Clinton wins surprise support from former French first lady

[Alamom]

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL2257338920071122



Clinton wins surprise support from former French first lady

Thu Nov 22, 2007 PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won surprise backing from the wife of former French President Jacques Chirac on Thursday, together with a pledge to join her on the campaign trail.

The Chiracs' political affiliations are at the opposite end of the spectrum from the Clintons', but the former French first lady said she had always thought Democratic candidate Clinton had the makings of a U.S. president.

"She's a woman who is not liked by everybody. But she's strong and she has convictions," Bernadette Chirac, well-known for a forceful character of her own, told the weekly Le Figaro magazine.

Bernadette Chirac met (Hillary) Clinton several times when her husband Bill Clinton was in the White House before Bush.

She even expressed interest in attending the Democratic convention in Denver in August. "And if I can be of any use to her somewhere in the campaign, I'm available. I'd like to go with her and I'm going to suggest it to her."



In the later years of his presidency, Jacques Chirac was widely vilified in the United States for his vocal opposition to the Iraq war led by President George W. Bush.



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[babylonsister]

1. I don't know how big this is going to get, but worth knowing about:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=2330550

[mtnsnake]

3. So is that supposed to diminish the credibility of his wife, and thus diminish Hillary's credibility

by association? What's your point?

[babylonsister]

4. Does there have to be a point? I read this today and thought I'd

pass it along. No conspiracy, sorry.

[Rock_Garden]

2. Thanks, alamom! I enjoyed hearing about this.

[w4rma]

5. This makes sense. Jacques Chirac is a right-winger in France. (nt)