Dear GRP Insiders,
It's been a maddening week. Last Saturday in particular made me mad.
Nonetheless, as a wise man once say, let your annoyance be your writing mojo.
Regards,
benign0
In review and in prospect
Last week, public anticipation around what the final shape of the administration camp would be was centred around the future of Partido Federalismo candidate Bongbong Marcos's (BBM's) presidential run following Sara Duterte's withdrawal from her candidacy for Mayor of Davao City. Many were therefore surprised and dismayed shortly after the announcement of Ms Duterte's candidacy for vice president under Lakas-CMD, by the announcement that Bong Go and President Rodrigo Duterte (PRRD) will be running for president and vice president respectively under the PDP-Laban banner. Recall, however, a statement posted on Ms Duterte's Facebook page on the 25th August of this year, and everything adds up.
Describing PDP-Laban as “a party in complete disarray”, Ms Duterte back then had already set in clear points the situation she would be facing in the lead up to last week's events.
1. The President, very recently, personally confirmed to me that he will run for Vice President and Senator Go as President. It was not a pleasant event. I was left with two letters endorsed to me by the President for consideration one note explained why I should endorse the Go-Duterte tandem and the other suggested that I take in Senator Go as my Vice President.
2. I strongly suggest to the President and Senator Go to own up publicly their decision to run as a tandem. If they can confirm it privately, then I do not see the reason why they cannot be candid about it to the public. They should simply present to the people what they can offer to our country and how they can help our fellow Filipinos. I respectfully advise them to stop talking about me and make me the reason for them running or not running.
3. Senator Pimentel and Mr. Ronwald Munsayac should stop blaming me for the sad state of their political party. It is not my fault that no one among you is a leader worthy of the respect of the majority. Do not blame me for the sitcom that your party has been reduced to.
It is therefore likely that the Go-PRRD tandem will be taking a belligerent position against Team BBM-Sara over the rest of the six months leading up to May 2022. That is, of course, if the earlier tandem holds together. At the moment, the admin camp’s voter base seems to be overwhelmingly behind the latter pair and many have expressed profound disappointment over Go's and PRRD's decision to push through their plans to throw a spanner in the admin camp's works.
Taking down BBM is now definitely in the cards for the PDP-Laban tandem seeing that Go does not stand a chance against Marcos in a two-way race. This makes an ironic tool of the Martial Law Crybabies who had originally raised the disqualification petition against BBM. The Yellowtards and commies, from their perspective, had effectively given a weapon to Go and Duterte to shoot them in the foot with.
This week — possibly today — may see announcements or statements that may yet change the landscape, also keeping in mind that it ain't final 'til the ballots are printed.
Last week's blog posts
Politics
November 13, 2021 by benign0
"If the Opposition had only really understood that the objective of elections is to win popularity, not God’s 'graces', they probably would not have been stuck today with Leni Robredo..."
Leni Robredo’s “I am not corrupt” and “helping the poor” rhetoric an INSULT to Filipino voters
November 13, 2021 by benign0
"The fact is, the Philippines’ prosperous future is not hinged on 'The Poor' getting their ayuda-funded three meals a day. Prosperity will be built on the backs of the country’s best, brightest, most promising, most intelligent, best-fed, best-educated, and most affluent and enterprising citizens."
Bongbong for Prosperity, Isko for Decency, Manny for Integrity, Bato for Order
November 11, 2021 by zaxx
"...a giant step forward would be to associate our choices with the ideals they represent. So let’s drop Leni the clown and let us consider just the more credible candidates in the race."
Yellowtards hyperventilating as they speculate on Sara Duterte’s next move
November 10, 2021 by benign0
"...there are no suckers like the Doy Laurels or Mar Roxases of yore these days who would be willing to tuck their nuts in and gracefully bow down before the eminence of a leader deemed winnable by all-knowing Yellowtard elders."
People, not just cars: Bongbong Marcos’s peoplecades beat Leni Robredo’s motorcades any day!
November 8, 2021 by benign0
"Clearly, the numbers were representative as were the vehicles — most ordinary Filipinos get around in motorbikes and not those big pickup trucks and SUVs used by the Yellowtards."
Lifestyle
Yellowtards call it “fat shaming”. I call it being ashamed of the FACTS.
November 12, 2021 by benign0
"Yellowtards see themselves as too uppity to respond to child-like questions such as mine, so that perhaps gives us some license to assume that Bam Aquino chose that photo because Leni Robredo looked BETTER at the time it was taken."
Yellowtards trying to cover up the FACT that Leni Robredo is now fat
November 11, 2021 by benign0
"What’s wrong with using more recent photos of Leni Robredo? Perhaps there’s a politically-correct way of answering that question somewhere out there. For now, don’t hold your breath."