Posted on 06/02/2009 1:56:29 PM PDT by james500
President Barack Obama said Tuesday the American people love all things French and acknowledged his own penchant for Gallic food and wines.
In his first interview with a French television channel, Obama heaped praise on the country in an apparent attempted to stamp out any lingering tensions sparked by France's opposition to the United State's 2003 invasion of Iraq.
"France is one of the most important countries in the world," the president told I-Tele and Canal Plus, days ahead of a trip that will take him to Normandy and Paris for D-Day commemorations. He said French collaboration was crucial to solving the world's problems, from climate change to the global recession.
Obama also spoke enthusiastically about French President Nicolas Sarkozy, with whom he said he had a "wonderful relationship."
"He has been very courageous in some of the decisions he has made," Obama said, referring to Sarkozy's strong stance on Afghanistan and Iran's nuclear program.
Sarkozy's predecessor, Jacques Chirac, sparked widespread hostility toward France and French people and products among Americans with his staunch opposition to the Iraq war.
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5 Million French Army Rifles circa 1940 - Never Fired - dropped once.
Offers..
An anachronistic statement, Mr. President.
The good students used to take French to become “cultured.” (”It’s such a beautiful language, the international language,” they were told).
Now the popular choices are Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese (”Take the useful choice, Sonny.”).
My Nana so hated the french that she paid to get my uncle’s body shipped home after World War Two. I tend to agree with my Nana. I don’t like them one bit & boycott their products too.
Pepe LePeeuw, kissing smooch smooch mon cherie, Obama is a flatterer and a creep.
How big a wimp are you when you have to suck up to the French?
How big a wimp are you when you have to suck up to the French?
How big a wimp are you when you have to suck up to the French?
How big a wimp are you when you have to suck up to the French?
How big a wimp are you when you have to suck up to the French?
How about all those French nuclear power plants? Can we have some of that too?
Interview with French tv
June 01, 2009 | Figaro
Obama
“Moreover, if we count the number of American Muslims, we see that the United States is one of the largest Muslim country’s on the planet” ...
I wonder if Obama has ever had the French pox. Perhaps he would think differently.
To 0bama, that also means surrendering our national dignity while walking backwards.
FUNNY! Is it from a movie, or your own feverish brain?!
I thought a free French unit went ashore on one of the British beaches, along with the Poles. I may be mistaken. In any event, the French underground did what they could that day.
About the only thing French that I like are french fries...and those are Belgian.
What Americans is that ninny talking about? I don’t know anybody who even likes the word French, and I personally try to avoid using it as it makes me feel dirty somehow. The reporter must be mistaken. That sounds more like something Biden would say. On the other hand, 0bama might have been reading from the wrong teleprompter.
Hey, wait a minute. I'm a French dip.
Aha! Terence Hill!
Having a Ricky Bobby flashback...
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