Basescu Should Come Home And Not Stay Offshore

How gutsy is a man who does not have the guts to expose his bald head? Many comments were made lately on the rebellious disposition of the flock of hair which [President Traian] Basescu uses to coyly cover his bald head.
I, for one, believe that the President’s problem stays with his head, not with his flock of hair.

Basescu claimed to have all the courage in the world, and yet that courage leaves him when it is to expose to the world his shiny bald skull.
When Rudolph Giuliani, the most famous mayor on planet Earth, was faced with the same problem, he solved it with trimming down his hair "to match the reality."
I think that Basescu needs very sophisticated and able advisers to couch him into cutting down that flock of hair.

Getting back to the real issue, that of Basescu’s head, and more so of the intellect his skull is protecting, it is to be said that it proved to be no different from the one of the politicians Basescu defeated or from those he grudgingly accepted as his partners.
Basescu still rants against politicians with less than a pristine past and promises a thorough clean-up operation.

When asked, however, in a show hosted by Paul Grigoriu on national radio, how about his own people, the former sea-captain tried to hide himself behind a howser. Basescu said that "even though some journalists might say that the past of this or that person was not clean, once they were beside you when running for office, they should continue to stay next to you when in office."

Let us put aside the easily dismissed quality of the critics with naming them "some journalists" and focus on the fact that Basescu is no different from others reaching the top and promoting their cronies.
After all, when confronted with damaging proves on the poor quality of one of his men, President J.F. Kennedy coined the phrase: "Yes, he is a son of a bitch, but he is our son of a bitch," thus setting a record of honest cynicism hard to bring down even for Basescu.

Basescu tried to put the rejection of Cristina Parvulescu’s nomination as minister for European integration on the parliamentary committee’s misogynist attitude, saying that Parvulescu "was disadvantaged by her blond hair, long legs and short skirt."
The issue here was that none of the above hampered Parvulescu from becoming a minister, but her inept answers, unable as she was to explain the difference between the Council of Europe and the European Council.
Particularly with one of the two Parvulescu, if nominated minister for integration, was to have extensive contacts with, most likely not for the purpose of a successful flirt or foreplay.

As for Silvian Ionescu, now one of the trusted men of Basescu, while before he was a spy with the Direction of Foreign Intelligence of the Securitate, says it all.
There is a lot of blame placed on the fact that Basescu was a sea-captain and, as such, he was bound to have made serious political compromises. I say that this stupid approach should stop and another one should be taken, with help from the minister of justice, Monica Macovei:
We should all find out what is written in those secret files the Securitate made on Basescu, to clarify what qualities were demanded for him to become the right person to lead the Navrom branch in Antwerp, between 1987 and 1989.
Thus we may get out of the way the stupid milling of allegations on the President’s past, which surfaces in the media.

In the interview I mentioned, Basescu reminded the radio audience that he was at sea for 12 years.
I strongly believe that one of his old pals, one of those he was eating grilled fish with, should send him a telegram with an urgent message:
"Traian. Stop. Come to shore. Stop. Or else you will have a jittery sleep. Stop. As poor [poet George] Bacovia had. Stop. He dreamed. Stop. That he did not roll up the bridge on his side of the abyss. Stop. Come back home, you, man. Stop. For you have a country to lead. Stop. And you cannot leave it for others to take the helm. Stop. This is not the right time to do that. Stop. For winter is not summer [famous quote of Basescu’s, while he was mayor of Bucharest]. Stop. And some advisers are down with the flu. Stoooop!!