List of Political Catch Phrases - Mexico

Mexico

• "Un político pobre, es un pobre político" (A politician that is poor is a poor politician) – Carlos Hank González, old-guard politician and Forbes listed billionaire from Mexico's PRI (the then long-time ruling party) commenting on Mexico's crop of hugely enriched politicians (of which he was a prime example).
• "La política es como las fotos: el que se mueve, no sale" (Politics is like photography; if you move, you won't show up, or you won't get elected) – Fidel Velázquez, old-guard politician and worker's union corrupt leader, commenting on how inaction is often a better recipe in politics (especially old-style Mexican politics).
• "Vivir fuera del presupuesto, es vivir en el error" (To live away from the budget is to live in error)
• "Ciertamente..." (Certainly...) – The most famous catchphrase of Vicente Fox, used in all his speeches several times.
• "¿Y yo por qué?" (Why me?) – Response by Vicente Fox when confronted by CNI Canal 40 television workers to take action on their TV channel assault by TV Azteca.
• "...Y a otra cosa, mariposa" – A popular rhyme literally meaning "to another thing, butterfly", roughly equivalent to "moving right along"; used by Vicente Fox to change subjects when confronted by a delicate matter.
• "Lo que el presidente quiso decir..." (What the president meant...) – Phrase constantly used by President Fox's spokesman Rubén Aguilar, trying to amend the president's common unfortunate statements.
• "Comes y te vas" (You eat and then you leave) – Very popular phrase by journalist Carlos Marín referring to the incident in which President Vicente Fox called Fidel Castro asking him to quietly leave after lunch in the 2002 UNO summit at Monterrey. The telephone recording was later made public by Fidel Castro ridiculing President Fox, much to the delight of many Mexican people.
• "Haiga sido como haiga sido" – a barbarism said by Felipe Calderón, the right phrase in good Spanish world be "Haya sido como haya sido" (No matter how it would have been)
• "If we publicly declare that Cuba is a threat to our security, 40 million Mexicans will die laughing." – Mexican ambassador to the United States, in response to the Kennedy administration's 1961 call to collective action against Cuba.