Zapatero quê?
19 de Setembro de 2008 por Palmira Silva
McCain concedeu uma entrevista à Radio Caracol Miami, do grupo Prisa, que agitou ondas que não apenas as hertzianas. A entrevista decorreu pacificamente na parte das perguntas sobre a situação económica dos EUA e sobre as suas relações com a América Latina. O momento intrigante surgiu um pouco antes dos 3 minutos quando Yoli Cuello pergunta a McCain se convidaria o primeiro ministro espanhol, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero para uma visita à Casa Branca:
QUESTION: Senator, finally, let’s talk about Spain. If you’re elected president, would you be willing to invite President Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero to the White House to meet with you?
MCCAIN: I would be willing meet, uh, with those leaders who our friends [sic] and want to work with us in a cooperative fashion, and by the way, President Calderon of Mexico is fighting a very very tough fight against the drug cartels. I’m glad we are now working in cooperation with the Mexican government on the Merida plan. I intend to move forward with relations, and invite as many of them as I can, those leaders, to the White House.
QUESTION: Would that invitation be extended to the Zapatero government, to the president itself?
MCCAIN: I don’t, you know, honestly I have to look at relations and the situations and the priorities, but I can assure you I will establish closer relations with our friends and I will stand up to those who want to do harm to the United States of America.
QUESTION: So you have to wait and see if he’s willing to meet with you, or you’ll be able to do it in the White House?
MCCAIN: Well again I don’t, all I can tell you is that I have a clear record of working with leaders in the hemisphere that are friends with us, and standing up to those who are not, and that’s judged on the basis of the importance of our relationship with Latin America, and the entire region.
QUESTION: Okay… what about Europe I’m talking about the President of Spain?
MCCAIN: What about me what?
QUESTION: Okay… are you willing to meet with him if you are elected president?
MCCAIN: I am willing to meet with any leader who is dedicated to the same principles and philosophy that we are for human rights, democracy and freedom, and I will stand up to those that do not.
Ficou a dúvida em muitos sobre se McCain se baralhou de novo na geografia e pensou que a Espanha era mais um país latino-americano, se estava a repensar as relações com um membro da NATO ou se estava a mostrar desagrado sobre algumas das políticas de Zapatero. Qualquer das hipóteses não é um bom augúrio em caso de vitória do ticket republicano…

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