French politics and other nincompoopery.

[Svartalf]

Last news, The Macronist leading candidate to the upcoming municipal elections for the mayorship of Paris suddenly retired after a Russian political refugee and self claimed 'artist' downloaded sextapes of his to the social media.

After several days of saying she was too busy with her ministry to do it, our lackluster health minister (did not defend her portfolio, closed hospital beds when our hospitals are already overwhelmed with the work they have, cause massive strikes in hospital personnels, ending in service chiefs resigning from their administrative duties) announced she was resigning her goverment post to lead the macronist effort to win Paris (when several other cabinet members are candidates in other cities without resigning, try to understand what the fuck is up).

Well, I would never have voted for the other guy, because of his label, but without questioning his ability or morality, now, I'm doubly motivated to vote somebody else, because that one is a confirmed incompetent who will do anything macron suggests, good or bad.

[Cunt]

Is it going like Britain and the US? In each of those cases, I don't think the winner won, so much as the losers losing HARD.

They ruined a Dem senator (? her name was Hill) with sexy photos. I wish the dems would just lean fully into the debauchery. Own it. As I've joked elsewhere - run Bernie/Amy/Elizabeth as a throuple, be publicly affectionate, trigger some sexually repressed folk. I doubt they would, but I can hope.

Is French politics as repressed?

A local politician here is known to attend sex parties, or orgies or whatever they are called now. I was sitting having lunch with some older construction workers. Grey-haired old white guys, with narrow lives.

Other than a lurid joke or two, they didn't give a fuck. I doubt it would have affected their vote.

[Svartalf]

usually not, for instance our former president hollande cheese was caught cuckolding his official SO with an actress... the SO left the Elysée but he finished his term.

[Cunt]

Yeah, I meant more like getting elected with two partners openly.

Like the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers double-teaming a bouncy and enthusiastic Pelosi in an instagram live stories, then delivering policy speeches with their hair mussed.