Comments on: Who are in play?

By: Current » As I wreck this crystal ball

Current » As I wreck this crystal ball — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:29:39 +0000

[...] written about this before, but the PR expert Manolo talked to before the start of the campaign was spectacularly wrong about the chances of Edgardo [...]

By: bino ng tondo

bino ng tondo — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:17:20 +0000

CHIZmozo Escudada was never a boses ng mga taga Sorsogon in Congress . He was a boses ni ERAP FPJ. He’ll never be a boses natin sa Senado!

By: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » 9-3 for now

Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » 9-3 for now — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:43:20 +0000

[...] If you recall the conversation I had with a PR Expert recently (and some additional explanations in the discussion in Newsstand), the first survey of the campaign period tells us who are in play during the campaign. I assume only those who have double-digit figures are still in play; so besides the top 12 in the list, the candidates from Angara to Oreta in the list are the only ones who still have a fighting chance. [...]

By: noni

noni — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:09:21 +0000

I agree with eli. Chiz or CHIZmoso ( The youth here dubbed him) is a modern day but undercover Trapo!! Why? If he’s a sincere candidate he won’t be using such KENGKOY / kembutan pol ads, like let’s do the chiz, say chiz, to attract the just riding on masses and cool dudes youth groups, anyway kaligayaan niya yan!!! We’ve seen several trapos in past who used kengkoy pol ads to attract the masses. Majority of the Pinoys won’t notice the hidden trapo in chiz, because he’s young, and concealing it with his emotive/dramatic ways! I was in Sorsogon last summer and boy oh boy, Ayon sa mga taga roon walang nagawa ang deputadong representante nila sa loob ng siyam na taon! kundi mag papogi at porma sa kamera!! sugod daw kasama si chiz?? mag isa na lang kamo siya. tyak puro rally inggay lang gawin niyan sa senado!! tama ka noy boses mo sa senado??? yun ang gawin niya, same as what he did in the house of representatives, noise, noise, noise!!!

By: cvj

cvj — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:29:05 +0000

mlq3, i think the link to Philippine Commentary above should be pointing to Newsstand instead.

By: eli

eli — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:52:16 +0000

ooops sori guys. i thot the first one did not register coz i got disconnected the first try — and the rather long and intense comment as well. apologies.

By: eli

eli — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:34:31 +0000

We surely need young bloods in the senate, but the likes of Peter Cayetano and Chiz Escudero are unacceptable. What differ them from the trapos whom we despise? And to think that APC do not even have the slightest delicadeza not to run for senate knowing that his sister is still there – so much for hope and morals in Philippine politics! And how about Chiz? My Golly! Puro lang siya porma, pa-pogi, at satsat! YOu people should visit Sorsogon and see for yourself what has he done or his family (another case of these stinking political dynasties!) all their years in power there — for you will see practically nothing really significant and had made a long-term positive impact on the lives of the people of Sorsogon! Many Bicolanos won’t even vote for me — like myself and many of my friends and colleagues! Young bloods? Definitely we need them now more than ever — in my opinion, what we need are the likes of Trillanes and Atty. Biazon (who shy away from being part of a possible kamag-anak inc. at the senate! goodness! do these families have the monopoly of intellect and right to public service?!) — fresh, truly progressieve, dynamic, patriotic, and HINDI TRAPO. Manolo has mentioned other possible senatorables in one of his comments na pupuwede (kaya lang ayaw natin dahil hindi naman “winnable”! Winnability ba talaga? or Capacity and integrity?)And pwede ba kayong mga recycled politicos por pabor maawa na kayo sa amin, give us hope and give chance to fresh and young blood to enter!!!

Also, on cheating!? I honestly believe GMA and his cohorsts do not have the monopoly on this department. Oppositions CHEAT TOO! Come on, let’s wake up everyone! Let’s not be naive at all! Do you really believe that the Escuderos or the Cayetanos or Mayor BINAY do not have blood on their hands too!? Isn’t the name of the game now!? Gulangan!? Dayaan!?

You know what we need? For me, its a total overhauling of the electoral process and culture! Pag wala nang gustong tumanggap ng pera, walang magtatangkang mandaya! Ayusin ng COmelec ang trabaho nila! Kung mahirap o impossible nang mandaya sa eleksyon, abay walang magtatangka! Or may be we can look at good models all over the world, learn from these, and even maybe, adopt one…

Ang mga kabataan (including young politicians) wag nang gumaya sa mga halimbawa ng mga walanghiyang trapong ito! Ang mga nasa tamang posisyon at kakayahan ay dapat magtulungan para unti-unti (kung hindi man madalian) na i-”educate” ang karamihan kung pano nga ba dapat piliin ang dapat mailukluk sa posisyon.

Populiradad ba talaga!? or Kapasidad!? WINNABILITY!?

And we need to this on a huge and sustained scale to be led, may be, by the Church and Academe (or even the younger generation, up-and-coming leaders of this country) and to be supported by like-minded groups and institutions.

Lahat tayo mag-isip nang mabuti, what kind of people do we really need in the government during these crucial times?

Yes mind you, I and rego may not be alone in these times! People like us are starting to despise this exercise and the impending one (My golly! I just shiver in disgust to see the likes of John Osmena again or of Tito Sotto or Aquino-Oreta and the possibility of seeing them again strutting their wares in the senate halls!, ang mga walang hinto “pagbabalimbingang” ng mga ito at ng iba pa (proving that their decisions are not even principle-based but everything for their own convenience — so do we expect them to sacrifice for our country while giving up their vested self-interest?!), and the quality of those who are already running) — noting that COMELEC has not really done anything to make this election credible and believable on the first place!

Haay naku..I dream now that we could still see the day when another young Ninoy Aquino, or Raul Roco, or Salonga, or even Joker Arroyo and all those selfless, progressive-thinking senators of the good old past will once again spring out from the smoke, ashes and all of Philippine politics, boldly refusing and even dismantling another disgusting “machine-cum-monster” that has been known now as “traditional politics” and give us more reasons to hope…to dream…and yes, to VOTE!

Ako’y naniniwala na marami naman tayo nang mga tulad nila, nandyan sa tabi-tabi, baka nga ang iba ay kabilang sa mga nagbigay ng magagandang komento sa blogsite na ito (including the author)– ang problema na naman WINNABILITY! And POPULARITY!

Haay…God help us and this country!

By: John

John — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:15:13 +0000

Hi Manolo. I’m afraid that PR guy you talked to was talking through his hat!

http://newsstand.blogs.com/newsstand/2007/02/wrong_pr_advice.html

By: hvrds

hvrds — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:52:51 +0000

Forget about the horse races nationally. Get involved locally up to the provincial level.

A formula for starving the beast…..

I believe 99.9 % of local officials do not realize the awesome powers they have. Governors can now challenge the national government on taxation. Governors should move to decentralize taxation with the national government relegated only to income taxes. All indirect taxes should be the purview of provincial governments. That means VAT or any other indirect taxes – license fees, road taxes (sharing of taxes for national roads)etc (to include land and resource management.) Decentralize almost all domestic agencies to provincial governments. Only national defense, customs, environment and national infrastructure building (with local participation.)

The local governors do not need legislation. Just do it. The constituion is broken; move to establish a new reality on the ground and follow it up with a new constitution.

Destroy the beast in the center. Destroy the central government by simply abandoning it. Deny it the fuel that runs it. Taxes.

Establish provincial fiscal and monetary boards. Impose provincial regulations and oversight over banks in each province. (Decentralize and break up the BSP)

By: elessar

elessar — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:01:55 +0000

We surely need young bloods in the senate, but the likes of Peter Cayetano and Chiz Escudero are unacceptable. What differ them from the trapos whom we despise? And to think that APC do not have even have the slightest delicadeza not to run for senate knowing that his sister is still there – so much for hope and morals in Philippine politics. And how about Chiz? My Golly! Puro lang siya porma, pa-pogi, at satsat! YOu people should visit Sorsogon and see for yourself what has he done or his family (another case of these stinking political dynasties!) all their years in power there — for you will see nothing! Many Bicolanos won’t even vote for me — like myself and many of my friends and colleagues! Young bloods? Definitely we need them now more than ever — in my opinion, what we need are the likes of Trillanes and Atty. Biazon (who shy away from being part of a possible kamag-anak inc. at the senate! goodness! do these families have the monopoly of intellect and right to public service?!) — fresh, truly progressieve, dynamic, patriotic, and HINDI TRAPO. Manolo has mentioned other possible senatorables in one of his comments na pupuwede (kaya lang ayaw natin dahil hindi naman “winnable”! Winnability ba talaga? or Capacity and integrity?)And pwede ba kayong mga recycled politicos por pabor maawa na kayo sa amin, give us hope and give chance to fresh and young blood to enter!!!

Populiradad ba talaga!? or Kapasidad!?

And we need to this on a huge and sustained scale to be led, may be, by the Church and Academe (or even the young generation of this country) and to be supported by like-minded apolitical groups and institutions.

Lahat tayo mag-isip nang mabuti, what kind of people do we really need in the government?

Yes mind you, I and rego may not be alone in these times! People like us are starting to despise this exercise and the impending one (My golly! I just shiver in disgust to see the likes of John Osmena again or of Tito Sotto or Aquino-Oreta and the possibility of seeing them struting their wares in the senate halls!, ang mga walang hinto “pagbabalimbingang” ng mga ito at ng iba pa (proving that their decisions are not even principle-based but everything for their own convenience — so do we expect them to sacrifice for our country while giving up their vested self-interest?!), and the quality of those who are already running) — noting that COMELEC has not really done anything to make this election credible and believable on the first place!

Haay naku..I dream now that we could still see the day when another young Ninoy Aquino, or Raul Roco, or Salonga, or even Joker Arroyo and all those selfless, progressive-thinking senators of the good old past will once again spring out from the smoke of Philippine politics, boldly refusing and even dismantling another disgusting “machine-cum-monster” that has been known now as “traditional politics” and give us more reasons to hope…to dream…and yes, to VOTE!

Haay…God help us and this country!