New ? Hillary poster seems to attempt to evoke cult of personality, what does it say?

[Baobab]

Google translate says: la hillary
estoy contigo

means "the hillary
I'm with you"

The poster looks a lot like posters used to promote the musical "Evita" which was about Evita Peron and starred Madonna.

[Dem2]

1. God forbid people make pleasing images to promote their candidate.

[chascarrillo]

7. What is pleasing to you abut this poster? -nt-

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. everything, but especially the candidate

[NCTraveler]

13. Everything. It's great. Nt

[tonyt53]

2. It says Bernie has a problem in the Latino community.

Latino community, black community, immigrant community. poor white community, people over 60 community and the list goes on.

[Agschmid]

6. ...

[Nanjeanne]

3. She looks really lovely. Too bad it kind of reminds me of Eva Peron.

[PufPuf23]

11. I generally don't comment on appearances but sometimes

Hillary Clinton appears to have resurrected Mao's tailor for campaigning garb.

[blue neen]

24. What do you think about Bernie Sander's campaigning garb?

?

[PufPuf23]

33. Sanders is kind of frumpy and probably some would say needs a hair stylist.

Looks don't matter that much to me but I have smiled non-maliciously that Hillary Clinton's campaigning gear sometimes reminds me of Mao.

That said I am guilty of negative opinion regards Hillary Clinton.

[Nanjeanne]

35. ? This picture poster its the coiffed hair, the expression. Don't

be so sensitive. I'm not saying she is Eva Peron. I'm saying this particular image of her reminds me of images of Eva Peron.

Bernie's rumpled suits crack me up. Is that what you mean? His messy hair sometimes reminds me of Doc Brown from Back to the Future.

Not quite sure what your point is.

[Baobab]

12. That is what the article said it was intended to look like.

nt

[Nanjeanne]

36. Then they achieved their purpose!

[QC]

34. I was thinking the same.

[seabeyond]

4. Awesome poster. Thanks.

[Agschmid]

5. I'm with her.

Lol and it's not new.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. when you posted this, did you not for a second think that this would make

you seem rather desperate?

[NCTraveler]

18. They are often able to hide behind degrees of desperation.

When one poster goes full on red-baiting, and says it reminds them of Mao, it quells some of the appearance of desperation by the op.

[PufPuf23]

38. That about Mao-like garb was a non-partisan aside that had nothing to do with Hillary Clinton

as a candidate for POTUS.

Hillary Clinton is an attractive, well- dressed person.

Reflecting the Mao comparison is probably because of single color and closed neck outfits.

I am probably one of the last people one should listen to regards fashion. When I was younger and professional and dress mattered, my "nice" clothes were picked by my mother, girlfriends, or wives. I picked work (not suits or nice clothes for the office) and recreation clothes.

I would not judge on looks except for if there seemed to be a problem where an individuals was not taking care of themselves or dressed in appropriately and knowingly rude (neither instances having anything to do with the POTUS campaign).

The thought of redbaiting never crossed my mind and if there was any agenda to the post was to lighten the conversation.

That said I can see why some might compare Hillary Clinton in a negative sense to Evita and one could wonder why whoever made the (rather nice) poster did not consider the comparison might be made.

[NCTraveler]

40. "I would not judge on looks "

"Hillary Clinton appears to have resurrected Mao's tailor for campaigning garb. " pufpuf23

[PufPuf23]

42. I typed that but the observation has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton as a candidate for POTUS.

It was an aside, why I typed "I would not judge on looks". I don't with the exceptions mentioned.

If I was a supporter of Hillary Clinton, I would have dropped my unique observation into an aside.

You are putting thoughts and agenda in my post that don't exist and never occurred to me.

If this was not the case, I would not bother to respond.

Look at my posts over the years at DU. I am not like that.

You will also find I consistently do not call candidates by "Bernie" and "Hillary"' which does sort of remind me of personality cults as does "Evita". I would call Hillary Clinton just Clinton (as I do Sanders) save for Bill Clinton.

You will also find that I was an any Democrat but Hillary Clinton in 2008 and feel the same now.

And I expect to be disappointed and probably vote for Hillary Clinton in Fall 2016 but never will support Clinton.

[NCTraveler]

44. "I typed that but the observation has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton as a candidate for POTUS."

I know, it was just about the looks of the unchallenged frontrunner for the democratic nomination.

"I would not judge on looks " pufpuf23

"Hillary Clinton appears to have resurrected Mao's tailor for campaigning garb. " pufpuf23

"any Democrat but Hillary Clinton in 2008" pufpuf23

I'm sure that has a lot to do with the red-baiting.

"Hillary Clinton appears to have resurrected Mao's tailor for campaigning garb." pufpuf23

[PufPuf23]

45. Why don't you let it go?

I meant nothing negative in the observation and if you cannot accept that it is your problem.

I have never red-baited a person in my life.

I am honest about my opinion of Hillary Clinton and how Clinton dresses is not relevant to me.

You can invent my thoughts and play with them as you will.

You do it all the time with other posters.

Feel good?

[PyaarRevolution]

39. I think she does have almost a "Cult Of Personality" among some who vote for her.

I'm sure Bernie may too but I think it's much more resonant in Hillary's campaign when these people look all starry eyed meeting her. It's also the narrative she has created on herself, as much as some progress she's made and fabricated. I would argue additionally I don't feel for many they have good reasons for supporting Hillary over Bernie. I am NOT referring to anyone on this forum.
Now, if Hillary really wants to be well thought of regardless, she should kidnap a few members of China's government and have them teach her people how to write history. The Chinese Admin.(going back to the Chinese Dynasties) are experts in revisionist History DESPITE the truth possibly being questionable, case in point: whether Tibet really belongs to China. I am NOT saying she has done nothing good, I am merely saying that they can spin and then later fabricate anything that be construed as negative in fact to the positive in the historical sense.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

46. are you fucking kidding me? people who say they want him to run as

a third party candidate, are not in a cult of personality.

what crap.

[oasis]

10. Looks good to me. I want one.

[DCBob]

14. Me too.. its cool!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. i wish she would do one in bengali, i would totally hang it in my home

[blue neen]

25. Amen to that!

Where can we get one?

[Orsino]

16. Looking to the left. Or to her right.

But in all seriousness, it's a neat portrait. The stripes are kind of awful.

[Maru Kitteh]

31. Huh. That's actually what I really liked most. And the colors.

Very striking.

[OilemFirchen]

17. Sez the poster who's celebrating his two-month anniversary today.

Great poster, BTW.

[Arugula Latte]

19. Hail to Dear Leader

(That's a joke.)

[Baobab]

22. I saw that energy there and that is why I posted it.

it evokes that kind of feeling.

Which, as a student of human rights issues, I find disturbing.

America is supposed to make no law respecting the establishment of any religion.

The founders of the United States found the idea of a personality cult around any leader "revolting".

[Arugula Latte]

26. Yes. Assuming it comes from the campaign itself, it's creepy.

It would be one thing if it were a "fan"-created homage, like the Shepard Fairey image of Obama. But coming from the top to be imposed on the peasants ... yeah. Weird.

[PufPuf23]

20. Aside: I saw Evita starring Patti LuPone on Broadway NYC December 1979.

I was one of two chaperones of the Thespian Club from Sunnyvale, CA's Fremont High School that spent 11 days including New Years in Manhattan going to theatrical and associated events daily. Great experience, great kids, so so chaperones.



One almost could wonder if Hillary Clinton's pose in the poster was inspired by Evita?

[Baobab]

23. When did Madonna write the song "dont cry for me Argentina" ?

maybe the early 90s?

[oldandhappy]

29. The first time I heard the music was in Korea in 1996-7.

Not sure if it was Madonna. Was she the original?

[PufPuf23]

30. Don't Cry For Me Argentina was written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber

for the theatrical production.

Evita the movie was from the 1990s and Madonna performed but did not compose the song.

Edit to note: The poster above is from the 1979 Broadway production of Evita.

[oldandhappy]

27. Striking

Mostly it means someone likes clinton and likes person and knows how to do this. It is beautiful and not for me, smile.

[Merryland]

28. It's freaky as hell - ugh.

And it ain't gonna win her no votes no how.

[azurnoir]

32. LOl Eva Peron's wiki page has rewritten her life story

most notable absence the years she spent as as Che's mistress, but trust me it doesn't end there

[obamanut2012]

43. Eva Person was never Che's mistress -- wth

She never even met him.

[azurnoir]

47. not according to wiki anyway

[Depaysement]

37. Reminds me of this

[baldguy]

41. Only Sanders is allowed to have a cult of personality?

[TheBlackAdder]

48. Sounds like a Joe Lieberman ad. "I'm with you" instead of "She's with me" or "She's for me" nt