As suspected from my earlier post where I shuddered at the thought of what Asif Ali Zardari might serve up to Washington during his trip to attend the UN General Assembly, well the games have begun. In a recent meeting with the Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, our Honorable President was seemingly a little bit too un-Presidential [?]. During the customary greetings between the two leaders, Zardari called Palin “gorgeous” and later even offered “to hug” the Alaskan Governor. I do not mean to suggest that this is in anyway a crime, but being the President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan there are some protocols that should be adhered to in an effort to uplift the respect and dignity of Pakistan and to the office with which he has been assigned to.
It seems to have been the perfectly scripted conversation as temporal had predicted well before the actual Sarah Palin and Asif Zardari meetup. There maybe some fanatics in Pakistan who may even cringe at seeing him shaking hands with a women, but whatever the objection and whether we like it or not it has become a routine in western interactions and I might even suggest that such flirtatious comments might even be the norm but I dare to say, at least not on camera. It is quite possible that Sarah Palin considered these as a complement, but if you were to observe the video footage of the exchange she does feel a little uneasy.
CNN has this to say
Pakistan’s recently-elected president, Asif Ali Zardari, entered the room seconds later. Palin rose to shake his hand, saying she was “honored” to meet him. Zardari then called her “gorgeous” and said: “Now I know why the whole of America is crazy about you.”
“You are so nice,” Palin said, smiling. “Thank you.” A handler from Zardari’s entourage then told the two politicians to keep shaking hands for the cameras. “If he’s insisting, I might hug,” Zardari said. Palin smiled politely.
A little OFF-TOPIC: Wrapping up the meeting when a reporter asked Sarah Palin a question about her day she responded
“It’s going great,” Palin said. “These meetings are very informative and helpful, and a lot of good people sharing appreciation for America.”
DUH !!! I believe we just had ourselves the first Sarah Palin Blonde Moment. America !! are you sure you want to have her as Vice President of the United States
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98 responses to “Zardari flirts with Sarah Palin: Calling her Gorgeous & Offers to Hug”
Can we have her as Queen of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan alongside King Z ?
poor zardari cant keep it in his pants. 😀
heheh
nice to know i have a future as a fortune teller
one second thoughts, no!
it would mean growing a long beard and advertising on geo and ary: “aapkay her masa’il ka hul” cal 1-800-BADMASH visa, mc, amex accepted!
I think you’re reading too much into it Doctor saab.
*shaking my head in disbelief*
This reminds me of our previous even more flirtatious imported leader ShortKut Aziz who use to brag to Western diplomats “that he could conquer any woman with his charm in two minutes.”
http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/21/nat6.htm
Sigh. This just reinforces the stereotype of drooling and ogling Pakistani males who seem never to have seen a woman before.
About the suggestion that such comments may be the norm in western culture (except maybe in a bar). Even in professional circles and among people who know each other well, they can be taken as offensive or sexist and could end up in a lawsuit. Here, we are talking about the head of state meeting a VP candidate for the first time.
Zardari should have stayed in Pakistan at the time of the Marriott crisis — instead he flew out on the first flight. It is said he continued his meal after hearing the blast. Now he thinks Sara Palin is gorgeous — I wonder if BB would have approved the hug!
she might be our next “BiBi”
Zinda hay Bibi Zinda hay
Would’nt that be interesting — Sarah BB as our first lady! The bridge to Nowhere-goth!
Watch the offer for a hug here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GHWa6jqALE
If you wanted gravitas, you should have tried harder to get someone else elected to that office–in both Pakistan and
the US.
@d0ct0r: I heard that one 🙂 but with Zordari the consequences can be changed…
Please, please take Sarah Palin, in any way. We don’t want her here, either in the Lower 48 as V.P or back in Alaska as governor. Hey Zardari is single, he can look all he wants now that there is no BB to worry about. Is is turning over in her grave?
Temporal’s post earlier today was spot on. Hilarious!
Not a big deal.
Shame on you Zardari. You have another option “Shereen Rehman” hehehe………..
Zinda Hai Bibi Zinda Hai.
Zinda Hai Bibi Zinda Hai.
Zinda Hai Bibi Zinda Hai.
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Here’s the video link of this drama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GHWa6jqALE
Pathetic
@all.Bibi!What bibi? The 40 days ‘iddat’is over isn’t it? So why all this hysteria over a small matter of a ‘him’ calling a ‘her’ gorgeous.And as for being Presidential;he didn’t hug her,did he ? – though Mccain has been kissing and hugging her on stage ,every opportunity he got!
And if you blokes expect any better from Zardari,you need your heads examined!
widower gone wild
I think Hassan Abbas Saahab sums it up very, very well!
palin is married.
I think Palin will think of ten feet rule next time she comes in contact with mr.Zardari she would get the brief going mr.Zardari cannot breach the ten feet rule.He cannot coem closer than that……….
PAKISTANI MEN your future is oblique……..
I think Palin does not give a Toss or maybe she had pepper spray???????
Man, I don’t mind Zardari but what is the “CHURA” Rehman Malik doing there. He should be here in Pakistan cleaning dishes.
Zardari bass sir hilatey rahoo,
sab milegaaa, sab milegaa,
yai to kuch bhee nahee hai,
tumhain playboy mension main soney ko mileyga,
bass sir hilatey raho,
award bhee milegaa,
aur bohat sarrey aizazat bhee milengay,
bass sir hilatey raho
aur Pakistan kee bajatey raho,
sab milega, sab milegaa
But Zardari couldn’t beat Bush who had given a neck massage to a surprised German Chancelor 😉
http://www.spike.com/video/bush-massages-german/2755176
absurd and cheap!!!
I didn’t realize until I saw the video….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkFnaFyylQ8
white mustache complimented by dark chocolate lips awaits Sarah!
Sherry commits suicide!
Also another video source
http://www.pakpoint.com/2008/09/25/president-zardari-praising-the-us-beauty/
Very Cheap President?
@ReallyVirtual Yes it would be great idea to make her queen of Pakistan 🙂
What a bloody F…r. His wife death even didn’t passed 1 year and see this leader starving for …… How can you imagine Pakistan in this kind of BULLSHIT’S hand.
come on. if you’re going to be a world leader, you can’t have other world leaders talking to you like its after-hours at the cocktail lounge in the holiday inn. if the US is serious about confronting terror, the country will be working with/around/against pakistan for the next decade. palin’s inability to push the conversation into something meaningful is incredibly disappointing.
he is simply fulfilling the American pursuit of happiness agenda, try to make all happy, sorry for us, this paki wadera still thinks palin as a stereotypical blondy and his diplomacy cant exceed beyond flirty gestures…
btw, didnt know it was fanatic not to shake hands with females out of one’s beliefs or even criticizing the representative of their religious branded country of doing such.
guys is second rate cheap.
i mean how on earth you say i can hug her…
Well problem with Zardari or should i say benefit Zardari have is that he does not have to worry about negative image and publicity associated with such stunts,his image is already negative so it can’t get any worse then that..Imagine if these leaders can do such a thing with US top official then what they must have been doing here in Pakistan and Dubai..It reminds me of our Prime Minister Gillani publicly groping Information minister Sherry Rehman in a protest rally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttxc9wLX75o
Besides that it also reminds me of recent Qadhafi Condoleezza Rice meeting in Libya.
Qadhafi, wearing a white robe and a green brooch in the shape of Africa, did not shake hands with Rice but put his right hand over his heart. By Muslim tradition, men should avoid contact with women during the fasting time.
http://www.dawn.com/2008/09/07/int3.htm
Playboy To President
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/16457?tid=14
Pakistani President Tells Palin She Is Gorgeous, Palin Gets a Taste of Foreign Affairs
http://tinyurl.com/4mh2hb
“Looks like if Palin takes JFK’s advice and asks not what her country can do for her, but what she can do for her country, she may be asked to show a little leg. Or shake hands.”
he has humiliated usa along with Palin, so cheers guys…
Kudos!
We elected a horny perv for a president!
the guy is a joke.i mean i still flinch when somebody says on tv,president asif ali zardari.i mean times have come when i am starting to miss musharaf(where is he btw?)which means the world is starting to end.
Goshhhhhh……….
Watched it on U tube ….Thanks for posting.But you know somehow comments are genuine.
Sarah is just a hockey mum after all who happened to have won beauty pageant and her glasses does not complement her intellectually……..but other way round……
Come on GUYS ! do not be so jealous ……..why should Zardari miss out…..HE HAS THE GUTS and he is not pressured under the AMERICA <SUPER POWER…..SUPER WOMAN
Actually that is why people like her maybe…….she is not killer executive ,intellectual lawyer to slain clients in the court rooms……perhaps carier oriented woman should think why they are hated so much?
well wise woman will extend ten feet rule to twenty ,better not even answer if Mr.Zardari is on the phone.Listen to the voice mail and conatct him if you are able to recover and make sense of what president of Paksitan has just said over the phone…….
BUT I AM STILL POSITIVE ABOUT IT….because woman freedom has to start with Pakistani MEn.They have to evolve in their attitude…….It was all a good experience for him…….Unlike Benazir where my journalist friends have told me she will straight away look into the eyes of Journalists and will tellthem ,STOP STARING AT MY FACE.
Well it explains Zardari is enjoying his freedom at last saved from the clutches of a beast called wife.
No dear men I am very sympathetic to you
dude you are a president now stop beeing freeky its not sindh vadero.
Get a sleaze to do a sleazy job and u have this guy over shadowing another 30 seconds of nothingness from sarah. bad boys go to prison, hockey moms go everywhere.
hey ppl comeon plz dont make it a big thing it was just a soft talk. which ppl usaually have with others wats wrong with dat? im not a very big supporter of zardari like my family but u gotta give it to dat man hes so intelligent he buttered every one manmohan singh,ahmedinijad n SARAH PALIN. he is a pure typical politician im falling in love with his pollitics.
Hey how on Earth is it FANATIC to not shake hands with a woman? Its not even sexist. Its pretty clear in Islam opposite sexes are not allowed to have any physical contact with each other. This is religion, NOT fanatasicm.
FShiekh is pretty right. Its all about nodding the head and the Empire is at your disposal. But one must remember this EMPIRE was also supporting Musharraf just a year back. Now where is Mushi?? Typically they unlike British dont even help their agents during the difficult times and leave them rot and simply come up with a new agent 🙂
btw I have now realized why some say :
BIBI ZINDA HAY, BIBI ZINDA HAY 😛
The only reason for the storm is that how come a Paki had the courage to be confidently informal with a Gori. I can understand the annoyance of the westerm media. The western media would not have made it an issue if a Gora western leader was part of the episode. But come on all you Pakis. Atleast he did not piss in his pants like all you people. Unlike Shaukat Aziz and the Paki Generals of GHQ during the Anglina Jolie visit, he was not snubbed nor did he huffed and puffed like a dog. Who can forget our gallant Field Marshal General Ayub Khan follwing Jacquline Kenedy like a dog in a leash during the later vist to Pakistan in the sixties.
zardari is a criminal and he did what he was supposed to. sarah didnt react to the situation well…
shame on us as we have elected this shit as President
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Flirt haaaaaan!!!!!!!!
Zardari a real Pakistani
This is hilarious. All Paki men live in a fantasy world where they consider themselves God’s gift to women. No Indian politician including young ones would try to act like a playboy in camera. Obviously, the frustoo Pakis have chosen a similar character to represent them: jab se Benazir mari hai tab se bhookha hai bichaara LOL
Akhir hay na Pakistani……….
kahin na khain THARKI PANA zror dikhaen gay……
LOOSER!
how can you call some one gorgeous, when infact she looks a sexy goddess, a sex bomb
lage raho zardari