Thursday, July 26, 2007

Argie first lady isn’t Evita, but what about Hillary?

Argentine first lady and presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has tried to reject any comparisons between her and Evita Peron. “I don't want to inherit anything from Eva or from (husband Nestor) Kirchner. All that I have done has been through my own achievements and even my own mistakes,” said Cristina on Tuesday during a campaign tour in Spain.

There has been a crescendo of comparisons between the current senator and Evita and U.S. presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. Some commentators doubt the links between Christina and Hillary, though this recent clip from Argentine television looks at several possible similarities in their campaigns (video link):

Sources- International Herald Tribune, MSNBC, Telegraph.co.uk, MSNBC, Slate, YouTube

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2 comments:

  1. Miguel Centellas9:52 AM

    One wonders, of course, whether eyebrows would be raised to point out that male candidates also wear ties, use their first names, show pictures of their family, and use hand gestures when they speak. If Hillary looks like Christina, it's because both are politicians in the age of media politics.

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  2. Erwin C.4:34 PM

    I found the video to be most intruging when comparing Cristina to Hillary though their personal and political backgrounds do differ. Yet the video became borderline farcical in the end when comparing both ladies' necklaces.

    Here's an interesting exercise - is there any latin american leader whose mannerisms could be comparable to Bill Clinton?

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