Marion MarĆ©chal-Le Pen is the new deserved āIt Girlā of French politics and a clear voice of courage and common sense in a country and continent in need of both.
In 2012, she earned the distinction of being Franceās youngest elected Member of Parliament. Last week she handily won the first round of a race for the leadership of a large important region in southeastern France thatās home to the beautiful port city of Marseilles. Unfortunately, she lost the run-off election today because the two establishment Parties joined forces to defeat her.
Interesting. Young French Woman ... where have I heard this story ...
For some time now, Iāve admired the bold style of Marine Le Pen, who wrestled control of the leadership of her populist party in order to purge it of any trace of anti-Semitism, which it had unfortunately been tainted with in the past. But Iām especially impressed with the courage of her young niece who is a devout Catholic and unapologetically pro-life ā not an easy thing for a politician to be in a country thatās aggressively secular.
More importantly, young Marion MarĆ©chal-Le Pen is unashamed to champion Franceās Judeo-Christian identity and heritage as something worth preserving and fighting for. She publicly proclaims it, setting an example for even American politicians to be so bold. With France (and indeed all of Europe) caught up in an existential crisis against radical Islam, these are the sentiments they need in their leadership.
This is important and interesting. I'm still hearing how Glen Beck associates her party with European Fascism (Fascism is SOCIALIST). But she has been purging anti-Semitism from the party. So is the movement still fascist or is it actually ... (gasp) Catholic?
Secular France would probably be more scared of the later than the former, after all they fought a bloody war against the later (the French Revolution).
Mark Twain believed patriotism was personified in the story of a young French woman who āfound a great nation lying in chains, helpless and hopelessā and led it āfrom victory to victoryā until it was free. āWith Joan of Arc love of country was more than a sentiment ā it was a passion,ā Twain wrote. āShe was Patriotism embodied.ā
If she is the modern Joan, one thing is for sure ... The English will screw her.