Playing with Fire
Guv’nor Spines should back Duterte!
By Gonzalo Duque
WE welcome the Jaycees to our beloved city on Oct 8-10!
Their national president is Vice Mayor Brian Lim. This is one great opportunity for Brian to show his leadership qualities.
Aha? Ang lalaki ng streamers ni Mayor Belen Fernandez welcoming the Jaycees and, of course, Brian!
That should be the spirit, mga abay!
Ok, brother Jaycees, enjoy your stay in Bangus country!
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Medyo kumunti na ang nagtatanong sa atin kong kakandidato si Meyor Duterte sa pagkapangulo.
Bilib na sila na how much he hides or runs away if the people like or want him, he can’t do anything but yield to popular clamor, right?
We remember an axiom which is said on leadership. It is this: “Let not the person seek the position, but, on the other hand, let the position seek the person.”
That’s what we should apply on the Duterte phenomenon. Unlike some candidates who are atat na atat, our bet is running even hiding away – but the people keep looking for him.
Bakit ka niyo ganun? Ang taong bayan ang atat na atat kay Rody. Even two vice presidentiables – Senators Bongbong Marcos and Alan Peter Cayetano are reportedly courting him.
While we were writing this we had on our desk a clipping of a published news item on Rep. Imelda Marcos. The item says ayaw niya na makatandem ni Bongbong si Binay dahil “madumi.”
Very strong language.
Madam Imelda even said she’d want Duterte as her son Bongbong’s ka-tandem. See?
Bilib na kayo siguro, ano po?
Grace Poe? Huag na, pain lang yon ni Chiz para lulukso sa pagkapangulo pag na-disqualify. Chiz knows at heart that Grace will be disqualified sooner or later. The residency issue will knock her out. Simple arithmetic will show it…. She will be disqualified.
Hindi nyo ba halata? It’s only Duterte who is not atat na atat na maging pangulo? Yon ngang dalawa – Jojo Binay at Mar Roxas – walang makuhang katandem na vice president eh. Without P-noy coming to the rescue, baka sa totoo lang at ito’y kitang-kita ng lahat baka walang bise si Mar? Ok, nandyan na ang Leni Robredo, hmmm…. mukhang mahina kung ang nasa kabila ay mga batikang pulitiko na sina Bongbong Marcos, Alan Peter Cayetano and Chiz Escudero! Wawa ang LP talaga!
Have you noticed the unusualness of it all? Si Duterte ang umaayaw sa pagkapangulo, pinagkakaguluhan naman. Ang tao ang nagmamakaawa na lumaban.
Pati na ang mga sikat at batikang pang-presidente sila ang nanliligaw na katandem in case he runs!
It is politics in reverse.
Yan ang lagi nating sinasabi – the position seeks the man, not the other way around.
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If you ask us, Rody Duterte will top the presidential polls here in Pangasinan!
This is the reason we sincerely wish Guv’nor Spines to support the man who vows to wipe out criminality and illegal drugs in the country.
You know naman how rampant this drug menace is in the province.
Everywhere!
Guv Spines, we know that you are hoping against hope to be taken under the LP umbrella! But mind you, you don’t need a party, it’s they who need you. It’s that party will benefit from your achievements and vote-getting power. Not you benefitting from any party.
We know intimately there are some deep incompatibilities involved. We don’t need to go to particulars.
A top official will even go for your son’s foe due to blood relations.
So – please, don’t say we hadn’t warned you, cumpadre. Join Rody Duterte and everything will be well.
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