tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post3413665177684633102..comments2024-01-06T16:35:56.730-05:00Comments on EMILIE JOHNSON: Obama for the FrenchEmiliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01298487943673122863noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-26035279531029824002008-06-21T13:00:00.000-04:002008-06-21T13:00:00.000-04:00Emilie - Surveys say that France's influence in Fr...Emilie - Surveys say that France's influence in French elections is extremely high. In fact the correlation between what France thinks and who Americans elect is being used as a political forecast in many situations. You give us a privileged look into that forecast with every peek into the classroom.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625864994635465787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-69084325132340674482008-06-20T04:26:00.000-04:002008-06-20T04:26:00.000-04:00Very well put, Emilie. The NYT article was an inte...Very well put, Emilie. The NYT article was an interesting one, particularly the part re. the négritude revival... I raced out and bought Léonora Miano's "Tels des astres éteints." The literary richness of this country will be its saving grace... at least on this subject!Aralenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599813866995083156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881993293647462179.post-22761558599754670242008-06-19T13:25:00.000-04:002008-06-19T13:25:00.000-04:00So true! As a foreigner in the States, it still st...So true! As a foreigner in the States, it still strikes me when I hear references to the family in political speeches. I also notice the word "Americans." Especially "for Americans." In Bulgaria it's "citizens"... But "the family" is pure manipulation, alas... Christian conservatism rearing its ugly head. John McCain said, "What I want is for families to make decisions about their health care, not government." What he really means is he wants the pharmaceutical and insurance companies to make these decisions, and the word "family" is a nice emotional decoy.Maria Petrovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14371736365575449906noreply@blogger.com