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2008-04-17 Europe

Spain digesting shock over new, pregnant defence minister

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Posted by Fred 2008-04-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 What are her QUALIFICAITONS other than being a Socialist and female? Like some experience or expertise in managing and directing military activities?

"aged 37 and with no military experience"

Thats the disqualifier in my eyes. She could be a little green man from Mars and still be unqualified.

Picking people for their gender is as stupid as choosing them solely on skin color or who they are related to. The KKK operated that way.

Zapatero even created a new department, the Equality Ministry - Headed by Diana Moon Glampers, I bet.

STOP! /wm.f.buckley

Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-17 00:50|| 2008-04-17 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Her qualifications: she is pacifist, antimilitarist and supported a (very bad) theatre author called Rubianes when he said "Whore Spain, if only she exploded in the ass of the whorish Spaniards. If only the balls of the whorish Spaniards exploded" in the catalan TV. When the city opf Madrid declined to subsidize his new piece of crap, the future minister of Defence said "We are all Rubianes".

These are her credentials.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-04-17 02:17|| 2008-04-17 02:17|| Front Page Top

#3 I agree it would not be a problem if she had ANY qualifications. But seeing as how she does not, the sybolism is so thick you can cut it with a sword.

Posted by Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-04-17 07:39|| 2008-04-17 07:39|| Front Page Top

#4 How very.....Progressive...of them.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-17 09:10|| 2008-04-17 09:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Wow. Trendy.
Too bad she appears to be a breeder though.

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-17 09:45|| 2008-04-17 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Lenin has once said: even a cow milking woman can govern a state.

Clever people learn from other's mistakes, not so clever ones are learning from their own, and idiots are not learning at all.

Sad that there are people not learning from own mistakes...

Posted by Nesvarbukas 2008-04-17 14:55|| 2008-04-17 14:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Perhaps she will be more successful defending her country from outside threats than she was defending her eggs against single-celled spermatozoa. And no, I would not bet money on it.

A little bit of bio here

Posted by SteveS 2008-04-17 17:30|| 2008-04-17 17:30|| Front Page Top

#8 A pregnant, unmarried puta as head of the Ministry of Defense! Franco is spinning in his grave for sure.

Posted by Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-04-17 18:43|| 2008-04-17 18:43|| Front Page Top

#9 A lot of this mysogynistic crap is WAY out of bounds.

Criticise because its a stupid unqualified appointment meant only to satisfy some imaginary gender quota regardless of the competence.

Dont bash her because she's a pregnant female. Plenty of other bricks around to throw.

Talk about being utterly unqualified for the position to which she was appointed:

She became a member of the Cataluña Young Socialists in 1989, and five years later, in 1994, joined the PSC Catalan Socialist Party.

Carmen Chacóns career in politics began when she was elected as a Town Hall councillor in her home town in 1999, where she was First Deputy Mayor with responsibility for economic and human resources and public safety.

The year 2000 saw her elected as a Socialist MP for Barcelona, and her election as a member of the PSC executive.

In September 2003, she was named spokesperson for the PSOE party ahead of the following years general election, holding onto her seat for Barcelona in the national poll held on 14th March 2004.

With the Socialist Party now in central government, Carmen Chacón was named as First Vice-President of Congress. She has been PSOEs secretary for culture since July 2004, was an international observer for the OSCE (the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1996) and in Albania (1997).

Carmen Chacón Piqueras was named as Spains New Housing Minister on 6th July 2007

Lets see, town hall human resources, party spokesperson, party hack, secretary for culture and finally Housing Minister.

Sterling qualifications for someone running the military. /sarcasm

Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-17 20:08|| 2008-04-17 20:08|| Front Page Top

#10 I am speechless. What a total frickin mess.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2008-04-17 20:10|| 2008-04-17 20:10|| Front Page Top

#11 D *** NG IT, years after PENN STATE and she's STILL PREGGERS - MUST BE A RECORD(S)!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-17 22:36|| 2008-04-17 22:36|| Front Page Top

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