To indulge my curiosity, I began a presumptuous inquiry on how people around me--friends, family and colleagues--perceive one of the country’s presidential aspirants, Senator Noynoy Aquino, the one person who supposedly could bring renewed hope for the nation. I asked whether or not they would vote for him and why. Surprisingly, most said that they won’t for various reasons: his mediocre performance as a senator and his inexperience in governance; his feudalistic heritage highlighted by the Hacienda Luisita issue--the albatross around his neck--that has tainted him despite his good intention, sound platform and what they say as his capability to unite the nation; that he is merely a passing fancy made fashionable by the weight of his parents’ name and the showbiz glitz of his kid sister; his “messianic posturing” and “indecisiveness”, gleaned from his need to go on a weeklong retreat to seek divine guidance on whether or not to run for the presidency.
I, too, am not yet convinced. They say that the 2010 elections would be a battle between Good and Evil. It would probably be more like choosing the least of several evils.
I, too, am not yet convinced. They say that the 2010 elections would be a battle between Good and Evil. It would probably be more like choosing the least of several evils.
5 comments:
first off, i don;t vote at all. but if ever i decided to vote this 2010, i won;t vote for him. the reasons you cited more or less give the overall picture why i won;t vote for him.
it would be an improvement if it's really a battle between good and evil... but we shall not lose hope. :-)
First impressions always give true readings, so what was your first impression of this fellow?
battle between god and satan? what i know is satan set up the people for the kill and god smite them including animals. remember, sodom and gomorrah!
@anonymous
who made satan in the first place. :)
@unstranger
since he purports to continue the fight his parents have started, everybody looks at him with reference to them. sadly, he pales in comparison.
@ eks
we are of similar minds. :)
@artemis
it seems like one cannot distinguish good from evil nowadays. parang shades of both ang meron. :)
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