Romanian president punches child at election rally (John Prescott eat your heart out)

Has the Romanian president been taking election campaign tips from our beloved John “two jabs” Prescott? Traian Basecu, who faces a run-off vote after leading his nearest rival by just 3% in an initial poll, is seen to apparently punch a child in the face at an election rally. Something was evidently lost in translation between “mulleted Welsh farm worker” and “young boy”:

In the words of one Romanian commentator (thank you Google Translate):

The other day he said something about an ‘emotional bomb’. Here it is!

Hat-tip: @wikileaks

2 Comments

  1. lol
    Posted November 27, 2009 at 5:57 pm | Permalink

    i’m waiting for the punch-a-child flash game X-)

  2. Posted December 11, 2009 at 4:32 pm | Permalink

    they say is fake but knowing the president I doubt!

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