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French Prime Minister: I want Obama to win
The Local (France) ^ | 24 Oct 2012 17:48 GMT+02:00

Posted on 10/24/2012 7:00:27 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has broken with diplomatic protocol by openly expressing his hope that Barack Obama wins the upcoming US presidential election.

"If I was an American citizen I wouldn't hesitate to vote for Obama," he told a radio interviewer on Wednesday.

While it is hardly surprising that Ayrault, a Socialist, would support the Democrat candidate in a US election, prudence normally restricts politicians from making such remarks given the possibility they will end up having to deal with their Republican rivals.

Ayrault is not however the first French minister to offer public support for Obama in his neck-and-neck battle with Republican Mitt Romney.

On Tuesday, Bernard Cazeneuve, the European affairs minister, said: "As far as I'm concerned, I totally support it (Obama's re-election) and I would be astonished if the government had any other wish."

President François Hollande was less explicit when he was asked who he would support during a visit to New York at the end of last month, restricting himself to a rhetorical: "Who would you think?"


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: eurabia; europeanunion; eussr; france; francoishollande
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Endorsing a fellow socialist. The Hollande administration are as amateurish as Bambi's clowns.
1 posted on 10/24/2012 7:00:27 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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Just another ringing endorsement

Obambi’s really racking up the world’s best & brightest lol


2 posted on 10/24/2012 7:03:28 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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The French “conservatives” also love Obama. Sarko loved to be seen in public with Obama, his only beef was Obama wasn’t liberal enough on global warming for him.


3 posted on 10/24/2012 7:03:37 PM PDT by BillyBoy ( Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Chavez, Castro, and now the French.


4 posted on 10/24/2012 7:04:42 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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He ain’t fooling me. He just don’t want all the crazy libs from this country moving there. They’ve already got all the freeloaders they need.


5 posted on 10/24/2012 7:04:47 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Big Bird, Binders, Horses and Bayonets! Sorry, that is all we have to offer! - the DNC)
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So does Castro, Chavez and Putin, but like 0bama, they just don’t understand Americans! We don’t like to be told what to do!


6 posted on 10/24/2012 7:06:34 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ( For AMERICA's sake: Vote for the Mormon, NOT the muslim; The Capitalist, NOT the Communist! FUBO!)
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Stick a piece of cheese in your mouth,Pierre...you’re in for a disappointment early next month.


7 posted on 10/24/2012 7:06:37 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Almost none of the world leaders wanted Reagan. Yet, the ones who did were the ones who really mattered: Thatcher, Walensa, JPII. If Romney is elected, I wonder which world leaders will be his kindred spirits?


8 posted on 10/24/2012 7:08:29 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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I hope Mitt Romney cuts them off and all the states that vote for Obama off. That is what Obama would do about people not supporting him.


9 posted on 10/24/2012 7:08:40 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (christian.bahits.com)
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That’s fine. And I want you to lose, and to live the rest of your life learning the humility that you never learned to this point. I want you to watch, on the sidelines, while all that you’ve constructed to inflate your likely already inflated self concept is exposed for the empty and harmful junk philosophy that it is.


10 posted on 10/24/2012 7:09:15 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Cincinna

Like-Two-Peas-In-A-Pod-Marxists-Do-Everything-Together-Ping!


11 posted on 10/24/2012 7:12:57 PM PDT by KC_Lion ( Wherever I find myself standing, I forever stand with Israel.)
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The socialist governments of the world love Obama. But the people vote with their feet by immigrating to America.

Stupid government people don't get it, but the people do. Socialism creates poverty and free-market capitalism creates wealth.

12 posted on 10/24/2012 7:12:59 PM PDT by PapaNew
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To: Cincinna; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Thanks DeaconBenjamin.


13 posted on 10/24/2012 7:13:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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One intellectual-moron endorcing another.


14 posted on 10/24/2012 7:13:07 PM PDT by Ed Story
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One intellectual-moron endorcing another.


15 posted on 10/24/2012 7:13:37 PM PDT by Ed Story
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To: DeaconBenjamin

I want France to disappear down the rabbit whole.


16 posted on 10/24/2012 7:14:08 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Surprise, surprise!!

17 posted on 10/24/2012 7:15:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Hey Frogey! Got your White flag ready to go on November 7th?


18 posted on 10/24/2012 7:15:31 PM PDT by TaMoDee ( Lassez les bons temps rouler dans les 2012! Allez Pack!)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

“I’m Mitt Romney, and I approve this message.”


19 posted on 10/24/2012 7:15:43 PM PDT by Paradox (I want Obama defeated. Period.)
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To: PapaNew
The socialist governments of the world love Obama. But people vote with their feet, as the number of immigrants to America show.

Stupid government people don't get it, but the private citizens do. Socialism creates poverty and free-market capitalism creates wealth.

20 posted on 10/24/2012 7:16:13 PM PDT by PapaNew
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