Typically liberal ranting from the French Socialist candidate

On one hand, you'd think they would mature at some point, these lefties. But on the other hand, fear mongering is one of the most often used plays of their playbook, so they pull it out whenever they can.

France risks violence and brutality if right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy wins Sunday's presidential election, his Socialist opponent Segolene Royal said on Friday.

On the last day of official campaigning, opinion polls showed Sarkozy enjoyed a commanding lead over Royal, who accused the former interior minister of lying and polarizing France.

"Choosing Nicolas Sarkozy would be a dangerous choice," Royal told RTL radio.

"It is my responsibility today to alert people to the risk of (his) candidature with regards to the violence and brutality that would be unleashed in the country (if he won)," she said.

Pressed on whether there would actually be violence, Royal said: "I think so, I think so," referring specifically to France's volatile suburbs hit by widespread rioting in 2005.

Isn't that pathetic. It's not "vote for me because my ideas are good" or even "vote for me because I'll work for prosperity", but instead the french hear "vote for me or else . . . something bad will happen."

But it's typical. The left really can't offer anything that people will vote FOR. If they did that, then they'd have to tell people that they are FOR abortion, FOR higher taxes, FOR bigger government, FOR the nanny state, FOR more regulation . . . you get the idea. And there's no salesman on earth who could make that pitch (not even Slick Willie). But they can run like mad against any idea.