Since last week’s historic election of Barack Obama’s as the next U.S. president, a number of high-profile Europeans have been sticking their feet in their mouths while commenting on the situation (Well, some were being outright racist). For example, a leading Austrian television journalist said - on camera - that he “wouldn’t want the Western world to be directed by a black man.” The Italian Prime Minister tried to joke about it, by describing Obama as “young, handsome and even suntanned.” The National Democratic Party of Germany ran the headline, “Africa Conquers the White House,” on their website. And these aren’t even the extremists. Read more…
The leader of the far-right political party in Austria was dismissed yesterday after admitting to an affair with his former mentor, the man whom he succeeded. Jörg Haider, 58, died earlier this month in a high-speed car crash (after heavy drinking in a gay bar). The dismissed leader, Stefan Petzner, 27, had revealed his relationship with Haider in an interview, which led to his sacking. Read more…
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