NewsWhore
08-22-2007, 05:20 PM
In today's Diario Libre, editor Ines Aizpun comments on the new appointees to President Fernandez's cabinet.
She starts out by saying that the President, who manages the government budget, is immersed in an "intense, violent electoral campaign and is willing to take from up his sleeve the most improbable candidates to ensure that he does not leave the presidential chair.
And then continues: "But Diego Torres (Babado), Peguero Mendez, Rodriguez Pimentel in a PLD government? What for? Why? Is this what awaits us if he is re-elected? Are these the kind of government officials who will lead us to globalization, to development? Is this the best team the PLD can present to encourage us to vote for it again?
Making changes is an opportunity for correcting mistakes, ending offensive incompatibilities or rectifying materialistic vagueness. But none of that! The message is clear: anything goes, regardless how mediocre their concept of politics, there is room in the PLD government. (Billed to our taxes).
Choosing third-rate politicians, some of whom were even rejected by their own political parties, is such an obsolete way of viewing government office that it does not transmit messages of progress, on which Leonel's campaigns were based on in the past. They are throwing out the argument of probity or decency; the PLD is running out of topics.
We wanted changes, but we wanted these to be an improvement in the team.
To create new posts, such as gastronomical advisor, leads us into uncharted territory. Can we now also expect the appointment of a Presidential Fashion, Manners or Spiritual advisor, with responsibilities in the areas of self-esteem and leadership? There are more and more advisors without portfolio, without any role, but with earnings that no one has dared to courteously refuse.
Those changes are not just disappointing, they are scary."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)
She starts out by saying that the President, who manages the government budget, is immersed in an "intense, violent electoral campaign and is willing to take from up his sleeve the most improbable candidates to ensure that he does not leave the presidential chair.
And then continues: "But Diego Torres (Babado), Peguero Mendez, Rodriguez Pimentel in a PLD government? What for? Why? Is this what awaits us if he is re-elected? Are these the kind of government officials who will lead us to globalization, to development? Is this the best team the PLD can present to encourage us to vote for it again?
Making changes is an opportunity for correcting mistakes, ending offensive incompatibilities or rectifying materialistic vagueness. But none of that! The message is clear: anything goes, regardless how mediocre their concept of politics, there is room in the PLD government. (Billed to our taxes).
Choosing third-rate politicians, some of whom were even rejected by their own political parties, is such an obsolete way of viewing government office that it does not transmit messages of progress, on which Leonel's campaigns were based on in the past. They are throwing out the argument of probity or decency; the PLD is running out of topics.
We wanted changes, but we wanted these to be an improvement in the team.
To create new posts, such as gastronomical advisor, leads us into uncharted territory. Can we now also expect the appointment of a Presidential Fashion, Manners or Spiritual advisor, with responsibilities in the areas of self-esteem and leadership? There are more and more advisors without portfolio, without any role, but with earnings that no one has dared to courteously refuse.
Those changes are not just disappointing, they are scary."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)