No Oil Painting
Here are two photographs that I would invite readers to compare and contrast.
Both are shots of VIPs - the President of Argentina (Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner) and the President of Uruguay (Jose Mujica).
Now in waiting to be joined by the Argentinian President - Jose Mujica was overheard on an open microphone saying: "This old hag is even worse than the cross-eyed man."
Now a Uruguayan newspaper then posted Jose's comments on its website - and highlighted the fact that President Kirchner's husband - whom she succeeded to become President - had a 'lazy eye'.
So it was perfectly logical to assume that President Mujica was being rather pass remarkable and terribly sexist towards President Kirchner - as well as unspekably rude towards her former (now deceased) husband, Nestor.
President Mujica has since denied that he had been talking about the Kirchners - without explain who else he could possibly have been referring to as - the 'old hag' and 'cross-eyed' man.
So, coming back to my first sentence does anyone - even the most biased Uruguayan have an ounce of sympathy for President Mujica?
He's no 'oil painting' - as an friend of mine is fond of saying - yet feels free to indulge in this kind of pathetic, casual sexism.
Both are shots of VIPs - the President of Argentina (Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner) and the President of Uruguay (Jose Mujica).
Now in waiting to be joined by the Argentinian President - Jose Mujica was overheard on an open microphone saying: "This old hag is even worse than the cross-eyed man."
Now a Uruguayan newspaper then posted Jose's comments on its website - and highlighted the fact that President Kirchner's husband - whom she succeeded to become President - had a 'lazy eye'.
So it was perfectly logical to assume that President Mujica was being rather pass remarkable and terribly sexist towards President Kirchner - as well as unspekably rude towards her former (now deceased) husband, Nestor.
President Mujica has since denied that he had been talking about the Kirchners - without explain who else he could possibly have been referring to as - the 'old hag' and 'cross-eyed' man.
So, coming back to my first sentence does anyone - even the most biased Uruguayan have an ounce of sympathy for President Mujica?
He's no 'oil painting' - as an friend of mine is fond of saying - yet feels free to indulge in this kind of pathetic, casual sexism.
| Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner |
| Jose Mujica |
