '08 Republican. Coincidence? — A Virtually Bush-Free Zone: The GOP debate in California on May 3 — It's hard to say which is worse news for Republicans …

Libby Quaid / Associated Press:

Boehner acknowledges GOP nervous on Iraq — WASHINGTON - The House Republican leader said Sunday that GOP support could waver if President Bush's Iraq war policy does not succeed by the fall. — But first, the president's troop increase deserves a shot, Minority Leader John Boehner (news, bio, voting record) said.

Discussion: Think Progress, Decision '08, The Democratic Daily and AMERICAblog

Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:

Thompson's Politics Much Like McCain's — But Unlike the Senator, Actor Is GOP's Darling — Fred Thompson fervently backed the Iraq war, railed against an expanding federal government, took stands that occasionally annoyed his party and rarely spoke about his views on social issues during …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, The Gun Toting Liberal™ and Central Sanity

Frank Davies / Fort Wayne News-Sentinel:

Memorial honoring fallen soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan runs out of room — WASHINGTON - Congress already has run out of space on a memorial created last year to honor all of the U.S. service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. — In a grim sign of the times, the "Wall of the Fallen …

Discussion: The Newshoggers and All Spin Zone

Nico / Think Progress: Congressional Iraq memorial runs out of room.

Pajamas Media:

Dutch Martyrs — Pim Fortuyn, murdered five years ago today, took on conventions to bring about change. Long before radical Islam was on the radar, Fortuyn had defined it, written a book about it and pointed to the need to confront it. — [Portrait of Pim Fortuyn by Jean Thomassen]

Discussion: Roger L. Simon, Fausta's blog and The Moderate Voice

Watertiger / Firedoglake:

Face the Snark - Commander Guy Edition — for the week ending 5/5/07: — [Dim houselights, cue intro music] — Chris Matthews: Hello, and welcome to "The Candidating Game," where one lucky guy at the end of this evening will get to take Lady Liberty on the chaperoned date of her dreams!