Rays of Hope

It seems like some­thing hap­pened in this par­tic­u­lar elec­tion. For some rea­son, we have all become wiser (or at least we have all become less apa­thetic). Or prob­a­bly wiser to the gim­ickry of our politi­cians. The Fil­ipino is really start­ing to think–probably because of a deep-seated anger at what’s hap­pen­ing to us, or prob­a­bly because everyone’s tired of being vic­tim­ized by the pol­i­tics of personalities.

I saw it com­ing when Manny Pac­quiao started cam­paign­ing for Lito Lapid in Makati. Being a Makati res­i­dent myself, I was afraid peo­ple would buy the Pac­quiao cam­paign hook-line-and-sinker. But no. Peo­ple inter­viewed on the streets said they all came because Pac­quiao is their “idol”. But it doesn’t mean they’ll vote for Lito Lapid. Hmmm…

Some peo­ple have called it the GMA effect. There is an over­whelm­ing anti-Arroyo vote with the choices of the sen­a­tors. Pac­quiao los­ing in the elec­tions, they say, is not just about box­ing (i.e. peo­ple want­ing him to stay in box­ing) but because he is seen as an Arroyo-ally. Mike Defen­sor get­ting clob­bered in the polls (have to check if this is true) brings us to the same con­clu­sion.

This is from Howie Severino’s blog. To read more of this arti­cle, click here.

clipped from gmapinoytv​.igma​.tv Pac­quiao get­ting trumped by Dar­lene: Trends in the Gen­san con­gres­sional elec­tions so far show that for all his fame, our world cham­pion boxer can’t get over the hump pre­sented by his petite oppo­nent. Faced with a wildly pop­u­lar can­di­date, a dynamic dynas­tic heir with a good machin­ery can still win. We retain our cham­pi­ons in both box­ing and the House. Run­ning Priest in Pam­panga: Father Eddie Panlilio so far is ahead of his rivals, two sym­bols of anti­quated pol­i­tics, Mark Lapid and Lilia Pineda. Let’s just hope he really does intro­duce new ideas and not sim­ply medieval ones in a fresh set of clothes, like that one about every­one going forth and mul­ti­ply­ing. But per­haps gov­ern­ing one of the most pop­u­lous provinces will prove to him the wis­dom of fam­ily planning.