DON’T CRY FOR NEWSROOMS, ARGENTINA

Powerline ^ | 20 Nov 2023 | Steven Hayward

[Rummyfan]

Recalling from Power Line’s Lexicon of Political Terminology that “populism is when the wrong person wins an election,” the reaction this morning to Javier Milei’s victory in Argentina’s presidential election yesterday makes evident that the real threat represented by the the victory of Donald Trump (and Brexit) in 2016 is that it demonstrated that voters felt free to choose candidates not approved and certified by the established political class and the media. You could almost hear the collective gasps of newsrooms throughout the campaign—”You can’t elect this guy! His hair is even worse than Trump’s!” “Forget menacing red MAGA hats—his use of chainsaws at campaign rallies is frightening!”

Take the Financial Times (please, as Henny Youngman would put it):

So Melei “seizes” victory. Gosh, sounds almost like a putsch or something, like a military coup. Also, “radical libertarian”? What’s not to like? Melei describes himself as an “anarcho-capitalist,” which is surely an improvement over our state-sponsored “capitalism” that is a close cousin to fascism. (Though I keenly await the updated Monty Python sketch with the peasant claiming, “I thought we were an anarcho-capitalist collective!”)

[Rummyfan]

Chaser:

Argentina Stocks Are Popping After Outsider Wins Election

U.S.-traded shares of Argentine companies were rising sharply early Monday after Javier Milei won the country’s presidency.

American depositary receipts of Argentina’s main oil company YPF (ticker: YPF), which is majority-owned by the government after it was nationalized a decade ago, jumped 33% when the market opened. ADRs of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) rose 0.3%, while those of Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), another bank, added 19%.

The exchange-traded fund Global X MSCI Argentina (ARGT) is up 10%. If it closes that high, it would be one of its biggest one-day gains in at least a decade.

[Paladin2]

“”You can’t elect this guy! His hair is even worse than Trump’s!””

His hair is better than that Johnson guy and his eyebrows don’t crawl about.....

[Luke21]

I like the one where they said he had shock treatments.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

In 1953 the East German regime was decidedly unpopular. The Communists said: “the people are forfeiting the confidence of the Government”. Berthold Brecht then joked that “if the population won’t cooperate with the Government, it should be dissolved and a new one elected”.

That’s where the elites are in countries around the world, and the media are in lockstep.

[Rummyfan]

Berthold Brecht then joked that “if the population won’t cooperate with the Government, it should be dissolved and a new one elected”.

That’s where the elites are in countries around the world, and the media are in lockstep.

Hence open borders and the attempt to create new electorate.

[Rummyfan]

The graphic missing from the post.

[AZJeep]

They label him far-right.
Since he got about 55%, by mathematics, he cannot be far right. Far right, that mean about 5% electorate would agree with him!
Center is 50-50 point, half for half against.
Mathematically, he could be maybe center right?!

[Rummyfan]

AN ARGENTINE FRIEND WRITES: “Dear stupid media: ‘far right’ are the fascist thieves that ruled Argentina for (give and take) 75 years, and who turned a country which was once the 3rd wealthiest country in the world into the ruin it is today. ‘Far right’ is NOT the libertarian candidate who won today with the promise of ending the kleptocracy. That doesn’t mean he will succeed, but you, the media, have all your values turned upside down.”