Obama world tour reaches France

Source: BBC

US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has arrived in Paris for a brief visit on his world tour ahead of the November election.

He flew into the French capital a day after a public speech in Berlin, where he called for a renewed US partnership with Europe.

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Mr Obama is meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy before flying to London, the final stop of his tour.

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His visit to Paris will last just a few hours, a fact noted by French reporters contrasting it to the long day he spent in Berlin, where he met German leaders before making his speech in the central Tiergarten Park, a venue for big public festivities.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7524660.stm

Man haven't they been playing that trick for a few decades? "Oh those French with their liberal values and loose women." Seriously I bet that's why he's not staying longer.

Sorry France. We have some stupid people here and Obama needs to get elected.

Source: Nouvel observateur


La France succombe à l'obamania
AP | 25.07.2008 | 20:54

"Si c'est lui" qui est élu président des Etats-Unis, "la France sera très heureuse", a confié Nicolas Sarkozy, cachant mal vendredi sa préférence pour Barack Obama, accueilli avec enthousiasme lors de sa brève visite à Paris.

A l'issue d'un entretien d'un peu plus d'une heure, dont 20 minutes en tête à tête, le président français et le candidat démocrate américain ont affiché leur accord sur la situation en Afghanistan, en Iran, au Proche-Orient, en Irak ou dans la lutte contre le changement climatique.

Signe de l'obamania qui a frappé la France, après l'Allemagne la veille, c'est sous les clameurs de centaines de personnes massées derrière des barrières sur les trottoirs en face du palais présidentiel que la voiture du candidat démocrate est entrée dans le palais présidentiel, où l'attendaient 200 journalistes.

Pourtant, l'équipe Obama avait visiblement décidé de faire sobre, pour cette visite dans un pays qui a connu un violent différent avec les Etats-Unis, autour de la guerre en Irak en 2003. Après sa conférence de presse conjointe avec Nicolas Sarkozy, le sénateur démocrate devait aussitôt s'envoler pour Londres, sa dernière étape européenne.

Read more: http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/depeches/international/ameriques/20080725.FAP7038/la_france_succombe_a_lobamania.html

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First paragraph reads: "If he is elected president of the United States, France will be very happy," professed Nicolas Sarkozy, not bothering to hide his preference for Barack Obama, who was welcomed enthusiastically during his brief visit to Paris."

Goes on to say, among other things, that Obama wants to do away with stereotypes on both sides -- both European image of US as being unilateralist and militaristic, and US image of Europe as being inattentive to security.

I think that says it all.

--riding around in a golf cart with Poppy Bush.

& fodder for the GOP slime machine.

i think BHO should have skipped france for spain or scandihoovia. or maybe eastern europe - like estonia.

Obama is over the sea,
Obama is over the ocean,
Oh, bring back Obama to me.
Bring back ... etc.
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For an electoral vi-ictory.

Come on, Sarkozy -- send him back! We need him over here!

How did we win WW I and II without our European allies? How did we win the Cold War?

If we can't stop being stupid, we don't deserve a good and able president.

I am appalled just thinking about the what would happen if we can't doe this as a nation...

Mods must be busy.