Indeed, the essence of Sarkozy’s campaign message has become: “You might not like me personally (you would be wrong, by the way, because I am not as you see me, and my experience in power has transformed me deeply), but you support my conservative values, because they represent what you really think. In a world that is changing so rapidly and brutally, you need stability and reassurance.
事实上，萨科齐的竞选活动正是想传达这么一条核心信息：“你可能不太喜欢我这个人（其实你错了，因为我并不仅仅是你眼中的我，多年的执政经验已经使我发生了深刻的转变），但你会支持我的保守主义价值观，因为这才是你内心的诉求。在这个急剧变化的世界上你需要稳定和信心，而这也是我所能给予的。”