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FED UP WITH their own presidential candidates, a group of French voters has had the audacity to hope that Barack Obama could run for the Elysee Palace.
A French petition calling for the former US president to enter the race for the French presidency has gathered more than 48,000 signatures .
The charismatic Obama’s signature smile has also popped up across Paris in tricolour posters with his iconic 2008 slogan “Yes We Can” translated into French (“Oui on peut”).
“We realised that Obama was available at the end of his second mandate, so we thought, well, why couldn’t he be the next French president?” one organiser told AFP, asking not to be named.
Their only problem? He’s not a French citizen.
Some organisers say they hope to garner the support of one million people and have their proposal examined by the National Assembly, opening up the possibility of offering Obama French citizenship.
But another admits it’s “all a big joke.”
“But it also has a meaning, since we notice that voters don’t identify with the current candidates in France, and we can only vote against someone instead of voting for someone,” he added.
Polls currently suggest independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen are the current frontrunners.
Both are running campaigns against France’s political establishment at a time when former favourite, rightwing candidate Francois Fillon, is embroiled in a fake jobs scandal.
- © AFP 2017.
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Pathetic and not in the least bit funny. I watched one second of it.
U’d always question it when they know they’re being filmed
I read the first two words of your comment and that was enough for me. You’re a sad person. How sad.
Woman needs serious help…..
She just annoyed me, seemed very aware that she was being filmed
What a silly piece of attention seeking crap. Stick to the day job missus, you’ll never make it as an actress.
Just get a milk bottle and put it over the spider move it a little so the spider moves down the bottle and take it outside. I don’t like spiders but I would rather catch it and throw it outside then have a black mark on my wall.
Even the dog looked embarrassed!!
Get a glass next time and a piece of card. No need to kill it, your gaf is on top of where it could be living. Dopes.
Get the fly swath and slaps the ears off her. Annoying. Time consuming. Waste of energy.
Not in the slightest bit funny.
He would wanna give up the fags.
He’d give Muttley a run for his money.
The poor boxer reckons she’s nuts…
Milking it much? Over reaction to a tiny thing. I hate spiders but there is a spider catcher that you can buy.
I would have said she was milking it too except for a few weeks ago, i found one of those gigantic spiders on my duvet and I freaked out nearly as much as she did, made me so jumpy and creepy crawlies wouldn’t normally scare me! All I could do was spray it with hair spray from a distance.. not a nice end for Mr spider but moving it was not an option as I was too much of a scaredy cat to go near it!
It’s gonna rain…
Ah jaysus that’s chronic :D :D :D
Kill it with fire!!!
Brilliant! I have a friend who reacts exactly like this with spiders. This is no act. “Shane” the camerman’s laughing tells you that this is legit. Very funny :)
Is your ‘friend’ the one in this video?
You clearly know them as this is not funny.
Don’t know them from Adam,but i can tell a genuine laugh when I hear one.
its my mother and i can tell ya that it wasnt a set up. she honestly just hates spiders
Stupidity like this give Irish Mammies a bad name ffs.
She won’t be getting an oscar.
Pure rubbish
Acting for the camera! If that spider is seen as huge that woman should get seen to. Horrible video, as others have said, a waste of time.
Aw come on you guys! Don’t take life so seriously
I actually thought that this poor woman was petrified of the spider, I didn’t see it as an act. If I was his mammy though I would have swotted him with the spatula for filming me. Horrid child.
Oh like that wasn’t put on for the camera. What a crock of shite
Funny
So so so cute.
Set up for the camera I could say! A lot of these ‘Irish’ mammies videos popping up since the lad and his mammy with the Irish leaving cert one
There’s 5 minutes I won’t get back
That was brilliant. The funniest thing I’ve see in ages. Can totally relate. Just glad it was someone else.
Jesus… talk about embarrassing tripe
I think it a cruel thing for a son to do! People are afraid of spiders, it’s not a joke! Nor should she be displayed and made fun of! The world is very cruel
Spoon
sake, portrait mode.. c’mon..
Not funny ! Spiders are good !
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