No Oil Painting

Here are two photographs that I would invite readers to compare and contrast.

Both are shots of VIPs - the President of Argentina (Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner) and the President of Uruguay (Jose Mujica).

Now in waiting to be joined by the Argentinian President - Jose Mujica was overheard on an open microphone saying: "This old hag is even worse than the cross-eyed man."

Now a Uruguayan newspaper then posted Jose's comments on its website - and highlighted the fact that President Kirchner's husband - whom she succeeded to become President - had a 'lazy eye'.

So it was perfectly logical to assume that President Mujica was being rather pass remarkable and terribly sexist towards President Kirchner - as well as unspekably rude towards her former (now deceased) husband, Nestor.

President Mujica has since denied that he had been talking about the Kirchners - without explain who else he could possibly have been referring to as - the 'old hag' and 'cross-eyed' man.

So, coming back to my first sentence does anyone - even the most biased Uruguayan have an ounce of sympathy for President Mujica? 

He's no 'oil painting' - as an friend of mine is fond of saying - yet feels free to indulge in this kind of pathetic, casual sexism.  

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Jose Mujica

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