Still loony
posted June 09, 2016 at 12:01 am by
Jojo Robles
I know Noynoy Aquino is now irrelevant and that we should all move on from the six years of ineptitude, insensitivity and corruption that marked his feckless reign. But like a child throwing a tantrum to attract attention, the lame duck occupying Malacañan Palace continues to say the darndest things just to grab some of the limelight that hes been sorely deprived of lately.
Frankly, I dont want to talk about Aquino anymore. But I cannot allow him to keep revising recent history just so he can delude himself that he is, as his few remaining supporters claim, the best president the Philippines ever had.
Aquinos exit interview with Rapplers Maria Ressa was truly an exercise in political surrealism. I know its somehow based on reality, but its a reality thats been hopelessly bent and twisted out of shape.
Take, for instance, Aquinos stated belief that the recent victory of Rodrigo Duterte is not a rejection of his administration but the result of a better-run campaign based on differentiation. They really mounted [a] better campaign that was the right tone, right messaging, right time, Aquino told Ressa.
A believer in propaganda to the end, Aquino cannot seem to accept that his own candidates message of continuity was rejected last May 9. And by reducing Dutertes victory to strategic superiority, Aquino insulted the millions who ignored Mar Roxas and voted for the candidate who was as close as you can get to being Roxas and Aquinos polar opposite.
Then theres Aquinos denial that he protected his buddies even if doing so meant sacrificing the countrys interest. Stealing a line Duterte used, apropos of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, Aquino said: Friendship stops when the countrys interest is at stake.
After saying this, Aquino proceeded to defend his transportation secretary, the sainted Joseph Abaya, from accusations of corruption. Surreal, I tell you.
And how could it be an Aquino version of events if there wasnt the obligatory blaming of others, everyone except himself? Boy Sisi Aquino, in his wisdom, said he could not make Roxas win because I had to run the country while he was campaigning also.
The man is a basket case. And the fact that the country survived six years of his so-called governance is a testament to our resiliency as a people.
Thank God the Loony Tunes administration is over. Even if in Aquinos twisted mind, it will probably go on forever, with him laughing maniacally at the wheel.
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http://thestandard.com.ph/opinion/co...ill-loony.html
posted June 09, 2016 at 12:01 am by
Jojo Robles
I know Noynoy Aquino is now irrelevant and that we should all move on from the six years of ineptitude, insensitivity and corruption that marked his feckless reign. But like a child throwing a tantrum to attract attention, the lame duck occupying Malacañan Palace continues to say the darndest things just to grab some of the limelight that hes been sorely deprived of lately.
Frankly, I dont want to talk about Aquino anymore. But I cannot allow him to keep revising recent history just so he can delude himself that he is, as his few remaining supporters claim, the best president the Philippines ever had.
Aquinos exit interview with Rapplers Maria Ressa was truly an exercise in political surrealism. I know its somehow based on reality, but its a reality thats been hopelessly bent and twisted out of shape.
Take, for instance, Aquinos stated belief that the recent victory of Rodrigo Duterte is not a rejection of his administration but the result of a better-run campaign based on differentiation. They really mounted [a] better campaign that was the right tone, right messaging, right time, Aquino told Ressa.
A believer in propaganda to the end, Aquino cannot seem to accept that his own candidates message of continuity was rejected last May 9. And by reducing Dutertes victory to strategic superiority, Aquino insulted the millions who ignored Mar Roxas and voted for the candidate who was as close as you can get to being Roxas and Aquinos polar opposite.
Then theres Aquinos denial that he protected his buddies even if doing so meant sacrificing the countrys interest. Stealing a line Duterte used, apropos of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, Aquino said: Friendship stops when the countrys interest is at stake.
After saying this, Aquino proceeded to defend his transportation secretary, the sainted Joseph Abaya, from accusations of corruption. Surreal, I tell you.
And how could it be an Aquino version of events if there wasnt the obligatory blaming of others, everyone except himself? Boy Sisi Aquino, in his wisdom, said he could not make Roxas win because I had to run the country while he was campaigning also.
The man is a basket case. And the fact that the country survived six years of his so-called governance is a testament to our resiliency as a people.
Thank God the Loony Tunes administration is over. Even if in Aquinos twisted mind, it will probably go on forever, with him laughing maniacally at the wheel.
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http://thestandard.com.ph/opinion/co...ill-loony.html