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Guest Post: Rajoy Horror Picture Show Hits The Road
Submitted by Don Quijones, via Testosterone Pit blog,
The embattled Spanish premier Mariano Rajoy decided to take his unique brand of leadership onto the international stage last week, with what can only be described as interesting results.
His first port of call was the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, where he urged Britain to restart talks on Gibraltar under the bilateral Brussels process. That would mean excluding the overseas enclave from the negotiations, something the British government has repeatedly confirmed it will never do and which the people of Gibraltar are completely opposed to.
Rajoy also joined forces with his Argentinean counterpart Cristina Kirshner to call for an end to the British occupation of both Gibraltar and the Malvinas / Falklands.
After somehow managing not to fluff his lines at the UN podium, Rajoy made the short trip to the Bloomberg studios for a 25-minute interview with Sarah Eisen. The Spanish premier and his team of advisors had expected nothing but soft questions about Spain’s recent “economic miracle.” Bloomberg is a business broadcaster, their thinking went, so what else could it possibly be interested in?
But as often tends to happen with Rajoy’s government, things did not go according to plan. In the closing stages of the interview, Rajoy was suddenly caught in his tracks when the focus shifed to his party’s “alleged” (ha! only kidding) role in the Bárcenas campaign funding scandal and its destruction of vital evidence relating to the criminal case.
[Below is a clip of the juiciest part of the interview. It should provide some insight into the caliber of leadership we have here in Spain, as well as give some idea why a slim majority of Catalans -- not to mention a growing number of Madrileños, Gallegos, Asturianos, Valencianos, Andaluces... -- want to declare independence from the Spanish state].
Clearly under pressure, Rajoy denied that there’d ever been any illegal campaign funding in his party, in the process directly contradicting what senior members of his own government have already admitted under oath in court.
He also stated that he had absolutely no knowledge of the destruction of files on Barcenas’ laptops, despite the fact that, just a month ago, the story was splashed across the front pages of almost all the nation’s newspapers. Even when an incredulous Eisen repeated the question, Rajoy stuck to his guns: he knew nothing about his party’s tampering with evidence, from which one can draw one of only two possible conclusions: either Rajoy is the most uninformed person in Spain (unlikely, yet still a disturbing possibility) or he’s one of the least competent liars to have ever held national office.
Either way, he should do the decent thing and walk. Almost anyone else in his position would. But not Super Mariano, who, together with his coterie of sycophantic ministers, is determined to hold onto power as long as humanly possible and at literally any cost — including, it seems, the complete obliteration of what remains of Spain’s international reputation.
In fact, when Rajoy’s political team realised that Eisen had crossed the red line by asking their gaffe-prone boss about Bárcenas — something no Spanish journalist has been allowed to do since the scandal broke eight long months ago — they went into panic mode, begging the broadcaster not to publish the footage.
Thankfully, Bloomberg holds no allegiance to Spain or its government of thieves and liars. Citing reasons of “journalistic integrity”, it refused to bow to pressure and released the interview in all its gory detail.
The damage was almost immediate. As the video went viral both in Spain and abroad, yet another nail was driven into the Rajoy government’s coffin. Not that anything will likely happen as a consequence — at least not anytime soon. Most people in Spain seem to have grown wearily accustomed to a grim future of economic decline and malgovernance, while Spain’s second party, the PSOE, seems dead-set on avoiding another general election so soon after its last crushing defeat.
In fact, the only realistic hope of change lies, ironically, in the hands of the Partido Popular itself. Should enough of the party’s grandees decide that enough is enough, that Rajoy has finally become too much of a liability, an internal party coup may well occur. Unfortunately, the result would likely be an even more reactionary, neo-liberal and polarising government, led no doubt by regular Bilderberg attendee Esperanza Aguirre, a far more astute and dangerous politician than Rajoy could ever dream of being.
In the meantime, Rajoy’s administration is once again back in damage-limitation mode. In the wake of the latest humiliation, his advisers will no doubt resolve to never arrange an interview for their boss with the international press.
As for Rajoy’s current location, rumours are that he’s in Kazakhstan, on a mission to strengthen Spain’s economic ties with the fly-blown central Asian dictatorship notorious for shooting strikers, burning the offices of opposition parties and killing their leaders. Oh, and lest we forget, it is also one of Tony Blair’s biggest corporate clients! What better place to redeem one’s reputation?
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Sorry Rajoy, you're not Obama.
You don't have the power to harrass, audit, drone or otherwise assassinate people who don't agree with you.
There are not very many countries I would invest my in (a direct investment, like a small business, say). Alas, Spain is not one of them.
Spain, Spain, you say, the bastion of truth and honor? Say it ain't so Joe? Liars, the LOT of them, eminating from ANY world govt. Bollox to all of them.
The degree of fear in his eyes is only found in habitual liars. So many lies they're in constant fear of bring found out.
Look at the palms upraised while answering the critical questions: @2:46 "I don't know anything about that." [shrug, palms up]... The classic tell of a "mentiroso".
Aside: If Sara showed up wearing that top I'd first be sad and second admit to myself that she had no intention of seeking to get on my good side.
Spain can't even produce good sociopathic leaders. Blair, Clinton, Bush... these guys could lie and look outraged at questions like this. Poor Rajoy probably has a conscience -- that's why he looks trapped and cornered.
“When it becomes serious, you have to lie.”
Jean-Claude Juncker
Hi ACP
Did you come by those good looks from your mother or fathers side?
Don't speak too soon. Talent is often recognized. He might wind up with a job in the Obummer Administration.
When sh*t gets real you have to lie.
Si senor.
I'm familiar with the axiom correlation is not causation, but it sure does strike me as interesting how this hole 'central planning' socialist thingy seems to be so curiously associated with some rather shall we say less than entirely desirable outcomes?
Survival behaviors that developed deep in our ancestral past do not work very well in the modern technological world.
They are mostly destructive of progress and economic growth.
Thanks for the evolution rhetoric, but our ancestors weren't monkeys. They were more intelligent than we are, especially the fools who believe myths like the one you bought.
You have Stanford-Binet test results in cuneiform?
Which myths you talkin', Willis?
Our commonly accepted version of history is simply wrong. One relatively well known example, of many, is the Piri Re'is map dating from approx. 1513. Created by Admiral Piri Re'is from, according to the Admiral's own handwriting, much older source maps. It depicts the coastline of Antarctica, which was not supposed to have been discovered yet, in an amazing ICE FREE state. Antarctica has been supposedly covered with a layer of ice at the coastline for the entire period of man's "civilized" existence. The map was analyzed by the US Airforce who had no explanation for it's existence. The Airforce experts also noted that it appeared to have employed spherical triginometry in it's projection method, whcih also was not supposed to have been discovered at that time. This is but one of many such historical anomalies. Do some research and open your mind. We may never learn our true history, but the currently accepted version sure ain't it.
Someone made a map and didn't draw Antarctica with ice on it and that's supposed to mean something?
" It is uncertain who exactly is responsible for the discovery of the invariance of the cross ratio, but it is known that Pappus of Alexandria (290-350), who is considered by some to be the discoverer of the "earliest truly projective theorems.", at least knew of its existence. Whether he in fact discovered it is not certain. Pappus wrote a commentary on Euclid's lost book of porisms and it is in that commentary that the earliest recording of the cross ratio invariant is known. It is suspected however that Euclid himself may have been aware of the invariant. "
Ignorance, like masturbation, is best kept to yourself.
They were bigger, stronger, smarter, lived longer, sailed the planet and built megalithic structures we cannot come close to duplicating today.
I am very pleased to see that there are so many others that have realized that our "official" version of human history is nonsense.
http://loldamn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/meanwhile-in-Spain.jpg
Perfect example as to why Obama is never allowed to stray-off his telepromptor and/or prewritten script. "For sure, the president will not be taking any questions today." Or any other day for that matter.
He's got nothing to fear from the ball lickers in the US press. All the Bloomberg babes would jump at the chance to pollish Barry's knob.
LOL, our Teleprompter-In-Chief!!!
The bobble head of DC, so no negotiations from Oblahbalh, eh? Go figure....
http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae289/MarkTheMayer/Meanwhile%20in/127...
Oh that was good.... Really Good....... Bull Down on its ass.
You now owe me a keyboard!
Fuck you Rajoy,
The Spaniards may yet give you a Mussolini themed going away party. I'd go for the tapas.
THis clip works better with Joe Satriani's "Surfing With the Alien" playing in the backround instead of Rajoy's voice. And it makes more sense.
G'night all.
On the world politics scene; the thing that made my day was an anouncement that Putin, of Russia, had been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. I suppose for putting a wrench in their last peace prize recipients latest plan to kill some more innocent civilians. I don't mind snow; maybe Russia's the place to be. Anything would be better than this lunatic asylum.
Is this just like the "#MeQuieroIr" incident?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-27/humiliating-viral-youtube-inter...
Exactamundo!!
Is he from that place where the pain falls mainly on his brain?
frito bandito says what?
Part of the new normal is jellyfish "leaders" like this tool and the one in the White House. The real powers won't stand for real leaders anymore. Too hard to control.
Expect more cowards, women, and yes men leading nations.
Question: Will Spain get a military government before, or after, Greece?
That depends on which country wakes up first.
That's agood question!!!!!!!!
If we take the Happenings of the Golden GooseStep...... .sorry I mean Dawn in Greece. And the fact that that little Parastate grouping IS part of the Unified Banksters' little toy and the Fact that even Greece is sold down the plughole, What with Sovereignty, Indpendence and all and the Army did nothing so far. I would say ALL EUROPEANS are under OCCUPATION BY THE SAME CROOKS. The Coup de etat, is IRRELEVANT
"Thankfully, Bloomberg holds no allegiance to Spain or its government of thieves and liars. Citing reasons of “journalistic integrity”, it refused to bow to pressure and released the interview in all its gory detail."
Riiiight, so when will Bloomberg cite this famous "journalistic integrety" when it comes to US related matters...? MF Global? Bob Corzine? Precious metals manipulation? Etc etc etc...
Perhaps the Spanish media can return the favour.
Is Bob Corzine Jon Corzine's angelic twin brother?
if only bloomberg gave wall st banks this kind of treatment.
put jamie dimon under that kind of heat, fuck put obama under that kind of heat.
she wouldnt dare.
This was either planned demolition or Rajoy thought he and Sarah were going to make Halloween cupcakes. The voiceover was oddly out of sync.
Spain needs a leader like General Franco again...
Somebody with that 'can-do' spirit.
My late father used to say that dictatorships are not ideal, but that the quality of democracies in the free world was becoming so dismal that it made dictatorships both inevitable and desirable.
He seems fully qualified, a lying liar. Brush up his english, get him dual citizenship and he is a shoe in for the senate.
At Nuremberg they tried criminals. Next time they will be trying fools, liars and crooks.
Rajoy needs to sent to the bull fighting arena without a cape.
Sara Eisen is a smart cookie.
Rajoy probably thought he was being interviewed on The View. Sara spars with Tom Keene every morning, Rajoy was in 'way above his weight class.
As is customary in Spanish presidents, mr. Rajoy can't speak a word in English.
This is not new, Spain is possibly the most incompetent country when it comes to languages. All the presidents they had since the 80s are completely incompetent at English:
Mariano Rajoy
José Luís Rodriguez Zapatero
José Maria Aznar
Felipe Gonzalez
Spain is no better,nor worse economically than Italy,Ireland, France,and probably others.
What does make their situation much more precarious though,is that prior to the Euro billions poured in during the 80's and 90's,Spain was a poor country,economically,still suffering from civil war,and 40 years of dictatorship and isolation.
The European project was embraced with enthusiasm,infrastructure projects everywhere,allowing employment and income previously unknown.
Then,after Greenspan opened the credit spigot,the banks went wild,lending on an utterly unbelievable scale.
The construction industry became THE driver of the national economy.
And then,well the details are well known,many countries provide examples,except in the case of Spain,suddenly the driver of the economy was gone.Probably for a generation.Millions who'd been employed in construction were jobless.
The realisation that the apparency of a newly independent upwardly mobile working class,was a construction boom illusion,the reality 50% unemployment of under 25 year olds.
The banks,just like Ireland,and Japan 20 years ago,are sitting on billions of as yet unbooked losses.
Spain is possibly THE text book example of the results of fractional reserve banking credit creation.
Lets not be too quick to gloat..
Rahoy is a jr. league liar. Compare his statement to Obama's yesterday, "I have bent over backwards to negotiate with the Republcans." He ever kept a straight face and realizes he can lie to the American People and to the media and no one will call him on it, no ever the GOP. They wouldn't even call him a socialist, after he said he wanted, "to spread the wealth around." (said to Joe, the Plumber) and he said our US Constitution was flawed, because it didn't have collective rights.
So, he a redistributionist.
He's a collectivist.
Ergo: He'a a believer and practicioner Marxist ideology.
We are so screwed.
Regarding the EU: It's the new version of the USSR. Prior to creating the EU the future leaders met with Gobochov (Gorby) and created their union based on the organization of the then, USSR. If you look at the leaders that cycle in and out, most of them were openly either socialists or communists. They then jammed the latest law down the throats, despite having been defeated by 3 referenda.