2023-08-25 21:40:57
On December 18, when the Argentine National Team won the soccer world championship, and Peronism was excited that this was a boost of spirit that would allow it to reach this year’s elections with a chance, a very Argentine joke.
In each conversation that was listed, it began to be remembered that France had been runner-up. For example, in an office, someone might utter phrases such as “first let’s consult the boss and second … France”.
Even Netflix promoted his film in March mystery in sight, starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, filling Buenos Aires with posters that said, verbatim: “First, they visit an island. And second, France.
Certainly, United Peronism would have liked to finish second in the recent Simultaneous Open Primary elections and Mandatory (PASO), with better chances to fight for first place in the general elections or, at least, enter the ballotage. But no, it finally came in an unprecedented third place, behind La Libertad Avanza and Juntos por el Cambio.
This situation is historic. It had never been seen before here. Notwithstanding this, the flood of news and spaces in networks that caused the phenomenon of libertarians, to some surprise and not so much to others, meant that the electoral tragedy was not so exposed.
At the same time, the tragedy of third place hides another tragedy more strategic, profound and never thought of, regarding which almost no one talks: Peronism is losing the fourth of the last five national elections.
Mommy. What will General Perón think from heaven? As a consolation prize, his boys are taking something that is for the Guinness book of records.
The Minister of Economy of the third country with the highest inflation in the world (fetish number three), only surpassed by Venezuela and Zimbabwe, is his candidate for President and, mathematically… He still has a chance of being elected!
beyond that those chances sean just mathIt is difficult to explain this situation to a foreigner. “Argentina, don’t try to understand it,” Messi would say.
Sergio Massa and Peronism celebrate with Milei and Bullrich
I tell an anecdote that portrays this scenario well. The Eikon Awards are a traditional public relations case competition that has been held for more than 25 years. As part of the jury, last week I attended the Association of Argentine Journalistic Entities (ADEPA), to a work meeting with other members and, at the end of it, there was a fun talk.
A couple of us (jokingly) maintained that the communicator of the year award should go to Sergio Massa. That from such an objectively bad management, one in five Argentines have voted for him and one in four for his political force (with a missing President of the Nation and a Vice President sentenced to six years in prison for corruption)… It is! a communication miracle!
After the 2021 general elections, I wrote a column called The image of Alberto Fernández is so bad that now he celebrates defeats. In it he argued that, taking into account that the government’s reputation was on the floor, the result had not been so disastrous and that was the reason why the President was going to celebrate, as incredibly expressed that Sunday.
That time I remembered another scene from the football field that I reproduce here today.
The story goes that when Héctor Veira was coaching San Lorenzo, one of his players hit a baton that ended in a contrary goal. The technician yelled at him as a kind reproach “Go celebrate with them.”
In 2021, Alberto Fernández celebrated with macrismo. Today, Sergio Massa and Peronism are celebrating with Milei and Bullrich.
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