December 13, 2007

What would Mafalda say?


Katy says: Year's worth of Maybeline makeup... $1,000
Botox injections ... $600
Designer dress ... $1,000
Spiked Manolo Blahniks to wear for a summit ... $450
Collagen injections for your lips ... $3,000
Buses for your final campaign rally ... $50,000
Getting mired in a major campaign-finance scandal only three days after being sworn in ... Priceless

For turning out the vote, there is the Peronista machinery. For everything else, there's Chávez. Un-official sponsor of the Kirchners.

PS.- Friend and loyal reader Feathers has the back story on the characters involved in this grand scheme. Pura joyita!