If history wanted to afford you the opportunity to see Eva Peron as a brunette, we got reasonably close last night with the Vice Presidential debate. A shame that the two campaigns have only allowed one of these. But perhaps that is wisdom enough.
One could see reasonably enough in the post-debate celebration the chants of the masses there assembled, "USA! USA! USA!" Not too far removed from "Peron! Peron! Peron!"
Like the Argentine counterpart, Ms. Palin has the physical beauty to get attention. Also the shallowness of actual knowledge and useful experience to make taking a high national-level governmental job dubious. Like Eva, she wants to appeal to her Republican-Conservative middle class descamisados, whilst despising them and their miserable existence the whole time. She casts Juan, I mean John McCain in the same light as Juan Peron, from "Evita:"
"There is only one man who can lead any workers' regime He lives for your problems, he shares your ideals and your dream He supports you, for he loves you Understands you, is one of you If not, how could he pick me?"
I've replaced "pick" from the original lyric "love," as that's more suitable in this context.
The tagline from "Evita" is the most telling of the similarities here, "she simply seduced a country."
Joe Biden will make a hell of a good Vice President in the Obama administration.
(cross-posted on The Dead Guy)
Main Entry: chi•me•ri•cal Pronunciation: k?-?mer-i-k?l, k?-, -?mir- Variant(s): also chi•me•ric -ik Function: adjective Etymology: chimera Date: 1638 1 : existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary or improbable 2 : given to fantastic schemes
Thanks to a friend, I was able to attend tonight's musical at the Des Moines Civic Center - "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" (Spelling Bee). It was a fun night, but as I drove home, a bell went off in my head (and no, Spellers, it wasn't Vice-Principal Panch), I recognized that Senator Clinton and her campaign for the Democratic Presidential Nomination can be encapsulated using many of the lyrics from the musical.
Sung to the tune of Evita
Sung to the tune of EVITA
Don't cry for me Austin, Texas The truth is I never left you Through all my Law days Secrecy, special interests I'll keep my promise 'Till I'm elected...
Wait...have I said too much?Is there's something more I can think of say to you? But you only have to look at me to know That everyword I say is...
vetted, tested, parsed, polled, rehearsed, and read off notes and engineered to get me elected even if it enflames the minority groups who used to be my base but whom I have ticked off because I took them for granted and will insult when it is politically advantageous to do so.
