Noynoy Aquino's fake bandwagon

A Filipino American e-forum is alive with chatter about the emerging Noynoy Aquino Presidency. What you see below struck me as something worth sharing to everyone who is interested in really weighing the merits of Noynoy as President.

From: Adolfo Paglinawan

To: Filam-Forum@yahoogroups.com

Dear Elsa,

Everytime Noynoy goes on TV he says he has not yet decided.

But as Perry Diaz says, stickers and T-shirts are going around in the Philippines saying "Noypi".

I caught this news last week when the Aksyon Demokratiko people told me they were launching "Noypi".

Over the weekend, the wife of Raul Roco and leader of Aksyon announced that they are only supporting Nonoy for president but will not necessarily support him if he choses to run as vice president.

The way this campaign is coming out, it seems that Noynoy is the only one who does not know he will run for the presidency.

Tell that to the marines! Matagal nang kumita itong teleserye na ito. Ang title "Faking a Bandwagon!"

Ang mas corny, Elsa, is when Noynoy said that he will make up his mind after he processes everything in the way that her mother did - consulting the pink sisters and close religious consultants, and a spiritual retreat. He even beat Father Ed panlilio to the pulp - the Governor has never faked anything beyond his known spirituality.

When Noynoy delivered his eulogy for his mother, he admitted not being so religous as hers. But now, he is appearing suddenly "born again" in manner that would pale Mike Velarde and Eddie Villanueva combined. It is so fake the Iglesia ni Cristo will not buy into it.

Actually this is a setup by the Liberal Party who has been in near panic for Mar Roxas' failure to show improved ratings for the past six months. Despite the tens of millions Mar's mother, Judy Araneta, has poured into his TV ads and preemptive PR, even Chiz Escudero has tied with him for the second place and Chiz was not even doing anything except move around the country doing handshakes and kissing babies.

Actually what the Liberal Party is very worried about the Roxas campaign is that it has split into three initiatives with varied priorities. The Mother Judy has her own campaign. the fiance Korrina Sanchez also insisted on having her own campaign. And of course the party had it own version. On the outside, three is better than one but from the inside, the campaigns are actually separate and might cancel each other out. Worst, the party is expected to fund the three fronts.

Nobody wants to spend his own money in the light of Mar's poor numbers and even with relatives from the Araneta and Ayala sides, they cannot match the war chest of Manny Villar and Danding Cojuangco (for Chiz Escidero). So the deficit in funds superiority, they intend to fill in with the Cory-Ninoy drama.

The problem is Nonoy is an unknown quantity. And this is why the image engineering is already in the works with no less than ABS-CBN at the lead because its pawn Noli de Castro has also landed fourth in the surveys.

I cannot recall a single legislation he has authored or a single cause celebre he has espoused, do you?

I feel awkward taking this position as I was true and through Ninoy since his Bedan days, throughout his tenure in the Senate, his exile, death, and true and through Cory from the time of the assassination, to the lonely days of early protest from Sto. Domingo Church in Quezon City to the Ugarte Field in Makati, to the actual campaign, six years of her presidency, occasionally whenever I was in Manila after her term and up to her death.

But my primordial concern is for the Filipino people who has suffered three years of Erap and eight years of Gloria.

What we need now is one who can tell us how he intends to turn around the direction of our nation within the first year of his term - not just economically but politically in the lofty sense of the word, and morally.

We need a sure shot based on previous impeccable record of performance that already borne actual quantifiable fruits especially for our poorest of the poor.

We cannot afford a weak presidency powered only by phantasm. Right now we need hope based on reality, not new promises.

And my worst fear is when Noynoy is pulled out of the proverbial hat - what we might have instead is the Communist Party of the Philippines. Most of the people having orgasm in Manila now in the light of a Noynoy candidacy are the same people who almost soured up the Cory presidency.

Now how will our face look like here in the United States given that possibility?