Monday, October 29, 2007

Evita 2007

Take a cue, America. Take a fucking cue. Argentina elected a girl lady to be their next President. Who is her predecessor? Why, her husband. Sounds familiar doesn't it....

But here are some funny things to consider:

1) They mention her clothes. A lot.
2) Her husband didn't do that great of a job, yet people elected her anyway. Her campaign (unlike a similar one here) didn't distance her from her husband. In fact, she rode his coattails all the way into the Pink House.
3) She had an unusual campaign in that she didn't debate, she spent more time abroad than domestically...and she was OK with the references to this lady.
4) This is super key: She only received 44% of the vote. That's it. Less than half. (This based on 86% of the precints reporting) So technically, she should feel pretty shitty because less than half the country wanted her to be president. Wait, wait for it....sounds familiar doesn't it? Based on Argentine laws, she avoids a run off with the winner up and any of the other ELEVEN candidates in the race because she had a decent margin of victory.
5) Of the roughly 40 million people who live in the country, a little over 27 million people voted. So where in the world were the other 13 million people?

So the reality is that the people of Argentina are pretty divided on who should be their leader, so I'm excited a girl lady person got elected, but one has to question the climate of the country when your leader only has the support of 44% of the people. Wait for it...wait for it: sounds familiar doesn't it?

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