Your Leader's Gaffes

[ArghNeedAName]

During the 2010 parliamentary election campaign, Prime Minister Tony Bacon had a radio interview on UNVA Radio 1 with presenter Chris Moore and said "We don't care about poor people". Here's the context:

(about five minutes into the conversation)
Bacon: You ought to see how the wealth is distributed, it's something like the richest 1000 ArghNeedANamers hold as much wealth together as the poorer half of the population does together.
Moore: Gosh, is it really that much?
Bacon: Yes, and it's widening too.
Moore: I'm surprised people don't realise this. We're always intrigued by wealthy lifestyles though. Just look at half the celebrity magazines you get in shops. Do we hear much about poor people in our country? Except perhaps on the Liberal Party's campaign ads?
Bacon: (laughs) No, we don't care about poor people.

Elsewhere on the campaign trip, Bacon was caught complaining that one MP from his own party was "a twat" and "hadn't got a bloody clue about economics, not a bloody clue."

[-Siberia]

That is not respectful and is sure to gain an outcry from members of his party that hold seats in parliament.

[Whiskey Hill]

The Grand Duke called members of the Christian Democratic party racists. It hurt his standing at the time but that was nearly 2 years ago now.

[Romalae]

His Excellency, President Atwater Stolhard has made several gaffes in his political history, ranging from statistical errors, to improper wording. Perhaps his worst gaffe was during an interview after a campaign rally in the Lansch Division of Romalae – a Lansch interviewer stepped up to him on national camera and asked "What do you have specially in mind for the continued protection of the rights of ethnically Lansch people here in Romalae?" His Excellency, about to pin a campaign poster to a nearby wall replied, "Yes, well, I'll be sure to take care of you people!", and then violently jammed the pin into the wall. With no more campaign events for the rest of the day, His Excellency disappeared from the public radar, and allowed people (especially Lansch) to debate in horror and confusion about his remarks, before he came out the following day to admit he spoke incorrectly. He claimed that it seemingly came off as sarcastic, and the pin-stabbing made it look worse. He claimed to be in a hurry off the campaign stage and was too hasty to speak properly. The next day, he asked to appear on national television to take back the remark and properly answer the interviewer's question.

[Saurisisia]

The Commander-in-Chief once called Anthro Orcas "Slimy skinned, always happy freaks whose skin color make them look like old black-and-white photos!"

Needless to say, the comment offended the Orca community quite badly, though Mr. Santorez has refused to apologize for making it.

[South Asia Minor]

"Wipe them out... all of them." ~ Commandante Jay Tucker.

[Victorious Decepticons]

If any gaffes ever have emanated from Megatron's voice chip, they were censored - but we will note that most of the things other nations seem to think of as "gaffes" would not be seen that way here.

"We don't care about poor people," for instance, is just a basic fact about Decepticon society, and nobody would think it was good to pretend there was anything wrong with it (or saying it outright). Being bothered by us saying so is seen as a fundamental glitch in the logic chips, since obviously the solution to poverty is for poor people to RAID MOAR, not stand around complaining about how the middle class and rich don't care about them.

Of course, poverty is very different here. Raiding is a recession-proof and unemployment-rate-proof activity.

[The BranRiech]

High General. Oashgar once accidentally revealed the Branriechs plan for universal domination to an unsuspecting citizen

the citizen then ran off and caught a flight to another nation and told everyone

a few days later, a branriech fleet nuked the planet and took it over and claimed that the nation insulted the branriechs leader

[Malgrave]

High General. Oashgar once accidentally revealed the Branriechs plan for universal domination to an unsuspecting citizen

the citizen then ran off and caught a flight to another nation and told everyone

a few days later, a branriech fleet nuked the planet and took it over and claimed that the nation insulted the branriechs leader

You really do need to think of more interesting tales of genocide and conquest.

Prime Minister Alan Green was once recorded given a secret speech to the more extreme members of the Malgravean Conservative Party.

Green: We could easily stop this infection from spread, socialism is a dangerous disease and targets the youth. I wonder if some members of the MSP fall victim to a random spate of accidents this week [/laughter]

Prime Minster Green stated he was joking and relating the topic to various 'accidents' in dictatorships. Malgravean humor is very poor

[Beringovia]

While studying in university in the United States, then Crown Prince Nickolai attended a political forum in which he was quoted as saying, "if I were an American, I would be a Republican." Not only did this leave the impression of him taking sides in the internal politics of another soverign state, but it also left him open to accusations of having anti-monarchical sentiments. The Crown Prince was quick to point out that he was merely expressing his private opinion, and not speaking in any sort of official capacity, to which one commentator responded "Crown Princes do not have private opinions." That quote (oftentimes substituting "Tsar" for "Crown Prince") has become a byword in Befinogian politics.

The Tsar's consort once embarassed Michelle Obama during her remarks at a state dinner when she said "I have always admired the United States, and always believed that Americans should be proud of their contry." The palace issued a statement that the Tsarista doesn't follow American politics closely, and intended only to compliment the United States and its people. However, eyewitness observers have claimed that she looked directly at Michelle Obama when making the remarks, and upon returning to her seat, to have smiled and said to her husband, in Russian, "was it something I said?"

[Maraque]

HRH King Whirnak doesn't consider anything he says a gaffe. He is known for being quite brash, blunt, and to the point, and he simply brushes off controversial statements by saying "I may not have meant to say it, but if I didn't believe it in some capacity it wouldn't have entered my mind," and says he "doesn't apologize for anything."

That said, he's known to curse like a sailor, and people don't expect him to be anything but himself, and so his statements don't garner the attention that other world leaders outrageous statements might.

In terms of things he might do, his age is usually attributed to any behavior that is less than professional, although he says "I behave the way I do because that's how I choose to present myself; my age has nothing to do with that."

[Tuskenjaar]

One time during a press conference a little girl asked our mighty king what his favorite color was. he told the girl to go feck off on live cable TV

[Valcluse]

President Catherine Martoli once said that Muslims "annoyed me" on public television when asked if Valcluse should take refugees from Libya and Tunisia. She later had to make a public apology. Of course, this was when she was Minister of State.

The former President, Cedric Mariner, referred to the leader of the Socialist Party, Didier Dubois as "that shifty looking chap who has a penchant for seducing women" and even went on to say a quote from his teenage daughter calling Dubois a "man-cougar". Dubois rebuffed the comments saying the President "was fighting like a girl".

We're very tongue and cheek in Valcluse.

[Rupudska]

Once when the Princess was in a Lamborghini showroom in Sudentor (She never brings security inside the showrooms), a foreigner who didn't recognize her grabbed her rear. She decked him. The security footage was on every news channel in the Reich within two hours, and swiftly went viral.

[Yasashii]

National Director Akito was once photographed using his chop sticks as drum sticks during a very alcoholic dinner party. Playing with your chopsticks at the table is an enormous faux-pas in Yasashii etiquette.

And that's about it really. Most things are so rehearsed or behind the scenes and controlled, gaffes don't tend to happen.

[Xanicea]

The Premier was once caught off-guard at a meeting, and he swore profusely as interviewers began flooding the room (which was supposed to be secure, so that the Premier and his cabinet could meet in peace). Needless to say, videos of the Premier letting out many... colorful words quickly vent viral across the inter-webs, and the situation became a political shit storm as liberal politicians called for the Premier to step down and make the government fully democratic in light of his "inability to provide a good example for the people". The incident also caused national embarrassment among the Axiom Division, who had been previously known for their impeccable track record in keeping the Premier and his staff safe and secure.

Now-a-days, however, the situation has generally died down and it is referred to mostly as a joke. The Axiom Division has toughened security measures to ensure such a thing won't happen again, and the Premier is now more used to crowds, so that if such an incident ever happened again he wouldn't fly into a rage.

[The Batorys]

The Empress hasn't offended all that much through her words... more through her attire. In Batory culture, clothes serve merely as ornamentation, you see, well, and shelter from the elements. Therefore, many "formal" garments emphasize, rather than hide, the wearer's sexuality. In some cases parts that most foreigners would think the most important to cover are left bare... for some reason, some take exception to this.

[Xanicea]

The Empress hasn't offended all that much through her words... more through her attire. In Batory culture, clothes serve merely as ornamentation, you see, well, and shelter from the elements. Therefore, many "formal" garments emphasize, rather than hide, the wearer's sexuality. In some cases parts that most foreigners would think the most important to cover are left bare... for some reason, some take exception to this.

I'm sure General Yuri Bagadin and Premier Ivan Vroronin won't mind any... eccentric clothing...

Neither would 98% of the male population of Xanicea.

[Saurisisia]

The Empress hasn't offended all that much through her words... more through her attire. In Batory culture, clothes serve merely as ornamentation, you see, well, and shelter from the elements. Therefore, many "formal" garments emphasize, rather than hide, the wearer's sexuality. In some cases parts that most foreigners would think the most important to cover are left bare... for some reason, some take exception to this.

Oh, we see. We don't doubt the President wishes our females dressed like that (the Reptilian ones, anyway).

[The Greater Aryan Race]

The Reich Chancellor and Fuhrer, in his attempt to get a feel of the GAR's transport system, decided to take a ride on the GAR's Intercity Express from Germania on his own. The Fuhrer was meant to meet reporters and his staff at Munich but unfortunately, he made a mistake and ended up at Koln. It took four hours for his staff to finally locate him.

[The Batorys]

The Empress hasn't offended all that much through her words... more through her attire. In Batory culture, clothes serve merely as ornamentation, you see, well, and shelter from the elements. Therefore, many "formal" garments emphasize, rather than hide, the wearer's sexuality. In some cases parts that most foreigners would think the most important to cover are left bare... for some reason, some take exception to this.

Oh, we see. We don't doubt the President wishes our females dressed like that (the Reptilian ones, anyway).

We think it's nice, but some foreigners have informed us that it is offensive for some reason, much to the confusion of the Empress.

[Dagnia]

One of our most gaffe-prone Chief Executives was Geoff Marzec (called the George W. Bush of Dagnia, though only for his gaffes, as he was actually an intelligent leader). He actually only made things worse by trying to learn English (he could only speak Dagnian and some German with any fluency).
At a dinner meeting of the leaders of the galaxy's most developed nations, he sat next to the prime minister of an English-speaking nation. He dismissed his interpreter, hoping he could speak some English without any help and tried to engage the prime minister in conversation.
"Uhhhh, Hello. Who are you? ", he asked, actually meaning to say "How are you?".
The two had already been introduced through the interpreter, so the prime minister smiled, motioned towards his daughter who had accompanied him and said, "I am Elizabeth's father."
Marzec did not know the daughter's name or the word "father", so he thought from the smile that it was a positive response to "how are you".
He answered, "Me too."
The prime minister at first looked offended, but then started laughing. All of the English-speaking people were laughing, and after their interpreters whispered in their ears, those who could not speak English were laughing too. He called his interpreter back who eventually told him what he did wrong, and did not try to speak English for the rest of the night.

[Demphor]

One of our Kings, Feriss Welshire, got into a little scandal with his secretary, he was impeached after being involved in another sexual scandal involving two women. Which fed up his wife and the Assembly.

Overall, he ended up shooting himself,

[The Holy Twig]

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[Demphor]

Otherwise, the only Conservative Prime Minister John Goglan once said.

"I hate everybody! No matter race, sex, creed, or religion! Everybody hates me! So I will get back at them!"