The BBC needed to fill the time between Obama winning and his speech, so they decided to get this author, Gore Vidal, to talk to them a bit. I think they probably wished they hadn't pretty soon. I found it hilarious and really hope it goes viral:

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So many quotes...

As a beam of light fell on my face, I woke up this morning to a deep elation that Obama had won the elections, and feel back to sleep, content ( Read more... )

I'll keep it brief as I know it's hard to keep you guys reading with such a title ( Read more... )

Lal did say "wait for the riots and the strikes." They're here ( Read more... )

Sarkozy - 53 ( Read more... )

Well... bugger me. England sure does suck ( Read more... )

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the Far Right candidate who got 10% of the vote in the first round, has urged his supported to abstain from voting in the second round. We've yet to see how many will listen to him, but this should be a blow to Sarkozy and a boost to Royal. Meanwhile, relations between Royal and Bayrou, the centrist, seem much stronger than ( Read more... )

If you have no interest in French elections, do look away now...

Firstly, and most importantly, Ségolène Royal made it to the second round!

Sarkozy (Right) - 31.18%
Royal (Left) - 25.87%

The next two candidates were François Bayrou, the centrist who astonishingly managed to make it to third place with 18.57%, followed by Le Pen, the far-right ( Read more... )

Hooray! I remembered one of the things ( Read more... )

French elections are very different to Britain or the USA. For one thing, they have about 10 parties ( Read more... )