Zardari shocker: Sexist remark on Palin
Friday, September 26, 2008 at 5:09 am Under World News
http://www.apakistannews.com/zardari-shocker-sexist-remark-on-palin-82867
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari seems to be a big fan of Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin but his first meet with Palin has critics saying he was completely bit out of line.
Palin is in New York to meet world leaders who are attending the United Nations general Assembly meeting. When Palin met Zardari she told him it was an honour to meet him.
Zardari replied saying that Palin was gorgeous and he understood why Americans are crazy about her. It does not stop there. When cameramen insisted that the two shake hands a little longer, Zardari replied saying that he would be tempted to hug Palin.
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As suspected from my earlier post where I shuddered at the thought of what Asif Ali Zardari might serve up to Washington during his trip to attend the UN General Assembly, well the games have begun. In a recent meeting with the Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, our Honorable President was seemingly a little bit too un-Presidential [?]. During the customary greetings between the two leaders, Zardari called Palin “gorgeous” and later even offered “to hug” the Alaskan Governor. I do not mean to suggest that this is in anyway a crime, but being the President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan there are some protocols that should be adhered to in an effort to uplift the respect and dignity of Pakistan and to the office with which he has been assigned to.
It seems to have been the perfectly scripted conversation as temporal had predicted well before the actual Sarah Palin and Asif Zardari meetup. There maybe some fanatics in Pakistan who may even cringe at seeing him shaking hands with a women, but whatever the objection and whether we like it or not it has become a routine in western interactions and I might even suggest that such flirtatious comments might even be the norm but I dare to say, at least not on camera. It is quite possible that Sarah Palin considered these as a complement, but if you were to observe the video footage of the exchange she does feel a little uneasy.
CNN has this to say
Pakistan’s recently-elected president, Asif Ali Zardari, entered the room seconds later. Palin rose to shake his hand, saying she was “honored” to meet him. Zardari then called her “gorgeous” and said: “Now I know why the whole of America is crazy about you.”
“You are so nice,” Palin said, smiling. “Thank you.” A handler from Zardari’s entourage then told the two politicians to keep shaking hands for the cameras. “If he’s insisting, I might hug,” Zardari said. Palin smiled politely.