At fiery rallies, shedelivers similar nationalist rhetoric in front of images of Evita. But according to a former Kirchner insider, she now also suffers the same delusions of grandeur and power.
“She is a paranoid, arrogant person which in turn hides a deep insecurity,” he said. “She’s also a very mistrustful person who surrounds herself with a small cadre of yes men and yes women.” “The Casa Rosada operates like a court. She’s the queen surrounded by courtesans who only want to deliver good news.”
I have a feeling that the correct translation there is courtiers, not courtesans. But expensive whores describes politicians well enough.
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1 Falco // Feb 24, 2013 at 10:46 am
Weird webby thing – Chrome keeps refusing to update the front page any further than “Oh Dear” 20th Feb. Fine in Firefox.
2 Luke // Feb 24, 2013 at 11:02 am
I’m surprised you’ve not taken the opportunity to comment on the relative value for money of courtesans and politicians. Talk about missing am open goal.
3 The Sage // Feb 24, 2013 at 11:07 am
Actually, courtesan was originally the female form of courtier, just that the usage there moved to reflect the reality.
4 MattyJ // Feb 24, 2013 at 12:23 pm
@Falco: clear out the cookies for this site in Chrome.
5 Rob // Feb 24, 2013 at 1:51 pm
Argentina is cursed to perform the same pantomime over and over again.
Is the country cursed with generation after generation of corrupt and useless politicians or does a culture get the goverment it deserves? Almost certainly the latter.
6 Surreptitious Evil // Feb 24, 2013 at 4:56 pm
But the latin cultures just get more expressively useless pols than the anglo ones – the character may vary but the competence (okay, actually, lack thereof) does not.
Kirchner versus Harman (or Smith, Abbot, Winterton, Ashton etc, etc, etc)- if that was your choice? The expansively insane ego-maniac or the lucretian plotter. Given that useless has to be accepted? At least we all know where nu-Evita is coming from.
7 Edward Lud // Feb 25, 2013 at 1:52 pm
SE, I applaud the colour of your descriptions. Only trouble is, I can’t tell which are supposed to apply to Kirchner and which to Harman et al!
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