Now It’s the Ladies Time to Shine

Now the Philippines has voted. Apparently, the real winners of the 2013 senatorial election must be fans of Da King. Grace Poe is well on her way to becoming one of our senators. Currently on the top spot, her adoptive parents’ name helped people remember her. Now I can hear FPJ cackling in the background.

Truth to be told, I did vote for her. You see, I always like fresh start. I can see the sincerity and her pureness of intention. Now I’d like to see her make good on the senate floor.



However we have to keep exciting now that Madam Miriam Defensor-Santiago is making an exit. So I hope the new comers will be as splendid, and funny, and comical, and crazy as she was.

So what are we looking for this season? Who could possibly replace her?

First was Loren Legarda. She can’t pass for a comedian. She’s too demure, she reminded me of a Muslim princess. However her SALN’s issues are still bones inside the closet. She may always get to the top, wherever she wants to be. However, lying her way to get there will be dangerous because she will be easily get toppled when she’s precariously at the top. Please remember that Loren Legarda judged Renato Corona based on Renato’s lying offense.

Second was Nancy Binay. Her Nanay appeal, would certainly take her to places she’s never been before. Really, its so much easier to read the list of her achievements because face it, it’s kind exhausting reading the laws that Teddy Casino co-authored. A blank white page is more soothing to the eyes. Also I hope she push for the legislation of The Birthday Cake Act.

Third would be Cynthia Villar. It’s kinda hard to like this lady despite her years in the congress. She is not even funny. She looked like my Lola who never learned to crack a good joke. Seriously, she got some shady things under her belt. I don’t know. What I know is a guarantee that we’ll have another Villar to replace the departing Villar.

Sigh.

Certainly non big winners are Mitos Magsaysay, Risa Hontiveros and Jamby Madrigal.

Mitos wasn’t appealing to the masses and I can pin the blame on her strange remark. Yes, she’s the lady who said “Hinde mo pwedeng paghiwalayin ang simbahan at pamahalaan sapagkat ako po ay pinanganak na Katoliko”. I still don’t see the logic of that statement.

Poor Risa, I don’t know if she’ll continue her debate with the still baffled Nancy. She almost won three years ago and I thought she would win this year. But then there will always be next time.

And former presidentiable Jamby, may be she can consider changing career path. I don’t mean that she should go for an even lower position. I mean stop.

And of course, we’ve got a package delivered to us perfectly wrapped with a yellow ribbon. Come 2016, we’ll have Kris Aquino running for congress. I don’t really have a problem Kris trying to divine the spirit of her parents, but are we nearing kingdom come yet? there seems to be no end to this Yellow Fever. If Kris will be the President, I hope I’ll be dead by then.

I’ll make sure of it.

Crawling To The Voting Line

Note: Inspired by a post of fellow blogger Senyor Iskwater, I too have something to say.

Whenever I turn the corner onto that street and see posters and placards sticking out from the roofs of jeepneys all the way to light posts and street walls like obnoxious danger signs, I say uh oh here we go again. You see, I take this two lane road for much of the way to the train station and they are veritable indicators that yes indeed, it’s cirque-de-soliel time aka election. I see mini vans coming with loud speakers banging a campaign jingle ala Justin Beiber, and at my back, another amplifier with recorded campaign slogan.

It would be easy to just rant about the usual fanfare that erupts around this time like seeing a dancing mosquito mascot (aimed to boast a politician’s effort to rid dengue in our place), a wrinkled rooster (all because his last name is San Pedro. Pedro? Peter? crowing chicken? ) and a host of other seemingly science fiction characters from Gollum to Joker to Borta.

That’s only in our town. I am not yet talking about our national candidates.

But since in the spirit of altruism, allow me to do this rare serious, semi-activist type post to throw my two cents about how I feel about the whole thing. And I’m dispensing the pretenses right away and admit that it is only my opinion and have more to do with my own shallowness that it does with my genuine desire to help you pick the right people to roll in the government.

Oh Lord have mercy, where do I begin with these people. I’ll narrow the list to only two categories: will probably vote and will not vote. This includes personalities that are running for national seat in the government. So we see them on TV, newspaper, trash cans, candy wrappers, etc. etc.

Now on to the entry..

WILL NOT VOTE

Aside it being easier to talk about because it’s amusing and entertaining, these people are both preposterously funny and ridiculous at the same time. Their slogans extremely over-the-top, my brain can’t make the connections.

Patay gutom lang ang tingin sa atin haha!

Her PR people attempt to brand her as "Nanay sa Senado". Heaven help us. 

"I did not cheat. I am clean. I resigned. AND.I.AM.BACK!"

JV's first authored bill? "No To Dynasty"

At the next Upper House: mag-kapatid, mag-pinsan, mag-asawa. Need I say more?

If Franklin Drilon called another senatorial aspirant Jun Magsaysay, ang tunay na Magsaysay, then what is she?

will co-authored JV on No To Dynasty bill

WILL PROBABLY VOTE 

1. Allan Cayetano 
2. Grace Poe 
3. Loren Legarda 
4. Eddie Villanueva 

No long story to back this up. Probably because until now the list is still subject to change . You know me, my mind has tendency to wander at the best times.

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And since the turnabout is fairplay, I have a question. Who do you all think should win?