Posted on 04/23/2017 10:01:01 AM PDT by yoe
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French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron spoke with former U.S. president Barack Obama on the phone on Thursday, in an apparent sign of support just three days before the first round of an uncertain presidential election.
Macron said Obama wanted to exchange views about the French presidential campaign and that the ex-president had stressed how important the relationship between the two countries was.
"Emmanuel Macron warmly thanked Barack Obama for his friendly call," Macron's party "En Marche!" said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
Under President Obama, Democrats have lost over 900 state legislature seats, 12 governors, 69 House seats, 13 Senate seats.
The kiss of death for Macron.
Hints don’t make any difference now. The polls are closed.
And, the count will be interesting!
I think Obama is/was out of line with that phone call.
A call from jOkeass suggests Macron is a Communist.
A call from Obama is the ultimate kiss of political death!!! End of story!!!
Macron is not a centrist. He’s the Trojan horse for the Hollande socialist government
That incorrigibly wrong retromingent jackass can go to hell.
“Centrist”
Center of WHAT?
What’s this? Interfering in a foreign election? Tisk, tisk.
When a friendly call from Obama means you are on the wrong side of history.
Barack Obama picking losers since 2007!
Obama is publicly supporting Macron and Trump is publicly supporting Le Pen. We’ll see which one is smiling when the dust settles.
By French standards, Obama would be a centrist, and Bill Clinton would be far-right! ;)
The Kenyanesion Usurper has the opposite of the Midas touch.
Everything he touches turns to feces.
That guy is toast.
And the Olympics and...
Fingers crossed that Macron doesn’t make it to the runoff, since he’s the one with the best chance to beat her.
Polls close in about half an hour I think. We should have a good idea in a couple of hours.
....how we wish.
Our hope is that the kiss of Obama did him in. (Though really I doubt the French listen much to former US presidents when going to vote.)
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