In “Obamania Sweeps France” by Annick Cojean, we learn that American Democrats living in France still prefer Barak Obama to Hillary Clinton, despite his loss in the April 23 Pennsylvania primary. In Paris alone there are 289 members registered to support Obama, with only 64 registered in support of Clinton. While these American Democrats may not be able to sit front row at a presidential debate, they are still connected to the presidential race through their televisions, the internet and their connection with Obama’s Legislative Coordinator, Michael Robertson, who keeps them updated via speaker phone. This distance also does not keep Obama supports from voicing their disapproval of Clinton and her decision to still remain in the race for the nomination.
“It’s terrible!,” says one white-haired woman. “Hillary has carried on a vicious, negative, Republican-style campaign.” A man says: “For eight years, we have had to deal with an American president who’s as dumb as a stone. I’m afraid Hillary will look a lot like him! The country’s in flames she hears nothing, listens to nothing and hangs on beyond all reason!”
Some smile, most shake their heads. “It’s incredible that we’re still talking about her! She has lost!” says one bitter woman. “It’s not only her ambition or her ego that impel her” adds a man next to her, “It’s the large groups and lobbies which control Washington. They think only about their contracts and tremble about seeing a new man.”
