No it doesn't. When you vote, you're not hiring someone for their sexual or religious beliefs, or how they like their steaks cooked. It doesn't matter in the grand scheme when you should be looking at their professional/political record, what they support/oppose, and who they're getting their money from.
Nothing says weak like splintering generations old alliances and camaraderie because you want to engage in some xenophobia. Russia is backing isolationist parties because a weakened EU, NATO, and Western Global Order is good for Russia.
The West's unprecedented power comes from its unity. Russia seeks to bolster movements that would undermine that unity.
All our presidential candidates are scum, why would Macron be any different?
They are really getting desperate. Although it seems le pen is not getting more money from russian banks. Are they smelling a defeat?
I would want to know if the person I'd nominate to take care of me and my countries needs would be able to cheat the trust of others.
But I only want to hear about it if there is actual proof that said person does. Our world would definitely benefit if all the news about 'rumours' and 'unverifiable anonymous leaks' would simply not exist, as they are nothing but a slander tool nowadays.
13/11/2022 Sir Keir Starmer. "Brexit is safe in my hands, Let me be really clear about Brexit. There is no case for going back into the EU and no case for going into the single market or customs union. Freedom of movement is over"
Are the people screaming incoherently about ''subhuman savages'' really that unaware that the champion of this rhetoric explicitly and quite openly followed German tradition by placing Slavs number two on a list in which Jews were number ones ?
Hey, Russian bots, the maniacs that soiled their pants over ''inferior races should be exterminated to cleanse Europe for real Aryans'' put you (and French, and Italians, and Greeks, and Serbs, and Poles, and Spaniards,..but he was quite fond of Arabs) in the inferior races category.
That's really odd. isn'it, it.s almost like rabid racism was a completely made up thing to justify thinly invading other people countries and murdering them.
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I thought the West has moved beyond Outing and other forms of gay-bashing? Way to ruin Wednesday night GEN-OT.
I honestly doubt this matters in most western countries. Either because they already progressed far enough or because people are simply too hardboiled to care (as long as they like the candidate, a'la grab 'em by the pussy 35 checkout time Trump or blowjob Bill).
What would work much better in Germany or France are corruption scandals. Keep trying Putin.
Exactly. Sure, their love lives can be interesting but it won't matter much in elections. What seemed to affect candidates is thing like fraud, yes, looking at you, Fillon, Sarkozy, even le pen lost a point with her little FN&EU salary adventures. These made headlines.