A Couple of Responses from the French (thoughts, Americans, election)

[MovingForward]

From their main newspaper, "Le Monde"
(Pardon my rough translation):

Extraordinaire !! Je le savais mais c'est fabuleux.

(Extraordinary!! I knew it would happen, but it's fabulous.)

Ma journée va être ensoleillée, comme l'Afrique. Je ressens un grand bonheur et nourris beaucoup d'espoir pour l'humanité.

(My day will be filled with sunshine, as is Africa's. I feel enormously happy and sustained by much hope for humanity.)

C'est un résultat qui va marquer l'histoire de l'humanité. Déjà, les foules se hâtent vers ce qui leur semble être la réalisation d'un rêve impossible. les grands événements laissent sans voix. Les enfants liront plus tard qu'à 5 heures (et bien d'autres heures dans le monde), il y a eu un séisme de magnitude intemporelle. La victoire dépasse de loin celle d'une élection, c'est l'entrée dans une ère nouvelle, appelons-là l'Obamicène. Rien ne va changer en apparence, c'est la victoire de l'espoir.

(This is an historic event for all humanity. Already, the masses are moving towards what seems to them to be the realization of an impossible dream. . . . This is a seismic shift of timeless magnitude. This victory goes far beyond that of a simple election, it's the beginning of a era--The Obamicene. Nothing will change in appearance, because it's the victory of hope.)

[Steve_TN]

[LEFT]Les Américains sont ces idiots. HAHAHAHA !!!!![/LEFT]

[plannine]

Originally Posted by Steve_TN

[LEFT]Les Américains sont ces idiots. HAHAHAHA !!!!![/LEFT]

That's just you.

[BirdistheWord]

It's gonna be awesome to not be despised by most of the free world.

[mackinac81]

(This is an historic event for all humanity. Already, the masses are moving towards what seems to them to be the realization of an impossible dream. . . . This is a seismic shift of timeless magnitude. This victory goes far beyond that of a simple election, it's the beginning of a era--The Obamicene. Nothing will change in appearance, because it's the victory of hope.)

Ah, yes. French prose is always so sweeping and poetic isn't it? The thoughts from the french are much appreciated though

[MovingForward]

I like this one, too:

Quelques chose est en train de renaitre, cela s'appelle l'Espoir. Pas seulement pour les Americains, qui se sont enfin reveilles, mais pour le monde entier. La tache sera rude apres 8 ans de desastre a tous les niveaux, mais tout est possible si le reve ne se brise pas comme il y a 45 ans. Certainement une des plus belles pages d'Histoire qui est en train de s'ecrire.

Something is beginning to be reborn, something called "Hope." Not only for the Americans, who have at last awakened, but for the whole world. The task will be difficult after 8 years of disaster on all levels, but everything is possible if the dream is not broken as it was 45 years ago. Certainly, one of the most beautiful pages of History is beginning to write itself.

[Innovator831021]

Originally Posted by BirdistheWord

It's gonna be awesome to not be despised by most of the free world.

I am glad you see this all as a popularity contest.

[xS☺B☺s]

Bon jour Paris! La bonne Amérique est retournée !

[VC dreamer]

And we really care what the um....er..."french" think?

[Steve_TN]

Originally Posted by VC dreamer

And we really care what the um....er..."french" think?

If we want them as allies, which they really aren't right now, you better damn well care what they think.