Live from Argentina: Sarah Palin Is No Evita!

[Louisiana1976]

"Do you have any Evita T-shirts?" I recently asked a docent at Buenos Aires' Evita museum. I wanted a T-shirt with a picture of Evita Peron on the front. Is that too much to ask for? Apparently so.

Here in Argentina, Evita is either worshiped as a saint or vilified as the devil incarnate. In either case, no one here wants to wear her image on a T-shirt. Rats.

Even finding the Evita museum was a whole bunch of work and involved at least two subway transfers and a whole bunch of "Donde esta...." It's located out in the Palermo district, sort of like the Beverly Hills of Buenos Aires -- and there's a reason for that too, which I will explain later.

I suppose in some ways you could think of Evita Peron as Argentina's Sarah Palin. After all, our Evita did have a passion for designer clothes. Plus both Sarah and Evita cherished the limelight. But the similarities between Evita and Sarah stop there.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/3/821572/-Live-from-Argentina:-Sarah-Palin-is-no-Evita!

[Xipe Totec]

1. Palin bears as much resemblance to Evita

as a butter knife does to a cutlass.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Good analogy.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. I could probably find you a Palin T-shirt

around here somewhere.



Hmm, guess they don't like me using that picture.

ed. Here we go.

[Cleita]

4. I used to listen to Evita's speeches when I was a kid living in Chile.

Yes, I'm that old. Eva Peron was no dummy and she was politically savvy. She also didn't do the word salads in her speeches like Sarah does except that her accent was that of the lower classes. She knew how to play her lower class and destitute poor following against the elite upper classes. Sarah in a way does that too except she mines the religious right wing to play against the Democratic liberals. Also, she and Sarah share a streak of vindictiveness and doing revenge on their perceived enemies. One thing remains to be seen. Evita did a lot for the poor. I wonder if Sarah is going to do anything for her cheerleading following if she achieves the power Evita did?