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?"
It’s pretty much unanimous; everyone who hates America is rooting for Obama...hmm...
Your opinion, Hollande, isn’t worth shit.
France needs another Martel, not an Ayault.
Now there is a surprise.
Chavez,Castro,Putin and now Froggie. It just don’t get any better than these guys.
Gallic Ping.
F*** them.
If I were Obama’s opponent and won the election, France would become enemy #2, right behind Al Qaeda.
And WHY??? do we care what a cheese eating MARXIST surrender monkey thinks?
After all, they’ve done so well with their
1. immigrants
2. economy
3. fraternite, egalite, etc
And after getting on their knees to appease the Muslims, they are so LOVED by that demographic.
Ayrault is clearly socialist; is he a faggot like obama too?
To be expected, the French are always choose wrong.
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you, that the cheese-eating surrender monkeys would be backing Bathhouse Barry! I’m sure Putin, I’madinnerjacket, Chavez and Castro would vote for him also!! Ask Bibi what he thinks.
What else can you expect from a bunch of cheese eating surrender monkeys?
It's certainly what FDR did for 4 terms.
Another reason to hate the French.
Ayault, Ayault, the taxes we must grow ....
The French...[ shakes head ]
The commies on the plains
keep you mainly in the chains
Screw you, Hollande! I wanted Sarkozy to win....
Looks like a bad year for both our wants!
Leaders of Czech Repub and Poland, Netanyahu, Harper. Maybe Singh in India?
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