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Rousseff reveals picture of infant Dilma and wishes to drive her own Harley Davidson

Monday, October 14th 2013 - 05:16 UTC
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Sweet Dilma as a child Sweet Dilma as a child
The motorbike wish after sharing a ride with Gabas The motorbike wish after sharing a ride with Gabas

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff is speeding up her re-election campaign trying to drop the ‘technocrat-no nonsense’ and ‘people distant’ attitudes which have been some of the main complaints about a nevertheless loveable leader.

Precisely to counter this image, the president published in Facebook a picture of her as a 4-5 year old child and media has revealed that after her motorbike ‘incognito’ incursion in Brasilia she would like to learn to drive her own Harley-Davidson.

Rousseff was back on her twitter in late September following an absence of almost three years (the last time was 13 December 2010) when she then informed followers of her return in late 2011, which did not happen.

“Good day brothers and sisters, marvellous brothers and sisters; I’m back to stay because here is my place” twitted Rousseff on her return. To this now she has added a picture of infant Dilma, a sweet child sitting in an ‘enormous’ chair.

Why a few years later the sweet child turned into an active guerrilla support and decades later president of Brazil is anybody’s guess.

Likewise Folha de Sao Paulo published that the president longs “to escape” on a Harley Davidson motorbike to drive through the streets of Brasilia, as she recently did with the executive secretary of the Social Security ministry Carlos Gabas

“I want to learn to drive a motorbike, have a licence and zoom anonymously through the streets of Brasilia and with a tuned helmet, listening to AC/DC, Black Sabbath, U2 and Coldplay” Rousseff was quoted.

“The feeling of freedom is unmatchable as is the feeling for an anonymous rider”, said Rousseff. However the head of Presidential security would later have to downplay the magnitude of the ‘adventure’.

In effect General Marcos Antonio dos Santo revealed that the ‘president’s escape’ on a motorbike did not go undetected and his men followed her from a prudent distance.

However such is the presidential vertigo enthusiasm that not only does she want to learn to drive a motorbike and obtain her licence, but also instructed Gabas to scout for one that would comply with her wishes.

In effect Gabas, according to Folha de Sao Paulo came back with a list of options and suggested the Brazilian president to purchase a red Harley Davidson, 883 cubic centimetres and weighing 263 kilos, with a selling price of approximately 14.000 dollars.

The newspaper also revealed that the August ‘escape’ has not been the only experience: apparently the Brazilian president had on repeated occasions with a ‘camouflaged’ car and with the excuse to visit relatives, has driven on her own through the city. Furthermore when overseas she likes to walk on her own; and likewise to attend theatre or cinema but arriving a few minutes after the show has started.

For a country where the majority of the population is below 35, active Facebook, a red motorbike and the experience of that ‘freedom feeling’ certainly are humanizing assets for the work-alcoholic president.
 

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  • Brasileiro

    She is the President of Brazil, the United States or is the Queen of England?

    It seems that the guerrillas did not stop their acculturation.

    That way I will not be able to vote on Dilma, because Dilma is able to change the official language of our Federation.

    Anyway, it was a very beautiful child.

    Oct 14th, 2013 - 10:57 am 0
  • ChrisR

    Dilma is clearly in love with the freedom you experience on a motorcycle; however her choice is a very poor one.

    HOGS are overweight for the available power and handle abysmally. The brakes border on being dangerous. It is very easy to get into trouble on a motorcycle especially with the very low standard of driving ability in SA.

    Many modern machines have excellent, large double disc brakes on the front and a single disc on the rear controlled by ABS which prevent straight ahead skids (and corresponding loss of control) especially useful for an inexperienced rider who panic brake at their first “impending crash” thus turning it INTO a crash. My machine can go from zero to 100 kph (62.1 mph) and back to zero in 4.0 seconds in total control.

    I hope Dilma takes time to look at what is available and has an advisor who knows more than the HOG rider to assist her.

    Oct 14th, 2013 - 12:35 pm 0
  • GFace

    Oh don't be such an old woman, Chris! I'd rather share the road with Hogs on the way to Sturgis than with sport bike “Hollywood Stuntz” hoons OR an armada of lane-discpline-deficient soccer moms in SUVs who never drive 'em in dirt nattering away on their cell phones. Whether that makes qualified to be president is a totally different topic of discussion though...

    Oct 14th, 2013 - 03:34 pm 0
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