25 April 2002 - Le Pen quiz

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2002 : 25 April 2002

Of All Sad Words

What do you want to say to the people of France?

A. By world standards, you have nothing to be ashamed of. Austria had Joerg Haider, the U.S. had Ross Perot, and even Yugoslavia had Milosevic.
B. How could you fail to elect someone who’s so plainly the epitome of self-centered French culture?
C. Le Pen is mightier than the bored.

clue:

“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: It might have been.”
— John Greenleaf Whittier

Jean-Marie Le Pen, though widely considered loony, is in a run-off for president of France after finishing a close second in an apathetic election.

give me a clue so sweet and true