French Socialists at war

Evil g brings good news from France: the socialist party is in disarray.  

Lille Mayor Martine Aubry, the former Minister who masterminded the legendary 35-hour week, won 42 votes more than her bitter rival, 2007 Presidential candidate Ségolène Royal, in the Socialist Party leadership battle.  

Royal, whose allies claim her rival cheated, won 49.98% of the 134,784 votes cast, and is now demanding another ballot.  

According to Julien Dray, an MP and Royal backer, “The only possible solution is another vote.” Manuel Valls, another MP and one of Ms Royal's top lieutenants, claimed there was fraud, and called for the membership to "rebel."

The Socialist Party has not won a Presidential election since 1988.  

The café where French socialists come to bicker after doing their 35 hours of work

Evil g no longer an anti-capitalist

As may be apparent from the content of this blog, evil g is not and has never been an anti-capitalist.

"Anti-capitalist rantings" was supposed to be an ironic title, but having been blogging for about a week now, it occurred to evil g that it might alienate right-of-centre visitors, before they ever read the content.

The new title and description are more representative of the nature of this blog.

An old friend of evil g, Che Guevara will be turning in his grave at the news that evil g is lost to the cause

Joe the Plumber helps "spread the wealth"

Joe the plumber, whose name is actually Samuel, and who is not a plumber, came to prominence during the recent US Presidential election, when he confronted Senator Obama about his plans to raise taxes for people earning more than $250,000.

Samuel Wurzelbacher, who was undecided about who to vote for before the debates, eventually backed Senator McCain, because he was concerned about Senator Obama's Neo-Marxist economic policy, which involves "spreading the wealth".
Mr Wurzelbacherhas has now written a book titled "Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream", and says he decided to go with small publishing house PearlGate, in order to help "spread the wealth".

Karl Marx, who inspired Joe the Plumber to "spread the wealth"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7739373.stm

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2008/11/the-joe-the-plu.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4961157.ece