Spain's Zapatero, a man of peace for a wounded country [Megaton barf alert]

Reuters via The New Zealand Herald ^ | 15.03.2004

[quantim]

I guess my Rioja, Panza Blanca, Cava, and almost priceless Tempranillo's are going down the drain. Pity.

[ikka]

No, you should drink them all in memory of the Spain that was and that should have been.

Reuters loves him, but reading between the lines, I see "sellout", "Walter Mondale", "George McGovern", "Jimmuh Carter".

[Dialup Llama]

>When asked what he would do if confronted by the leader of ETA in the street, Zapatero replied: "I would not look him in the face".

Oooo. That'll hurt. That would really show him. Normally the submissive dog will also look down when encountering the more dominant animal.

[Gkubly]

“He is a 15-round fighter, the kind that gets into trouble in the first four rounds, and then gradually takes over”. Well isn't that just special Spain is in the midst of a national crisis and this guys slow right out of the box. Lets hope and pray for the Spaniards sakes he's a quick learner.

[Texasforever]

The unflappable Zapatero, who became Spain's youngest member of parliament at 26, then faces a tougher task as his government will need to appease powerful Catalan and Basque nationalists keen to wrestle more power from Madrid.

Just damn.

[Adrastus]

"His tendency to compromise?" Zapatero needs to consider that you can't get in bed with a polecat without consequences. Sounds like a real four-star beauty.

[elmer fudd]

Europe doesn't have the stomach for war anymore. It's a dying continent.

[auzerais]

Shall we now refer to the new socialist government on the Iberian Peninsula as

Vichy España?

[Waco]

Guess we can now refer to Spain as, "the south of france."

[Texasforever]

I have trouble keeping my rage at this under control. For Al Que’da to have overthrown a national government by killing 200 people is a true crime against humanity.

[nutmeg]

ping

[quantim]

Guess we can now refer to Spain as, "the south of france."

Agreed.  I am sadder than Daschle.

[McGavin999]

One of Zapatero's first acts as prime minister could be the withdrawal of 1300 Spanish troops from Iraq. He has promised to pull them out if the United Nations does not take charge in Iraq by the end of June.

This guy's a little out of the loop isn't he? The Iraqis are going to take charge of Iraq on June 30th.

[Texasforever]

I guess this guy is one of Kerry's foreign supporters.

[dc-zoo]

A fighter? His name says he's a "shoemaker". Will he make a peace offering of shoes to al qaeda?

[KQQL]

Islamofascist have a friend in Spain's Zapatero, he won his victory thanks to their attacks....

[KQQL]

This will necessarily mean forging relationships with other world leaders, though Spain's place in the world may be about to change dramatically with Mr Zapatero at the helm. He has already said he wants George Bush to lose the presidential elections, so he will have no friend there.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1169596,00.html

[jocon307]

"For Al Que’da to have overthrown a national government by killing 200 people is a true crime against humanity."

Texas, Al Q. didn't do it, the Spanish voters did. Like many people at times they will be complicit in their own damnation. For sure they will try something here. I was never one of those who thought "another attack is inevitable", but now I do. And what will John F'in Kerry and the rest of the dems say then?

This is very bad what has happened in Spain. Maybe the Popular Party screwed up, perhaps they should have pointed the finger at Al Queda and challenged the voter to "not let the terrorists win". I don't know. But this is bad, and the GLEE that greats it in the press, well that's the worst part of all.

Do these elitists think they will be spared by the Islamofascists? Do they really think that?

[KQQL]

socialist José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, said yesterday: "I think Kerry will win. I want Kerry to win."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1166063,00.html

[Texasforever]

I wonder when Kerry will promise US entry into the EU? There is a lot of evidence pointing to massive foreign involvement in this election.