"Diva" politics in Argentina - Sunday's election day, so how about a feather boa...!

hey... it's been a long day of serious news... let's look at something a trifle less heavy...

sunday is election day in argentina, a country long beset by governmental ups and downs... the administration of president nestor kirchner has been fervently electioneering to gain and maintain a majority in the national legislature... there's been the usual election year flurry of activity, not the least of which has been the customary ploy of every government around the world trying to stay in power - fixing up the parks and repairing the roads... now, a la monty python, for something completely different...

At the Broadway Theater one recent evening, the 56-year-old cabaret star shook through a steamy dance routine and cracked a few equally uninhibited jokes about Argentine politicians. Then Nito Artaza, a co-star in her comic song and dance revue, turned to the crowd and gestured toward Casan.

"She's going to be among our representatives in Congress?" he asked in mock horror.

"Absolutely," replied Casan, posing dramatically. "There, I will be the diva."

If Casan is elected to Congress on Sunday, as recent polls suggest might happen, Argentine politics will get both a strong shot of sequined glitz and a voluble dose of anti-political rhetoric.

"I don't have a political discourse, and I don't believe politicians," Casan said during a recent interview. "I believe the people need someone who will work for them without so much 'blah blah blah.' "

imho, a better alternative than mr. california beefcake, ah-nuld...

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