disability in French presidential debate

My friend , Matt,  in Nantes is in great fear over the next presidential elections in France. He fears that Sarkozy will win. My son, John, on the other hand, thinks that it would be good for France to get a shot in the arm if Sarkozy gets be president. I do not know enough  to have a comment  but I was reading the  debate  with interest.  At one point, they  debated  on disability. 

This is an excerpt from the New York Times-

Toward the end of the debate, Ms. Royal became agitated during a discussion of educating disabled children. She argued that the right had undone the good work that the left had been trying to do, and cast Mr. Sarkozy’s position as “the height of political immorality.”

She accused him of playing the compassion card even though his government had not delivered needed services, indignantly telling him he had described the plight of handicapped children “with a tear in your eye.”

Mr. Sarkozy grabbed the opportunity to bore in on his point that she could not lead France in such a temperamental fashion.

“Calm down,” he told her.

“No, I will not calm down,” she replied.

“Do not point at me with this finger, with this——” he said.

“No. Yes,” she said.

“With this index finger pointed, because frankly——”

“No, I will not calm down,” she said. “No, I will not calm down. I will not calm down.”

“To be president of the republic, you have to be calm,” he said.

She responded: “Not when there are injustices. There are angers that are perfectly healthy because they correspond to people’s suffering. There are angers I will have even when I am president of the republic.”

the rest can be read at here

I must ask my other French friends what they think.