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Spain ex-leader ripped for Barack Obama comment
AFP ^ | January 7, 2009

Posted on 01/08/2009 7:53:03 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe

MADRID - Spain’s former prime minister Jose Maria Aznar drew criticism Wednesday by reportedly referring to what he called the "historic exoticism" of Barack Obama’s election as US president.

Aznar was asked by a journalist from the Spanish edition of Vanity Fair magazine about the election in November of the first black president of the United States.

"A historic exoticism and predictable economic disaster," replied the conservative former leader.

"Obama is a person of black race who managed to become president of the United States, which is an extraordinary change for them", he said, without indicating whether he was referring to the people of the United States as a whole or just black Americans.

But Aznar, a close ally of outgoing US President George W. Bush during the invasion of Iraq, said it also "proves that the American dream still exists."

The deputy head of Spain’s ruling Socialist Party, Jose Blanco, demanded Aznar withdraw the comments "which can only come from a deeply reactionary person, with clear racist roots.

"It is also odd that the defender, with Bush, of the economic model which has brought us to this international crisis, dares to predict a disaster" through Obama’s policies, he said.

Aznar has a history of controversial statements and gaffes. Last October, he dismissed climate change as a "new religion" that is drawing hundreds of billions of euros at a time of economic crisis.

He has also asked why Muslims have never apologized for having conquered Spain and occupied it for eight centuries.

And he has attacked the Socialist government’s campaign to control speeding and drink-driving.

In 2006, he batted away a female journalist’s question about armed Basque separatist group ETA by slipping a pen into her decollete.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: america2point0; aznar; callawaaambulance; cheeseandwhine; communismkills; playtheracecard; psoe; racebaiters; spain; starkravingsocialism
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To: Niuhuru

There WAS a backlash against PC around 2000. And then on 9-12-2001 we felt like we were punched in the stomach and wanted to have a group hug.

Now we cannot even talk about the motives of those who have killed and killed and killed persons of all religions in the name of Islamic imperialism.

PC is back. In a big way.


21 posted on 01/08/2009 8:05:33 AM PST by weegee (Obamunism, just another word for the policies of a NeoCom.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Any video of the 2006 incident?

I’ll bet no one ever tried that on Helen Thomas. :)


22 posted on 01/08/2009 8:06:18 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: Tailgunner Joe
"A historic exoticism"

Well said Senor, well said.

23 posted on 01/08/2009 8:08:49 AM PST by GonzoII ("That they may be one...Father")
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To: marron

Aznar is absolutely right about obama and global warming. They are both costly frauds perpetrated on America.


24 posted on 01/08/2009 8:11:43 AM PST by rtbwood
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I think I’m in love.


25 posted on 01/08/2009 8:14:23 AM PST by Carley
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Nobama’s selection, “A historic exoticism and predictable economic disaster”


27 posted on 01/08/2009 8:23:54 AM PST by IrishMike (Barry Soetoro has demonstrated that he is a shenanigans man !)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

The Messiah will not be mocked.


28 posted on 01/08/2009 8:25:47 AM PST by reagan_fanatic ("You got that, camera guy?")
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Let’s not hurt “the ones” feelings now. Stop that!


29 posted on 01/08/2009 8:27:49 AM PST by Ditter
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Aznar has a history of controversial statements and gaffes. Last October, he dismissed climate change as a "new religion" that is drawing hundreds of billions of euros at a time of economic crisis.

Clearly this man is insane. < /s>

I remember the drive-bys hyping "global cooling," circa 1979. I took them seriously then. I laugh at them now.

30 posted on 01/08/2009 8:29:36 AM PST by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: Niuhuru
At some point there is going to be a hideous backlash against PC and I look forward to watching its demise. I know I don’t care anymore about being called or considered a racist.

I cannot wait and like you don't care if I am called a racist. I know it isn't true but anyone that spouts racism all the time is not someone I care what they think.

31 posted on 01/08/2009 8:30:38 AM PST by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER! Sam Bradford Heisman! LetsGetThisRight.com RED STATE Oklahoma Republican)
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To: reagan_fanatic

“The Messiah will not be mocked.”

OK, OK. But what about the Kenyan?


32 posted on 01/08/2009 8:32:47 AM PST by Ben Reyes (Palin 2012)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

How many thousands of people have remarked on the historicity of a black man (OK, mulatto) becoming president? And Azner is the only man who’s called on it.


33 posted on 01/08/2009 8:33:15 AM PST by eclecticEel (In short, I want Obama given the same respect and deference that Democrats have given George Bush)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

A global warming denier, an islamophobe, and a rejector of the Messiah? Sounds like good people.


34 posted on 01/08/2009 8:33:20 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Tailgunner Joe

The loonie facists on the left... who will they charge next?


35 posted on 01/08/2009 8:41:08 AM PST by skeeter
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Has NBC banned him yet?


36 posted on 01/08/2009 8:50:48 AM PST by outofsalt ("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
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To: Tailgunner Joe
"A historic exoticism and predictable economic disaster," replied the conservative former leader.

A reversion to the time politicians could use language to leave a mark and not to obfuscate

37 posted on 01/08/2009 8:58:01 AM PST by Oztrich Boy ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false face for the urge to rule." - H L Mencken.)
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To: marron
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I was in Espana when Aznar received his first outright majority in the Cortes. It was the first time that the People's Party would control the Cortes without relying on other center-right parties to line up the Spanish Cortes.

The throngs of People's Party supporters at the Plaza Colon on election night were in a state of absolute frenzy, especially when Aznar was introduced to the adoring crowd.

38 posted on 01/08/2009 9:01:13 AM PST by AdvisorB (Obamatude could be defined by Blago as something tangible, but not quite as tangible as JJJ's offer.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe; MeekOneGOP; ntnychik; Grampa Dave; Ernest_at_the_Beach; potlatch; devolve

39 posted on 01/08/2009 9:02:36 AM PST by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Aznar fortunately does not have to be politically correct from his vantage point and calls it like it is, unlike US Obama detractors who are immediately accuses as rascists.


40 posted on 01/08/2009 9:14:14 AM PST by bestintxas (It's great in Texas)
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