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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] "We didn't see a lot of Republicans here deserting en masse for the Democratic Party when the Tea Party ruled the show. But yeah, the French are inherently racist. Mind you, I'd be surprised if the National Front doesn't win this time around. "

There is a misconception that UMP=Rep, PS=Dem, and FN=tea party.  The FN, particularly until a few years ago, was clearly neo-fascist and much more xenophobic than the tea party, and it is more populist and much less libertarian, particularly in economic issues, than the tea party.  Don't have the time right now to give details.
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The only reason the Tea Party and other far right wing groups (particulary Christian fundamentalist ones) aren't overtly neo-fascist is that they know full well whence their financial support originates. Below is a link to a high level overview (for people who have been living under a rock, I suppose). In addition Harper's ran a story a few years ago that I unfortunately can't locate now detailing the some of the nitty-gritty details of the counterintuitive alliance between the Israel lobby and high-powered evangelicals. There were two interesting tidbits about the perspective from each side that I remember from that article:
1. One of the Israeli reps stated under cover of anonimity that "these people (the politicians being bought) are serious anti-Semites."
2. The Evangelical position was, broadly, that Israel needed to remain under the control of the Jews until the Second Coming, when true Christians would ascend to heaven and everybody else would be...shall we say, engulfed in a great ball of fire.

http://mearsheimer.uchicago.edu/pdfs/A0040.pdf

Le Pen doesn't have that constituency to satisfy and can speak his mind. And the scumbag is wasting no time: http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2015/01/09/jean-marie-le-pen-front-national-charlie-martel-hebdo-tweet-declarations_n_6443248.html?ir=France

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