Márcio Guilherme

Das diversas análises do discurso de ontem do Obama, a melhor foi escrita pelo autor do Lexington, blog de política americana hospedado na Economist:

Cricket is an elegant, skilful, dignified game, but it does go on a bit. So in the small island nation where I was born, we have a tradition of streaking. When the game gets a bit dull, someone takes off his clothes and runs across the pitch. It’s rude, and it makes most of the spectators think you are a prat. But it gets you on television, and your mates no doubt congratulate you afterwards at the pub.

Barack Obama is an elegant, skilful, dignified speaker, but he does go on a bit. So Joe Wilson, a Republican from South Carolina, decided to heckle him last night. It was rude, and made most people think him the American equivalent of a prat. But it got him on television. And when he seeks statewide office in South Carolina, the people who vote in Republican primaries will remember him as the guy who called Obama a liar to his face.

Pra quem não viu, o berro de “liar” do deputado Republicano pode ser assistido aqui. Aqui, um videozinho em que o mesmo deputado, claramente desequilibrado, pede desculpas formais pelo gesto bebum.