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Emmanuel Macron Congratulation Thread- A Wary World Turns Its Eyes To You (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 OP
Congratulations to France NastyRiffraff May 2017 #1
C'est formidable! beveeheart May 2017 #2
ImWithHim. Vive le France. oasis May 2017 #3
Fugg the RWs of the planet malaise May 2017 #4
Le Pen didn't get the 40% prediction. herding cats May 2017 #5
thank DOG! hlthe2b May 2017 #9
Centrism's looking darned good, innit? nolabear May 2017 #6
A decisive victory, too dalton99a May 2017 #7
One fascist down.. ismnotwasm May 2017 #8
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2017 #10
Are French voters smarter than American voters? No Vested Interest May 2017 #11
Felicitations President elu Macron! Fla Dem May 2017 #12
Well done, France! Granny M May 2017 #13
Thank you France! fun n serious May 2017 #14
Hey, how'bout giving credit to Trump? beastie boy May 2017 #15
Vive la France! snacker May 2017 #16
YEAH! Finally something to celebrate...we needed this! BigmanPigman May 2017 #17
The French turned out to be smarter than the U.S. for sure mvd May 2017 #18
...congratulations! spanone May 2017 #19
Thanks for keeping cool heads, cousins. nt Ilsa May 2017 #20
No to White Supremacy. Johnny2X2X May 2017 #21
The French clearly understand fascists better than people in the Southern and Midwestern US. n/t NNadir May 2017 #22
Congrats, France. You dodged the bullet that hit us right between the eyes. liberalnarb May 2017 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author nycbos May 2017 #24
I'm more relieved than anything else. It's a good day for humanity. catbyte May 2017 #25
The Eiffel Tower is flashing on msnbc. Congrats to France. riversedge May 2017 #26
K&R!!! Congratulations France!!! If only we had been so lucky!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2017 #27
Vive la France! Kittycow May 2017 #28
Vive le France CanonRay May 2017 #29
Decency won! Hurrah!!!! Madam45for2923 May 2017 #30
Je suis tres tres beau coup happy!! As are these Canadians: Leghorn21 May 2017 #31
Vive La France Lotusflower70 May 2017 #32
They paid attention to what Putin is doing to destabilize Western democracies Hekate May 2017 #33
If this doesn't send a chill up your spine.... Hokie May 2017 #34
I do not speak French, but ashling May 2017 #47
Merci! Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite/Sorotite! DinahMoeHum May 2017 #35
They were occupied by Nazi Germany Demtexan May 2017 #36
Toutes nos flicitations! smirkymonkey May 2017 #37
Yes! Blue_Roses May 2017 #38
Vive la France! burrowowl May 2017 #39
Congratulations to the smart French! I am very VERY relieved! CaliforniaPeggy May 2017 #40
Thank you, 🇫🇷 France wryter2000 May 2017 #41
Magnifique!!! 3catwoman3 May 2017 #42
Oui,Oui! BHDem53 May 2017 #43
This is also a good rendition of the anthem. 3catwoman3 May 2017 #44
I was on pins & needles. GentryDixon May 2017 #45
Liberte' Achilleaze May 2017 #46
I have high hopes for Mr. Macron. roamer65 May 2017 #48
Thank you French voters . Merci for giving us hope. Not everywhere is embracing creepies lunasun May 2017 #49

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
1. Congratulations to France
Sun May 7, 2017, 02:10 PM
May 2017

You guys dodged a bullet. We here in the U.S. should know; we didn't.

'Ware the Russians. And your internal enemies, who will be relentless. The Russian/Nationalist alliance isn't going away.

Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

No Vested Interest

(5,166 posts)
11. Are French voters smarter than American voters?
Sun May 7, 2017, 02:35 PM
May 2017

Maybe, maybe not.

However, I've concluded our Constitution, with electoral college, is not as perfect - wonderful- as we profess it to be.

French voters may also have learned from the (horrible) experience of their American cousins.

beastie boy

(9,306 posts)
15. Hey, how'bout giving credit to Trump?
Sun May 7, 2017, 03:17 PM
May 2017

First, he is in desperate need of taking credit for something.

Second, he deserves full credit for showing the world what can happen to a country when a right-wing blowhard takes it over.

mvd

(65,173 posts)
18. The French turned out to be smarter than the U.S. for sure
Sun May 7, 2017, 03:34 PM
May 2017

They paid no attention to the last minute leaks. In fact, they might have helped Macron.

I hope he faces some resistance over policies easing labor laws and cutting spending. But just like Hillary is much better than Trump, Macron is much better than Le Pen.

Johnny2X2X

(19,037 posts)
21. No to White Supremacy.
Sun May 7, 2017, 03:42 PM
May 2017

Congrats to France. Makes America putting Neo Nazis in the White House look even more pathetic.

Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
31. Je suis tres tres beau coup happy!! As are these Canadians:
Sun May 7, 2017, 04:08 PM
May 2017

@UniteAlbertans

Félicitations: À la population de France pour avoir rejeté l'idéologie du Président Cock Holster

11:22 AM - 7 May 2017


ashling

(25,771 posts)
47. I do not speak French, but
Sun May 7, 2017, 05:30 PM
May 2017

am trying to learn this as well as I can from the lyrics

I especially like the part at 3:18 about the cool
French accents they have





I told you that my French needs work bigly.



This is very inspiring and as someone said in one of these threads,

the French have the best national anthem.

GentryDixon

(2,949 posts)
45. I was on pins & needles.
Sun May 7, 2017, 05:20 PM
May 2017

So thankful for the truly enlightened French.

Germany is next. I believe Trump has contaminated the future of the despised Alt Right movement that this country is too uneducated to understand. Hate is all these cretins know after listening to hate radio/Fox 24/7. It is up to the rest of the NATO nations to save the world from the monied interests.

Sadly, I feel this nation will not recover in my lifetime from the damage Citizens United, & T***p presidency has caused.

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