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He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind that he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics" (and took his advice at heart, making millions off the acquisition deals he oversaw).
 
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
 
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, they tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
 
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon — who'd have had, of all the candidates according to the polls, the best chance to beat him, had he reached the second round — also didn't make the cut (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed that) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind that he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics" (and took his advice at heart, making millions off the acquisition deals he oversaw).
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, they tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon — who'd have had, of all the candidates according to the polls, the best chance to beat him, had he reached the second round — also didn't make the cut (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed that) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind that he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, they tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon — who'd have had, of all the candidates according to the polls, the best chance to beat him, had he reached the second round — also didn't make the cut (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed that) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind that he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, they tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon — who'd have had, of all the candidates, the best chance to beat him, had he reached the second round — also didn't make the cut (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed that) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind that he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, they tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon — who'd have had the best chance to beat him, had he reached the second round — also didn't make the cut (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed him to reach the second round where, of all the candidates, he'd have had the best chance to beat Macron) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind that he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, they tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon also didn't make the cut (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed him to reach the second round where, of all the candidates, the'd polls ghave himad the best chance to beat Macron) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind that he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, they tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon — who, according to polls, would have had the best chance to beat him — also didn't make the cut (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed him to reach the second round where, of all the candidates, the polls gave him the best chance to beat Macron) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind that he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, they tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon — who, according to polls, would have had the best chance to beat him — also didn't make the cut (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed him to reach the second round) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind that he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, they tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon also mdissedn't make the cutoff (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed him to reach the second round) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind that he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, they socialists tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon also missed the cutoff (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed him to reach the second round) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind that he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, the socialists tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon also missed the cutoff (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed him to reach the second round) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he played on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, the socialists tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).
Only the far-left and the far-right were lucid enough to see him for what he was. Alas, Jean-Luc Mélenchon also missed the cutoff (thanks to Benoit Hamon diverting the handful of votes that'd have allowed him to reach the second round) and Marine Le Pen was... well, Marine Le Pen.

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he bplayed on his image of fresh dynamic face amidst the aging political class to become the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, the socialists tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended sarkozyst guru Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he became the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, the socialists tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).

"@CaptainXtra":/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5075463#post_5075463
He's always been a corporate shill. Keep in mind he used to be a partner at Rothschild Bank, where he befriended Alain Minc who told him that "better be rich to go into politics".
After that, he used François Hollande as a stepping stone (which speaks volumes in itself about the ideological state of the French socialist party) where, as minister of the Economy, he embodied the liberal shift of his government's economic policy (in which he oversaw the privatization of public assets and encouraged the deregulation of the labor code), while surreptitiously taking his distances with it as it increasingly sank into impopularity (his greatest trick was probably to keep his name off the aforementioned controversial labor code reform), culminating with the creation of his own party he presented as "transpartisan" and his public denial of being a socialist.
From there, at the presidential election, he became the catch-all candidate for all those disappointed both with the socialists' (in)action (this time, the socialists tried to redeem themselves by picking Benoit Hamon on their left wing as candidate, which ended in disaster as he was in direct competition with Jean-Luc Mélenchon) and the right's corruption (when their candidate, François Fillon, became embroiled in a series of scandals which hurt his chances enough to make him miss the cutoff at the first round).