Showing posts with label Peña Nieto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peña Nieto. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 July 2012

Mexikos rätselhafter Wahlsieger

Datum 02.07.2012 - 12:41 Uhr
Enrique Peña Nieto nach der Wahl am 1. Juli in Mexiko-Stadt
Enrique Peña Nieto nach der Wahl am 1. Juli in Mexiko-Stadt
© Tomas Bravo/Reuters

Enrique Peña Nieto ist ein Meister der Selbstinszenierung. Der neue Präsident gibt sich als Macher. Doch sein Programm ist vage, seine Vergangenheit dunkel.


Er ist Mexikos unumstrittener Meister des Polit-Marketing: jung, gut aussehend, erfolgreich. Enrique Peña Nieto ist das neue Gesicht der alten, ehemaligen Staatspartei PRI, die nach zwölf Jahren in der Opposition wieder an die Macht zurückkehrt.

Nichts überlässt der 45-jährige künftige Präsident von Mexiko dem Zufall. Das gilt für die dezent-modische Kleidung ebenso wie für die mediengerechte Inszenierung seiner Ehe mit einer Schauspielerin. Seine Gesten sind einstudiert, die geschliffenen Wahlkampfreden seiner Berater hat er auswendig gelernt. Auf jede Frage weiß der ebenso fleißige wie ehrgeizige Politiker eine Antwort, und sei es nur eine wolkenreiche Sprechblase. Weder landesweite Studentenproteste konnten ihm etwas anhaben, noch diverse Frauengeschichten.

Doch aller Selbstinszenierung zum Trotz ist Peña Nieto den meisten Mexikanern ein Rätsel geblieben. Sein Programm ist vage, seine Versprechen eine Mixtur aus liberalen, konservativen und sozialdemokratischen Ideen. Er gibt sich gerne als Macher und unterschreibt bei seinen Wahlkampfauftritten öffentlich Versprechen vor dem Notar. Das Image, das mit Hilfe der großzügigen PR-Etats der beiden dominanten Fernsehsender des Landes geschaffen wurde, verdeckt den wahren Peña Nieto.

Der kam etwa zu Vorschein, als ein ausländischer TV-Journalist ihn zum plötzlichen Tod seiner ersten Ehefrau befragte, und Peña Nieto darauf so klinisch-kühl antwortete, als sei er Gerichtsmediziner.

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Peña Nieto making an ass of himself attempting to speak English


The fact that he can't speak English fluently is not the problem. Many world leaders do not speak good English but they have the decency of not pretending in public events. This idiot is convinced he can actually speak and thinks he is doing well enough.

This person does not represent my country. He is not and won't be our president!

Sunday, 8 July 2012

Who is Peña Nieto? 02

The start of the downwards spiral of this wanker's campaign.

Before the campaigns officially started, a period in which it is illegal to do any campaign activities in Mexico, this 'gentleman' presented a book 'he wrote' at the Guadalajara Book Fair. The Guadalajara book fair is the second largest literary event in the world based on the amount of people it gathers and the level of the writers that present their work.

Even though Peña Nieto's book was all about "his vision for a better Mexico" this was not regarded as a campaign event by the Federal Election Institute of Mexico, which claimed that this was just a literate writer presenting his literary work. Nothing to do with the elections. Mr. Peña Nieto and his party had planned a national tour across Mexico to promote this book (not to promote his campaign though ). However, after being asked one of the most obvious questions for any author at a book fair (which he could not answer) his tour was cancelled. The question was "Name 3 books that have changed your life".

Mister Peña, could not answer such a simple question. First he quoted the Bible, a quick answer. Which he immediately admitted not have read in full but just "some parts" that where important during his teen years. Second, he quotes "La silla del águila" (the eagle's throne) and attributes it to Enrique Krauze.  La silla del águila is a great work by the late Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes. After two strikes he is just unable to quote a third book. At all! we are in front of an author that apparently has written more books than he has read.  Let's hear this literary mastermind speak about it himself:



This is not our president, we did not vote for this ignorant.

Who is Peña Nieto? 01

Peña Nieto's English As Good As Erik Estrada's Spanish


Enrique Peña Nieto can't seem to get a break these days. Just last month he was ridiculed for his illiteracy -- befitting criticism, for sure -- and now he's getting flak for his terrible English. This is an issue because most educated Mexicans speak a fairly proficient level of English. Still, I don't think Enrique's shitty gringo-speak should be held against him. I mean, what's Obama's Spanish like? Probably not any better than Quique's English.