To seduce, according to the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), that wonderful treaty that explains what each word in our language means, defines seducing as "Persuading someone with arguments or flattery for something, often bad." Wow... this reminds me a lot of the ways our politicians act. It couldn't be better defined, what it means to seduce, and what our politicians represent today.
It is enough to remember the election campaigns. It is an orgy of seduction by politicians to our people to try to get our vote. I have been hugged, without knowing them, my wife, kissed, and my daughter, has been lifted in her arms to give her a "loving kiss" on her cheek.
We see all this paraphernalia in election times. We all know it's a lie because the theater is so obvious that it's not credible. The electoral posters of the politicians contribute to this, where we see that kissing politician, but when we look at his portrait on the electoral poster, he has no grace, his face is bland, trying to pretend something that he is not. The electoral poster gives for a lot. And the bad thing is that, once we have voted for him, the election is over, they do not remove the poster for weeks, so we have to endure those faces for a while longer. Unbearable.
In the political history of our Island we have had seductive politicians, some with more success than others, because, everything must be said, we must recognize that seduction is an art. Not all of us are seducers. The seducer begins his path as a seducer from his early childhood. He is the "smart" child. He is the "leader" of the gang of friends. We are all ears for him, and he always comes up with the best ideas. Time passes and our young seducer is already the "delegate" of the class, and later, he even becomes the president of the neighborhood association. Meanwhile, he has studied at the University, without much interest, and, above all, without great qualifications, but something must be studied, because his parents advised him, and insisted.
Until one fine day, without knowing why, it occurs to him to run for elections to be a politician. He wants to be a politician. He wants to be a politician. We do not know the reasons. Whether they are municipal, regional or national, he does not care. What he wants is to be elected. To be a politician. He presents himself. In the electoral campaign, he comes to me, and gives me a hug, without knowing me, then, he gives my wife a kiss, which I hope he does not know either, and, finally, he takes my daughter in his arms and carries her in volandas through the town square. We were all stunned. But, in the end, he won the elections. Incredible. And that's where his political career began, which he will never abandon. To our misfortune.
