JackTheBat
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11-1-2012 08:49 |
thx marcopo but it was a publicity stunt
Eric Cantona launches 'presidential bid' to highlight French housing crisis
Former footballer's front-page newspaper appeal for signatures to back presidency revealed to be publicity stunt
http://www.guardian.co.uk/footba ... -bid-french-housing
"Cantona's gesture was revealed to be the latest in a string of highly effective publicity coups to raise awareness of the plight of poor people in France. Cantona's letter to local politicians was in fact a call for them to sign a petition on the French housing crisis for the leading charity, the Abbé Pierre Foundation."
"...in France, novelty presidential bids can threaten to seriously damage to the main players. In 1980, when the standup comedian Coluche announced he was running for president, polls showed him taking 16% of the vote and he eventually dropped out after fierce political lobbying and fears he would bleed votes from François Mitterrand."
no news on whether Jacques Chirac or Dominique Strauss-Kahn will also be staging novelty campaigns.
JtB | |
| marcopo |
12-1-2012 11:25 |
Karma +1 |
Thanks ! He was once a King, hard to downgrade to President |
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