07 February 2010

More slogans!



The Alianza Democrática Nacional, ADN, is already dead. This new party was recently declared illegitimate as it was discovered that some of the founders had participated in the constituitive assembly through videolink from prison. These founding fathers and former members of Congress were serving long prison sentences for having collaborated with paramilitary groups. ADN planned to launch candidates with one merit only: they are relatives of politicians imprisoned for collaborating with paramilitaries. Thus the incredibly shameless pun: "ADN, I carry it in my blood." - ADN is Spanish for DNA.

Rafael Madrid has also a pun, trying to turn his own obesity into an argument: "Heavy reasons to work for Córdoba" - Córdoba being the department where Madrid is seeking to be elected.



Those were conscious attempts at bringing some humour into the not-so-funny campaign. Sometimes, however, the unintended becomes more entertaining:



Here the argument for voting for Musa and Tirado is that this is "Your ... best option!"

Perhaps it helps that this wall also had room for another message in the party colours: "Jesus Christ comes soon! Are you prepared for his coming?"

All these slogans have something in common, although they come from very different political groups: They communicate absolutely no political content!

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