This Is Not France

French President Emmanuel Macron won re-election, largely because while many people were disappointed with him, many of them would have rather eaten raw snails than vote for right-winger Marine Le Pen.  Especially when a Le Pen presidency would have resulted in France's withdrawal from NATO and the coalition against Ukraine.

So Joe Biden, or another Democrat to be determined if Biden does not run for another term, could still win the 2024 presidential election over Donald Trump or a pro-Trump Republican, right?

Wrong.  Why? Because this is not France.

The French people voted with their heads to keep a dangerous chick like Marine Le Pen out of office.  Americans vote with their guts, which is how right-wingers get elected.  Also, because she's French, Le Pen is not a sore loser who would claim that the election was stolen - and there is no such thing as a French electoral college that awards electoral votes from each of the country's 94 departments and can circumvent the will of the people.  And you know that "liberty, equality, fraternity" thing?  The French may not always live up to that standard, but they do take seriously the right to vote.  For one thing, they don't pass laws to restrict the vote.

Another thing is, they vote on Sundays.  Not Tuesdays.    

The Ukraine war is more of a factor in the French presidential election than it is likely to be here in the 2022 midterms and the 2024 presidential election because, well, Kiev is about 1,470 miles from Paris, which is shorter than the distance between New York and Denver, and there's no ocean between the two countries either.  If a Republican administration that takes office in 2025, should the war in Ukraine still be going on by then, pulls out of NATO, that move will be met by the American people with more by a shrug than a shudder.  That's what my gut tells me.  (My head? No, I'm an American.)   

Also, the French have a lot of amenities and programs that we Americans lack.  Despite inflation ravaging the French economy, it's not ravaging it as much as it's ravaging our own, and the French of course have guaranteed health care.  Not to mention more nice things to cushion an inflationary economy.   

Remember, once again - this is not France.

Okay, is there any other business?