Bill Clinton...president of France???????

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Bill Clinton the future president of France?

Don't laugh, it could happen.

"Normally, you'd have to live in France for five years . . . ut Clinton was born in Arkansas, which was once part of France, and which was then acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase, making it 'a state or territory over which France has ever exercised sovereignty or extended a mandate or protectorate,'" reveals Matthew Continetti, a writer for the Weekly Standard.

French social scientist Patrick Weil was the first to report that French civil law permits "citizens of states or territories over which France has ever exercised sovereignty or extended a mandate or protectorate" to apply "immediately" for naturalization as a French citizen.

That would pave the way for Clinton - who longs these days to be president of something - to seek France's highest office.

"Clinton repeats this theme throughout [his new book] 'My Life,'" Continetti observes. "He just loved being president, he tells us, again and again and again. Absolutely loved it. With all his heart and mind and body, it seems. He'd do it all over again if he could."

Weil actually wrote to Clinton on Jan. 10, 2001, informing him that as a naturalized French citizen, "You would have the same full rights as all other French citizens. That includes running for the presidency."

France doesn't even require that Clinton renounce his American citizenship. However, he would need to purchase an official residence in France and learn the French language.

Isnt this a scary thought?????????