From the country that brought you Vlad The Impaler and Nicolae and Elena Ceaucescu, we now present the newest Romanian political phenomenon-President Traian Bassescu, who in another life was a former ship's captain, and who now as President illustrates here his unbounded love for Romanian youth.
This unimaginably stupid stunt almost cost him the election this time out (even though this actually happened during the 2004 election), even though his supporters insist the video is a fake. Whatever the case, the opposition Social Democratic Party, led by former diplomat Mircea Geaoana, has leveled charges of fraud and promised to demand the results be thrown out, while at the same time claiming they had nothing whatsoever to do with the video one way or another.
If it does turn out that this video is legitimate after all, I should point out that Bassescu didn't do anything here that most European politicians don't do to European children every day, only they tend to do it with a pen and a piece of paper.
But, give them this much, at least they don't treat them like they do European adults. Then again, while that is commendable, it is also understandable. Hitting children is one thing. Fucking them is something else again.
