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Obama backs Macron in last-minute intervention in French election
The Grauniad ^ | Cristafis | Angelique

Posted on 05/04/2017 7:14:50 AM PDT by Reverend Wright

Barack Obama has made a last-minute intervention in the French presidential election in support of Emmanuel Macron, saying “the success of France matters to the entire world”.

Macron, a centrist, faces Marine Le Pen of the far-right Front National in a runoff vote on Sunday. Polls put him 20 points ahead.

The former US president said he had chosen to declare his support, in a video tweeted by Macron on Thursday afternoon, because of the importance of the election.

“I’m not planning to get involved in many elections now that I don’t have to run for office but the French election is very important to the future of France and the values that we care so much about.”

French election: Macron hailed as winner of bruising Le Pen TV debate Read more Obama said he supported Macron because he appealed to “people’s hopes and not their fears” and ended, in French, with the words “Vive la France.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: franceelection; macron; obama; obamafranceelection
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The kiss of death...
1 posted on 05/04/2017 7:14:51 AM PDT by Reverend Wright
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To: Reverend Wright

Russians intervening in elections, bad.
Obama intervening in elections, good.

See how that works?


2 posted on 05/04/2017 7:16:47 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Reverend Wright

Wait - I thought we weren’t supposed to interfere in foreign elections?


3 posted on 05/04/2017 7:16:54 AM PDT by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: Reverend Wright

This power bottom is never going away.


4 posted on 05/04/2017 7:17:00 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Russians intervening in elections, bad.
Obama intervening in elections, good.”

the difference is “Russian” backed candidates usually win.


5 posted on 05/04/2017 7:17:51 AM PDT by Reverend Wright (Build the wall !)
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To: Reverend Wright

FUBO


6 posted on 05/04/2017 7:19:20 AM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: Reverend Wright

Satire?


7 posted on 05/04/2017 7:19:34 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (what a mess we got ourselves into)
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To: Reverend Wright; lightman

obama intervened in the British Brexit election when he was the sitting President! He intervened in other overseas elections, too!!

And he, Hillary, and the rest of the smarmy Dim mob blame RUSSIA for “intervening “ in our 2016 election, and even impose sanctions on her for allegedly doing so!!!!

Anti-Orthodox Christian hypocrites!! PHOOEY to them ALL!!!!


8 posted on 05/04/2017 7:19:53 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: FreeAtlanta

Not satire - fact !


9 posted on 05/04/2017 7:21:05 AM PDT by Reverend Wright (Build the wall !)
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To: Reverend Wright

“Barack Obama has made a last-minute intervention”

Starting with the Chicago Olympics, it has worked so well.


10 posted on 05/04/2017 7:21:46 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: Reverend Wright

A furrin, commie muzzie interfering in a French Election? Sacre Bleu!


11 posted on 05/04/2017 7:21:49 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk on mobile devices. Be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Reverend Wright

Fake man, fake endorsement.


12 posted on 05/04/2017 7:22:09 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Reverend Wright
Polls put him 20 points ahead.

No wonder Obama endorsed him, he wants a sure thing to take credit for so he can claim his relevance. A true leader would boldly endorse the underdog, then the credit is earned.

13 posted on 05/04/2017 7:22:25 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Reverend Wright

Lol

This too funny. Obama can’t stop himself.


14 posted on 05/04/2017 7:23:22 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (what a mess we got ourselves into)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

True.

Wonder how many Hollywood types are saying they’ll move to France if Macron wins?


15 posted on 05/04/2017 7:26:12 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: FreeAtlanta

He lost on Brexit and he lost on Trump and he lost on Israel. He doesn’t have sense enough to quit.


16 posted on 05/04/2017 7:28:52 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Reverend Wright

There’s that damn word “values” again. Always talking about his non-existent values. Just shut up!!!


17 posted on 05/04/2017 7:29:22 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: Reverend Wright

If the French voters follow the political advice and input of Kenyan, ex-POTUS, Barack Hussein Obama...they will have cast their votes to destroy their French Republic!!! I have no horse in this French election, nor should I...I am not a French citizen and I cannot vote in their election.

But....I know that Barack Hussein Obama is not with the French people. In fact, the only people he is really and truly for is himself!!! Electing Macron will destroy the French Republic, because he is naught but the “Pajama Boy” incompetent of the global elitists seeking to take all world power over the people!!! Heeding Obama is akin to heeding and worshipping the Devil, SATAN, himself!!!

I do sincerely hope that the French voters take serious note on how strongly the American voters have cast Obama into the cesspool of forever obscurity for the failure he was as the POTUS!!! Viva La France, Viva Lafayette, Viva Le Pen!!! Viva French freedom, liberty, security & safety from the likee of Macron and Obama, lovers & supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim, ISIS, Terrorists!!! Frenchmen &women...take heed and warning!!!


18 posted on 05/04/2017 7:29:26 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: Reverend Wright

Ha! Hope he does to Macron what he did to the Dem part over here! LOL, oh and Brexit.

(Oh my, maybe Oblahblah is a closet right winger!!!....
Nah.)


19 posted on 05/04/2017 7:35:44 AM PDT by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
they will have cast their votes to destroy their French Republic!!!

They've destroyed four others prior to this, so they know the drill.


20 posted on 05/04/2017 7:36:23 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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