Why I Won’t Vote Noynoy
September 22nd, 2009 by Edgewire
Why should I vote in the first place?
This democratic process, or so-called “election”, has long been tainted with deceit and disgustingly blatant lies that seemingly swindled the voice of God—Vox Populi, Vox Dei (The voice of the people is the voice of God). A scandal that rocked the very foundation of the republic, removing whatever guise of austerity left in casting votes.
At that time, with discord and habitual protests, it felt like an indefinite strength was amassing, and the Philippines would be known once more as a country asserting liberation from underhanded oppression of rights. But it didn’t, the gathering fire was doused. Anger, borne from distrust, turned dormant, domesticated. Nausea, borne from ingeniously rumored corruption, turned to insignificant burps, minute disorganized rallies easily dissolved by hose water.
Doubt in the system leads to decay, eventual sickening tolerance and acceptance of the unacceptable—as if we’ve started swallowing the bitter truth, our tongues silenced by fear of being included in the list of people never heard from again, our stomachs immaculately ablated, hampering our chance to vomit in disgust, and our eyes dried out, no more tears to shed for impoverished countrymen.
Moreover, who should I vote?
President-wannabes seem to have the audacity to showcase the contents of their pockets with time-consuming advertisements, unafraid of audit, they splash their resumés across TV screens. Just this year, the ratings of political and government ads combined could seemingly trump the ratings of the two titan TV stations. Miriam Defensor was right in taunting these undeniable attempts to hoard votes. It’s amazing how financially problematic the country would appear, but still capable of churning out costly dismal promotions.
Perhaps the new Richard Gutierrez or Gerald Anderson would be the face and owner of a premature presidential ad campaign—without the desirability of the two actors’ physical features.
And here comes Noynoy Aquino, an instant political celebrity from the death of his mother, icon of democracy, Cory Aquino. This brings the Philippines in a state of déjà vu, and this clamor for another Aquino president may have been brought by Filipinos’ love of melodrama or ‘ala-telenovela’ storyline.
Cory’s ascension to power was brought by a controversial and political death of his husband and supposed-to-be president Ninoy Aquino. Noynoy Aquino on the other hand was found by the spotlight due to the innocent death of her mother Cory Aquino. Ninoy’s death called Filipinos to unite for democracy, Cory’s burial reminded Filipinos of what was achieved by unity and the democracy she fought for. Cory ran under the LABAN party opposing Marcos, under the Liberal Party, Noynoy is the current torch-bearer of the Liberal Party. And Cory fought an operational dictatorial government, while Noynoy would run to repair a malfunctioning democratic system.
But why not Noynoy?
I won’t vote for Noynoy just because he’s the son of Cory and Ninoy Aquino, his blood may have the genetics to fight for democracy but it won’t suffice the brim of reason to bring him to Malacañang. I won’t vote for him just because of his track record as a congressman and senator, the president’s job is different—on so many levels. I won’t vote for him just because he appears to be a reluctant candidate, also exhibited by Cory before. I certainly won’t vote for him just because Mar Roxas made a “supreme sacrifice” and passed the chance to run for president. I won’t vote for him just because everyone else is asking, requesting for him to run. And I certainly won’t vote for Noynoy for the sole reason that, the most revered Cory Aquino, died—ultimately reminding us about a hard-earned democracy.
For this, I would exercise my right to vote no matter how dubious the election is.
And..
I would vote Noynoy, because among the surfacing presidential candidates, only Noynoy Aquino has the capacity to reunite, the divided and subdivided, Filipinos.
What the country needs now is not an economist, not a journalist, not a soldier, not even a housewife, nor a dancing politician, certainly not an actor, and most certainly not a dictator, but a president—a president who can effortlessly rally Filipinos towards a united goal.
That’s why I will vote Noynoy.
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(+4 rating, 42 votes)September 22nd, 2009 by Edgewire Graduated from FEU in 2009 with a degree in Nursing. Former Managing Editor of the FEU Advocate. And did a bunch of stuff for the publication.
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September 22nd, 2009 at 12:45 am
good for you. but don’t you think you ought to examine closely the platform of noynoy and the other candidates. also i’m not really sure if noynoy has the ability to unite the people. in the strictest sense noynoy practically had nothing to do with the show of unity around him. this so called unity was more like the product of the minds of a few people who chose to take advantage of the nostalgia around the death of former president cory aquino (bless her soul).
i would recommend a deeper look into noynoy’s real worth as a candidate and as a possible president. if in the end you still find him perfect for the job then so be it. good for you. just don’t make the mistake of ascribing characteristics, qualities and abilities to noynoy or any candidate, which they themselves have yet to display.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:11 am
And what, exactly, is that goal? He has not been able to articulate it, as one of his fans, can you? Without a platform and a clear plan of what to do once he gets the job, how well can you expect the country to perform? Or will it be enough for you that 40% of those who vote will be in a good mood, because Noynoy won?
You need to demand better from your candidates. They are applying for a job that you are hiring for. If you give up your right to demand what they intend to do in that job, you will have no right to complain later when the sun doesn’t miraculously come out from the dark clouds and make everything better. All the good will and nice personality in the world will not do the real job of sane management that this country really needs. Noynoy’s not qualified for that job. I’m not sure any of the candidates are — and how could you or I or anyone else know, unless they are tested and have some hard questions asked of them.
Cory Aquino, for all the reverence she may duly deserve, was a terrible president. Her son shows no signs of being any better. Indecisive, unclear, pretentitious — don’t give me that reluctant candidate bull, either. He’s an opportunist. Fine, if he actually has some clear ideas for the country, but he doesn’t. And believe me, I would like nothing better than for him to cough some up and make me take back everything I’ve said — but that’s not going to happen until hero-worshippers like you stop thinking with your hearts, and start thinking with your brains, wallets, and stomachs.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:53 am
Well my opinion is circulating on the fact that of all surfacing candidates, it would be him who would be able to unite Filipinos regardless of capabilities. I was addressing the concept that even if the next president would be the most equipped and skilled, without a united people, or at least the majority, his skill would be useless. And Cory’s death is the obvious bearing on his decision, something that the country could use in a better sense.
I admit no one could predict what they can do. But in the end, it all comes up with making a choice among the options that we have. Thanks for the feedback guys. ^_^
?September 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 am
Good or bad, the way you built up everything with surgical sterility retarded any flame your climactic end should have kindled. The reason you will vote for hims is just as superficial as the trivialities you refuse to vote him for.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:39 am
Boys, boys, boys. Cut it out. No need for cutting legs and name-calling.
With all due respect, Mr. Ben K, thinking with your brains, wallets, and stomachs is exactly why we have the brand of politicians we have had since the Spanish colonization.
About the article, Edge, it’s good to voice out your opinion this early. But, well, it’s still early. Hehehe… IF–I said IF–I were voting, as in RIGHT NOW, I’d probably go for Noynoy, too.
But, honestly, I think that no matter how good things feel right now, it all boils down to a choice of lesser evil.
Teodoro–aside from his obvious connections with the administration–is in his place right now because, well, he’s a politician. Ever wonder why he’s so sikat among his peers when his name doesn’t even ring a bell in the ears of the masses? The man is a nephew of one Danding Cojuangco, the original Bulging Briefcase Man and the real-life Dr. Doom. And you kinda know where things are headed (i.e., country’s finances) when Teodoro gets elected.
Jamby, god bless her intentions, may have missed her medication. She says she wants to serve the country when, not too long ago, one time on her way to go to the DFA, her bodyguards boxed out (as in HINAWI) the people on queue just so she can make her way up front. It was this Sunday’s gospel or first reading or something that whoever wants to come first must come last. Clearly, Sen. Madrigal has got to learn to put herself in the shoes of the common man before she even dreams of leading one.
Bro. Eddie Villanueva is a paradox. If he believes people will vote for him, wouldn’t that mean that those same amount of people needed to win the election SHOULD CONVERT or JOIN his sect? Outside the members of his sect, I wonder if he really sees them voting for him. Do the math.
I just wish Erap would quit. Fine, he’s got good intentions for the masa (yeah, right) and he thinks he’s still innocent. But, what the hell kind of message does voting him back into office say about Filipinos? Ummm… I just threw up my breakfast.
I wonder how Villar had amassed such a following. I guess orange works well for his complexion. But would you really trust a businessman to run a country like a country? Business = profits. While politicians have also warmed up to that equation, businessmen are its pioneers.
Bayani Fernando has got reason to keep a grudge. He has said it all along: he’s been loyal to their party. The problem is, he doesn’t have Dr. Doom for an uncle. All he has all these posters of himself his grandchildren will ask sooner or later about: “Did grandpa win a reality show? His pictures are everywhere and it says ‘Guwapo’.”
… Which brings us back to Noynoy. Ben K, you are right. He still doesn’t have a platform. But, relax, it’ll come. He’s got people who will do that for him. But what we have to be careful about are these people behind the scenes.
In my opinion, they all suck, because they’ve all got ulterior motives and/or people they have to pay back. But for those who will vote (because I won’t), please choose the lesser evil, whoever that, in your opinion, is.
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:03 am
I’ll echo an unanswered earlier question: What exactly is that goal?
Suppose Filipinos do unite under him, what competencies does he have to do his job as president any better than the other candidates do?
I’m not saying the others are more reliable; it’s rather clear that he hasn’t shown any real prowess to push change to fruition, if he’s at all capable of starting change. He has always been a cipher before Cory died, and even his peers had little expectation of him because his track record doesn’t show anything that benefits you or me or some random poor old lady you could pick out from the street 3 blocks away from you. So the intention and predisposition to make this world of yours and mine a better place, was never there in Noynoy, and if he could help it, he would’ve rested on his laurels without a care at all.
Now that intention and predisposition are out of the way, where’s the competency as well? What does his past performance tell you about potential results if ever he’s seated? He has always sat on the status quo, so until he quits the drama and comes up with a real platform (must contain plenty of tangibles), everyone of us can expect no meaningful change – which is directly opposite of (1) what they promise and (2) what you expect despite the obvious absence of future vision from this man. How do you convince yourself that you have the right assumptions when any basis for them isn’t there?
In light of Cory’s CARP and Hacienda Luisita being what it is, how exactly do you think Noynoy will fix every other problem plaguing the country today? (And no, the “Fight for Democracy” pitch isn’t the answer to this one.)
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:28 pm
may i ask what exactly is your basis for saying that of all the candidates noynoy would be the one to unite the people? how exactly will he do that? the mere fact that many people don’t like him as a candidate is already a telltale sign that he can’t possibly unite everyone.
that’s the problem with most candidates and their handlers. they always exaggerate.
the simple fact is no candidate can ever unite everyone. the best they can do is to govern our country the best they could and that is what we need to check not this “unite”
“unite” mumbo jumbo. this is not the movies this is real life.
so how can you check if noynoy or any candidate has what it takes to govern well? ask for their platforms and check out their plans. it’s that simple.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Okay, let’s say you’re right about ‘uniting’ the people. Then what? Don’t they need some direction, some program to unite behind? A clear set of shared objectives? Without focus, the hard-won unity quickly breaks down. If, on the other hand, you are contending that unity is an end in itself, then what you are describing is cult of personality. A benevolent dictator is a dictator nonetheless, and if that is a choice the people are going to make, they need to make it with clear minds.
The candidates themselves can predict what they can do — they can give you the platforms you deserve to hear. No one successfully applies for a job by telling the boss to take it on faith that he/she will do good work; why lower the standards to that for the most important job in the country?
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:58 pm
While I disagree as to how or why Edge is deciding to vote for Noynoy, I find Ben K’s and Filo’s yardsticks just as superficial. Brains? Wallets? Stomachs? That seems something out of a burger-meal ad. Competency? Please…
Know that the first thing they teach at Trapo School is to come up with an incontrovertible platform and an aura of competency that will numb every Juan and Maria listening to and overhearing honey glazed promises. I’m tired of listening to trapos dribble about their all-knowing competency to deliver us from the pits. It’s high time I hear them admit what they don’t know and ask us, the people, our ideas how to help ourselves. We, the people, will naturally support something that we ourselves created, and it’s not something a burger-meal and all its pragmatic, beefy goodness can slake for long.
You want your candidate to deliver you and yours from this dog sh*t his predecessors brought us to, you pitch in this early. The fruition of what you expect to come depends a lot on how you work for it too. And expecting a trapo start is the first step to a trapo end.
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:32 pm
FEU IL,
So you are against competency? Against plans to keep people fed, housed, employed, and growing in prosperity? Against managing the national coin? What are you saying exactly?
For God’s sake people, you are electing someone to manage the welfare of the 12th most-populous nation on Earth, a corporation with 90 million shareholders. And you don’t think that requires some mental acuity and some sense of how to go about doing it?
The thing about platforms is they are a contract. They are the candidates’ word that they will do certain things, and if they don’t, you hold them accountable. You cannot hold Aquino accountable for what he does as president, because he promises nothing – maybe that’s a smart move on his part, but it’s not to your benefit. And as much can be said for any of the other candidates, with the single exception of Nick Perlas, and his chances are slim anyway.
And as far as your hyperbole about “Trapo School”, has Noynoy Aquino or anyone else actually asked you anything about what you would suggest for the country? Let me ask you: what would you do? Let’s say you’re running for president, and it’s up to me to vote to decide whether or not you will be. Convince me to vote for you.
You brought it up, remember, so here’s your challenge — step above simple contradiction and present a counter-argument or refute me.
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:35 pm
If you see an incontrovertible platform, then don’t vote for the candidate, simple as that.
What’s worse is, in the absence of a platform, you still vote for the candidate, and then you rally later and throw fits because the candidate is taking you to a destination that you don’t agree with. Guess what, you should have asked the platform.
Moreover, a platform does not automatically gain my support. One still needs to review the platform – is it full of motherhood statements or does it contain planks which are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound.
Afterwards, compare the platform to the candidates achievements in the past – is he saying something that is not consistent with his actions in the past. For example, Noynoy’s handler say he is pro-poor BUT that is inconsistent with his track record particularly, the Hacienda Luisita Massacre.
Thus, when people say “Ninoy will lead us”, I ask “lead to where?” More hacienda luisita’s? More landlords screwing up Agrarian Reform legislation?
On the matter “we, the people have created” – Created what? Where? Show me the beef.
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Okay FEU IL. Let’s see what you got.
Pray tell, what is this pitch of yours that doesn’t need anything of a candidate resembling platform, competency, or track record demonstrating the ability to address primary sustenance needs among other things?
(Keep in mind: we’re still talking about a country plagued with abject poverty.)
What is this brilliant idea of yours that completely transcends a trapo start? Let’s hear about your better-than-our-superficial-yardsticks yardsticks.
Now na.
Do you find it more comforting when candidates tell you that they don’t know what to do with one or several problems the country is facing? Because hey, if you want an honest idiot to be president you’re perfectly entitled to one, FEU IL. You, affectionately known as “the people,” must be tired hearing from any of these candidates; perhaps we could follow your lead and shut them all up altogether so that we could just do a rigorous coin toss before election day, huh?
For the rest of us, we’d like commitments (the platform), accountability (“yo trapo! remember your platform?”), and reason to believe the candidate will actually deliver results (competency, track record) to fuel our motivation to choose a candidate. If you don’t want these things, your choice. Until such time you can actually suggest a real, tangible, SUPERIOR “yardstick” in picking your pick (with which you will enlighten us, yes?), may we (yes, we, “the people” din) suggest you Google “Platform Plez” so you could add more than just cynicism to the discussion.
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:38 pm
feu il,
like you i would also appreciate hearing the candidates admit what they cannot do. however, i’m really more interested in what they can and plan to do.
yes, you may be right. these candidatesm being the trapo that they are, can easily try to fool us with “incontrovertible platform and an aura of competency that will numb every Juan and Maria listening to and overhearing honey glazed promises.” still, that shouldn’t stop us from challenging them and demanding that they provide us with their plans. only by having access to such information will we be able to, at least, raise the level of discussion. if we don’t do this now kailan pa?
would you rather have the alternative, personality based debates?
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Platform, platform, platform.
We need Platforms, not Personalities.
We need Practicality, not Promises for some warm-and-fuzzy ideals.
We need Plans-of-Action, not Popularity-based clamors.
People who want to go for Noynoy clearly don’t care about the country’s future, and without their knowing it, they are the ones that cause ordinary Filipinos who need to make ends meet get forced to work abroad in the stinkiest and most degrading jobs.
Puro kayo personality-based eh. Filipinos are so emotional and sentimental. Wala talagang intellectual capacity. Even the so-called intelligent Filipinos can’t even think. Emotionalism pa rin.
Hopeless na talaga.
Ako pa kay Gloria, she should just cash it in and leave that God-forsaken country. Because it appears God did not endow Filipinos with brains, only hearts and hormones.
Worse, those Filipinos who did managed to be born with brains appear to prefer to use their hearts and hormones (that’s what emotions are about, diba?) in order to solve problems that require the use of the cerebrum.
Wrong tool for the wrong job.
Ang Pinoy talaga…
PATHETIC!
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:54 am
I also agree on your points, I hope that this doesn’t seem wrong. I mean this is a good-natured discussion. In any case, I agree that we should also understand their platforms, but as what FEU-IL said it’s like a prepared script, a well-seasoned meal and it’s hard to decipher ultimately where’s the truth-if there’s any. I like to quote him on this, “Know that the first thing they teach at Trapo School is to come up with an incontrovertible platform and an aura of competency that will numb every Juan and Maria listening to and overhearing honey glazed promises.”
And come to think of it, I also agree that choosing who to vote now is too early as well yet I still think that he is the best choice against the emerging options. Whether we like our choices or not, they’ll be the options available. As the deadline draws near, regardless of what what kind of president we would want, we have to make do with what we have.
As to his capability to unite, I also agree that no one can unite every single Filipino, but again, for me, he has the largest chance, of course attributed to Cory’s demise.
By the way, I also agree that Erap should just let go of the idea and just enjoy his freedom. It’s just sad if he runs again.
?September 24th, 2009 at 12:09 am
If one will take the traditional TRAPO platforms as gospel truth of how platforms should be, then said platforms do not merit attention – and the the debate just goes back to a primitive personality oriented theme.
The platforms presented by Philippine politicians are anything BUT platforms. For an honest-to-goodness platform – check out http://www.democrats.org/page/-/pdf/dem-platform.pdf
The intent of asking for platforms is to be able to raise the level of discussion towards issues that affect the country. Issues like job creation, charter change, global warming, health care, transparency, effective governance, national security, food security, energy security, land reform – and the specific plans of action to address each of these issues if the candidates gets to serve as president.
In doing so, we also help voters look into the issues with greater clarity so they can make informed decisions – and not just visceral emotional reactions brought by Pavlovian conditioning.
Moreover, as platform is but one component of the evaluation process. Its significance is that Filipinos have been voting based on emotional appeal, a crass appeal to nationalism, a catchy jingle, and retard-level Tagalog.
The supposedly more “educated” look at credentials and track record, but have yet to grasp the necessity of platforms as blueprints for governance.
Think about it – build a house without a blueprint and see what you come up with.
September 24th, 2009 at 12:43 am
It’s no rocket science really.
Having merely an “honest” or unifying persona as you perceive Noynoy to have only provides for a temporary sense of relief from our desperation, but as soon as we all go back to our respective lives, we’ll realize that, unless equiped with a matching ability to actually govern, honesty, integrity, and so forth will fail to effectively take hold. Give me a president that would create jobs right in our own country and I will show you a people having a sense of purpose and not motivated to steal or manipulate. By having an ‘honest’ living & something to “prove” themselves,” collective culture of honesty may not be too far off for our people. A starving and threatened life leads to a dishonest life. A mere “example” of honesty wouldn’t last long–what we need is financial or economic security so we can actually live honestly. Do you actually think people don’t really know the concept of honesty that they need an example? Even 5 year old kids know what it means. Give us a decent means of living and people will not have to resort to prostitution, exploitation, underhanded businesses, and so forth.
And, do you really believe that the show of unity among the opposition and the masa would last long? The opposition only unite under the presence of a common enemy but start to bite off each other’s heads as soon as the situation changes. Hey Erap, Ping Lacson, & Chavit Singson used to be buddies. The masa tends to be like driftwoods following the flow of a stream.
I think the guys up there are not asking for just any platform, but a platform that reveals what the candidates are truly made of–a platform that functions as a sort promissory note or, better yet, a detailed contract.
September 24th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Beautiful word, “accountability”. That’s been the laughing stock of most of our governmental leaders notwithstanding their “contracts” with 90 milllion shareholders: they can sweep us off our feet with promises they can, at a knee-jerk, make but during and after their term, what? But I’m sure you are no stranger to this affliction. Accountability.
Am I against competency? No, sir. I’m against liars – especially those who do it through their teeth in my face to sound competent.
Am I against platforms? No, sir. I’m against prefabricated promises tailormade to please the audience.
I’m not against platform, per se. A leader with a working draft or outline for a platform is fine with me. What I despise is a pompous talkinghead who presumes to know all the exhaustible solutions to every woe. I’m tired of them throwing our way what they expect we expect to hear. It’s easy for these pimps to talk but more than anything, they need to listen. **I want a leader whose platform [there you go] admits grassroots [call it indigenous, I don't mind] solutions.** Come to think of it, I want a co-worker. A facilitator. I want a president who can include all the fiber our hopes and aspirations for this country, and work with us to create a semblance, if not a perfect fabric, of that collective dream.
You work with the people, you make everyone part of the succeess – or failure. One way or the other, I’m sure Noynoy will throw a promise or two for good measure but I am hoping he’d work with [besides for] the people. Like I’ve said, I’m through with leaders who *always* know what to do.
Filo. You want a candidate who can promise you everything you want to hear, don’t hold your breath. You will inevitably hear them endlessly come campaign period. On second thought, you already have what you want. You want those trapos, forget google, you are already surrounded.
September 25th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Who said we want trapos? Nobody did.
FEU IL, you have got to get it in your head that demanding even less of these politicians (e.g., not wanting a platform) keeps them behaving like trapos. Can’t you see that what they CAN get away with, they WILL TRY to get away with? I don’t like trapos or their empty promises any more than you do. But in the absence of platforms (like contracts), their performance cannot be directly compared against their supposed convictions and commitments; you can immediately tell from that comparison, if there were one, whether you’ve been taken for a ride or not. In fact, way before they’re seated, with platforms you’ll be able to tell whether they’re incompetent. That should simplify your elimination process. (Unless, of course, you’d boycott the elections, then I’m wasting my time on you.)
And stop mixing up the platform with the empty promises.
(Empty) promises are OUTCOMES they want you to expect.
Platforms on the other hand express THE METHODS, plus the necessary understanding of what the job entails. I can understand your aversion to the empty promises, but this shouldn’t mean the platforms can’t tell you the things you ought to know about the candidates. From here on, remember the difference: Outcomes versus Methods. Now that we’ve cleared that up in a way that even you can’t get it wrong, let’s move on to your other rebuttals.
A real concern about your preference for a president who you can treat like a co-worker or a mere facilitator: You want a weakling for a leader, I kid you not. How will this sort of president deal with pressing matters of counterterrorism, national defense, and the stamping out of corruption, if he can be bullied by you? We want to vote for a leader; you want to vote for a follower, a harmonizer. You don’t want someone to lead. You want someone to take orders from you as if you could make the very hard decisions yourself. Can you make those hard decisions, FEU IL?
Next time, use that noggin. Find out what Platform Plez is about and what it is not before you tell me I’m surrounded by what I want. What I want is more voters using their cerebral capacity. So tell me: Am I surrounded by what I want?
September 25th, 2009 at 10:31 am
By the way, FEU IL.
Even liars are revealed by their own platforms.
We base it on something called CONSISTENCY.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
asteg…puro kano at kana pala ang nag-uusap dito…hwahahah…
ahem
pwede si bayani….istrikto
pwede si binay….kasi rito sa makati
pwede si erap….kasi pam-masa
pwede si lacson….kasi silent kil*erk*
pwede si chiz….masalita
pwede si villanueva….may pananampalataya
pwede si villar….mahilig sa commercial
pwede si gibo….kamukha si gloria
pwede si noynoy….kasi uniter
pwede si….si….jamby? di pwede. mahilig sa mana.
hmmm….
dapat lider na may utak na may puso.
di lang masalita at mayaman.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Still Noynoy Aquino hasn’t proven anything yet since he got elected as a senator last year 2007. Yes it is a fact that Noynoy is the son of Ninoy and Cory Aquino but, would that make a logical basis? guess not. Well I must say that Senator Noynoy must be elected because he do really deserve to be one not because the image of his parents was sealed into his personality. Wise voting is a major requirement next year for the sake of the progress and development of our nation.
?October 3rd, 2009 at 12:55 pm
i will vote for noynoy. yes i will. not because he is the son of cory and ninoy but because among them all, I BELIEVE THAT HE IS THE BEST OPTION.
i am from tarlac. nope, not the district where noynoy became 3 termer congressman. the other district where the other presidentiable served. but i saw the difference between the two districts. among all presidential bets, he is the only one with clean record. di tumatalon bakod, di nangurakot, di nakapaskil ang mukha sa bawat proyekto at higit sa lahat… may takot….
takot di lang sa Diyos kundi dahil na din takot na ayaw masira ang pangalan ng pamilya. platforms? well who is revealing their pathetic platforms anyway?!? besides, most often than not, platforms are just a stir of lies and deceits. so platforms are not mere assurance that they will be good.
October 5th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
At the height of the Ondoy aftermath, instead of helping out those in desperate need, Noynoy meets with convicted plunderer Erap to seek unification of opposition.
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/173412/erap-will-not-abandon-presidential-plan-despite-meeting-with-noynoy-son
http://pinoybiz.blogspot.com/2009/10/noynoy-aquino-cheers-storm-ravaged.html
SO, IS NOYNOY STILL THE BEST OPTION?
Open your eyes, people!
October 27th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I dont think Noynoy is the best option in the 2010 Presidential Election. Medyo hilaw pa siya and i dont think mapapagunite nya ang Filipino. Saka tama ka, sumikat si Noynoy dahil sa pagkamatay ni Cory, pero i dont think Noynoy is the best option. Ope your eyes men. Binubulag ka lang ng media! Hmm sabagay, taga-media ka rin.
October 30th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
I won’t vote for him anyway! For me, wala xang appeal….
?November 1st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
@eri
hindi pa siya yellow? hahaha but i agree.
kay gibo ako e. medyo maka-administrasyon ako. i think cory is overrated, habang si gloria naman ay underrated o masyado lang pinuno ng galit ang mga tao ng media kay gloria pero kung titignan niyo, gloria is the best president since ferdinand marcos. naging newly industrialized country ang pinas dahil sa kanya. gumanda ang ekonomiya natin dahil sa kanya. sana nga lang mapasa na ang RH bill para magtuluy-tuloy na ‘to.
?November 1st, 2009 at 11:56 pm
NOYNOY
Education – BS Economics, Ateneo, no honors
Experience in private sector – involvement in their family corporations
ACHIEVEMENT – nothing spectacular. himself claims that Hacienda Luisita is losing.
Experience in public service – LEGISLATIVE – 9 years congressman, 3 years senator.
ACHIEVEMENT – 8 bills filed, none passed into law
Private life – 49 yrs old, single. Into shooting and billiards.
Defining Moment/15 minutes of fame – giving regular updates of the medical condition of Cory
Aquino and the activities in her wake and funeral.
1. He worked as 12 years in the legislature and created ONLY 8 bills, unfortunately none become law.
2. He received more than 1.2 Billion worth of Pork Barrel funds in his legislature stint. Where was it alloted ? His camp still has not published a report.
3. He is from a political party controlled by the likes of Dinky Soliman and Butch Abad, all of which are “Trapos”. His party even considers Jun Lozada as one of his senatoriable.
4. He is against GMA but had a meeting with ERAP, a convicted criminal.
5. He did not do anything to resolve the problems of their farmers in Hacienda Luisita.
6. He is a relative of Danding, a businesman with a lot of personal interests.
7. He is supported by the Lopez family of ABS-CBN, a corporation with a lot of personal interests.
9. He is supported by most of the Showbiz industry. They even had a getting-to-know-Noynoy party in their house during the height of the Ondoy crisis.
10. He graduated without honors.
8. Even though he is already past his 40, none of his romantic relationship ever worked out and he never had a family of his own.
9. He failed his father’s instruction for him to take care of his sister. Kris eventualy got pregnant by a married actor and later on went to National TV to tell the world that she has STD.
10. He is AGAINST the construction of school buildings because he fears the fund would be just corrupted. His solution: Send all the poor kids to private schools.
11. Although he claims he is against GMA, he was missing in action whenever there was an important issue like ZTE and JPEPA.
12. He also had a receding hairline, seemingly sporting a perpetually bad hair day and is not a very good speaker.
13. He only decided to run when his mother died. If Cory is still alive today, we would still not know who this Noynoy is.
14. If ever he gets elected, Kris would be probably declared as our queen.
November 13th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
14. If ever he gets elected, Kris would be probably declared as our queen.
- hahaha! this one made me ROFL.
February 7th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Certain your a nursing student, you are so dramatic. Why would a country like ours not prosper? Because we are more of a country and people whose political aspirations are based on sentiments and not on pure logic. Mediocre!
February 12th, 2010 at 12:39 am
i would agree with all of the 14 statements to Noynoy. But as a country, the presidency is just a factor to nation building, the PEOPLE (Filipinos) are the ones making their own country, the leader is just there to unite.
But rest assured, Noynoy is not my bet… =)
I’m vying for either Gordon, Eddie V or Villar =)
March 9th, 2010 at 5:51 am
i wont go for noynoy cuz he is .. INEXPERIENCED!!!
CHOOSE YOUR PRESIDENT:
A.Inexperience,good person? But told by people to run so he did…(yellow team)
OR
B.WELL EXPERIENCED dang well.., Maybe a good Person? has made his decision by himself..(orange team)
Honestly .. ill go for B…
Why?
cuz noynoy cant spend the 6 years planning.. noynoy, to put it all together,, is NOT EXPERIENCED in the field of POLITICS! We cant entrust the fate of our country to Noynoy just because he believes he can… we need someone who has done REAL things to help the PEOPLE! that is how we change this country..