I saw this poster wall in Buenos Aires, Argentina in January. The current president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, followed her husband into the presidential role when he could not run again due to the country's constitutional limit. He would have been eligible to run again after being out of office for one term (in contrast to the US system, for instance), had he not died in the fall of 2010.
Here the competitive positioning the opposition has chosen is "Thinking always about you" and the candidate's signature. Now, granted I do not keep up much with daily political life in Argentina. But I am intrigued by the implication of this competitive positioning. It is a thoroughly positive line with thoroughly negative implications, thus, possibly portraying a real choice without the personal attacks designed to confuse and obfuscate that have become the mainstay of US and Canadian electioneering.
As an aside, love the light blue tie on white shirt - so easy to wear the Argentine flag and show a bit of patriotism.
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| Pensando en vos siempre. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Palermo district. |
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