President Obama quickly called the new socialist president-elect of France after his victory over Nicolas Sarkozy was announced today.
Francois Holland, who beat Sarkozy 51 percent to 48 percent, will be France’s first socialist president since Francois Mitterand — just as France is in economic danger like other states in the Euro zone.
“President Obama indicated that he looks forward to working closely with Mr. Hollande and his government on a range of shared economic and security challenges,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a readout of the president’s call. “President Obama noted that he will welcome President-elect Hollande to Camp David for the G-8 Summit and to Chicago for the NATO Summit later this month, and proposed that they meet beforehand at the White House.”
“President Obama and President-elect Hollande each reaffirmed the important and enduring alliance between the people of the United States and France,” Carney added.
Sarkozy’s use of Obama in a campaign video upset the Hollande campaign to the point that they balked to the U.S. Embassy about it.
Hollande and Obama have reportedly never met. Hollande’s platform promises 20 billion euros in new spending over the next five years and reversing tax breaks for the wealthy. The French president-elect wants to implement sanctions for companies failing to offer equal pay, but unlike Obama has promised half of his cabinet positions will go to women.
“Hollande’s platform promises 20 billion euros in new spending over the next five years and reversing tax breaks for the wealthy.” That sounds familiar.
Is anyone in France so stupid as to keep wealth there? Anything that isn’t already squirreled away in Switzerland or Luxembourg soon will be.
Will the French Robespierre to pay Paul? Five will guillotine that some French Socialists are thinking precisely that.
/just to keep themselves Occupied, mind you.
Hollande can promise all he wants. However, I think we can safely assume the following:
Reality is going slap Hollande across the face like a French whore slaps a non-paying customer. Hollande can’t sustain the French welfare state because..he just can’t. No ifs, ands, and buts. By this time next year (assuming the Mayan Apocalypse doesn’t occur), a lot of erstwhile Hollande voters will be staring into their bathroom mirrors, spitting at their reflections, and muttering, “What the f*** was I thinking when I voted for Hollande? He’s an even bigger idiot than Sarkozy.”
Uncanny. It will be like glazing across the Atlantic and watching a second Obama term. What’s Hollande going to do when the money runs out?
I’m looking forward to the final push back (WW3)..
this time, it’s for keeps..
I can’t wait to own vineyards as a cottage (country)
ahhhhh
“Hollande and Obama have reportedly never met. Hollande’s platform promises 20 billion euros in new spending over the next five years and reversing tax breaks for the wealthy. The French president-elect wants to implement sanctions for companies failing to offer equal pay, but unlike Obama has promised half of his cabinet positions will go to women.”
So why can we call Hollande a socialist but not Obama?
– on “the People”…
To paraphrase a line from Goodfellas:
“Now Hollande’s got the French people as a partner. Any problems, he goes to to the people. Trouble with the rich? He can go to the people. Trouble with the Americans, the Euro, David Cameron, he can call the people. But now the guy’s gotta come up with the people’s money every week, no matter what. Business bad? “F-you, pay me.” Oh, you had a fire? “F-you, pay me.” Place got hit by lightning, huh? “F- you, pay me.”
Great relationship.
The people’s response to the new relationship – “Pay you!? F— me!!”
Nah. The people voted for the guy. He’s what they want: someone who’ll pay them their entitlements, no excuses. Excuses like “the economy sucks” and “we don’t have any money.” He’s expected to make the money appear, the people don’t care how. They’re addicted to entitlements. Or rather, the people are so accustomed to entitlements that they’ve built their lives around them. The government can no more take away entitlements than it can stop the buses from running or close all the grocery stores. Once in place, entitlements cannot be undone. Lesson for the US.
– nah, never mind.
Yeah, Obambus will help him by leading some more from Holland’s rear, behind and to the left, I think, and watch out for those sudden stops.