Yesterday, my favorite political party, Lakas Kampi, announced their "compact" senatorial line up for the May 2010 national elections. What an impressive (not!) cast. Bong Revilla, Lito Lapid, Ramon Guico, (who???), Secretary (of whaaat???) Silvestre Bello, Health Secretary Francisco Duque, Jesus Arranza (who again???), and last but not the least, Broadcaster Rey Langit, ngek!
Are they nuts? Probably not, just desperate. Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel. It's difficult to attract politicians to sail on a sinking ship. If I was in their desperate shoes, I would pay candidates to run in my party.........hmmm.......hey, now I get it.
Of these, only Bong Revilla and Lito Lapid have any chance of winning - and not sure at that. So much for qualifications. It will be hard for the administration party to hurl the "no qualifications" argument against the Noynoy camp with this line up, as the only two who have any chance of winning are the least qualified to be senator of the republic in my opinion. The charge will just backfire. This same line of thought applies to the choice of Edu Manzano as vice presidential candidate of the party - no qualifications.
I've been scratching my thick head with these curious choices of candidates. Well more of why would someone like Edu, or Ramon Guico (who?) or even Francisco Duque agree to run in a national election when they know for sure that they don't have an iota of a chance to win. Why oh why laway??? Unless delusion has set in. But I think Edu is smarter or saner than that. I'm sure he knows he will not be able to beat Mar, Loren, or even Willie Revillame, (if he were running), yet there he goes. Why go through the difficulty of enduring a 3 month, gruelling campaign - leaving your work, family, and stopping your life entirely, to chase after something you know will never be yours?
Talent fee?
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Hi Sir, you may not know Mr. Ramon Guico but FYI he is the President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines and the Mayor of the town of Binalonan in Pangasinan. His platforms will benefit all Filipinos, he aims to strengthen the local government, and provide faster and improved services to the people.
Let's be informed before we say anything.
Thank you.
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