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...ranks fourth, was first elected to parliament in 1956. Le Pen is trailed closely in the polls by Arlette Laguiller, a Trotskyite bank clerk on her fifth presidential run. One begins to wonder if Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Helmut Schmidt, James Callaghan and other long-retired statesmen might still be in the running if they had been French. Or whether it is time for a new revolution to bring in a Sixth Republic with a compulsory retirement age for politicians - unless they come up with new ideas...
...TIME: Does it frustrate you to see Sinn Fein doing so well? Durkan:Republican leaders are now clearly basking as statesmen because of the way the peace process has worked. It reminds some of us of Groucho Marx?s line about knowing Doris Day before she was a virgin; it?s hard sometimes for a party that has always stood for nonviolence and was threatened and intimidated by people who are now coming forward in Sinn Fein. We knew we were taking an electoral risk in encouraging Sinn Fein into the political process. But it?s still the best...
...Republican turned independent Senator Jim Jeffords was praised for a party switch that "changed the way business will be done in Washington for years to come. The shift in the balance of power has, fortunately, compelled some politicians, President Bush included, to become statesmen." And speaking of statesmen, Tony Blair had a good turnout, not only for being a good ally, but mostly "for doing a better job speaking than G.W. Bush ever could" while doing...
...willing to use the word "terrorist" for Hamas or Islamic Jihad, because many Arab leaders see these groups as responding to what they consider Israel's illegitimate occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. So while they would agree with President Bush's preference for "lawful change," many Arab statesmen also maintain that terrorism is the inevitable consequence of the absence of such change...
...idea to repeat a line from the 19th century French anarchist thinker Pierre-Joseph Prou-dhon: "The fecundity of the unexpected far exceeds the prudence of statesmen." America, in the spasms of a few hours, became a changed country. It turned the corner, at last, out of the 1990s. The menu of American priorities was rearranged. The presidency of George W. Bush begins now. What seemed important a few days ago (in the media, at least) became instantly trivial. If Gary Condit is mentioned once in the next six months on cable television, I will be astonished...