You will make that Dick your PRESIDENT?

I’ll vote based on what I SEE. NOYNOY offers nothing but hope… that the moon will shine on its own or that an ostrich will be able to fly. VILLAR learned the golden rule early in life, and took it to heart. Gold rules. ERAP has had his day. He deserves a rest, so do we. GIBO is brilliant and spotless, as was Gloria before she became president. For Chief Executive we need a tested executive: GORDON. A vote for him will, at least, spare us of a guilty feeling that we have voted for a winner who turns out to be a lemon. Hihihi.

Because the Aquino Administration was hamstrung by its early commitment to honor all debts, it was seriously hamstrung in pursuing broad social change programs. As a result, it had to content itself with the simple restoration of democratic institutions. It was also pressured from the right not to be too progressive. However during her first months in office, several good things did occur.

From the recollections of Ben Diokno, undersecretary of the budget department under her, Cory was the closest thing to a benevolent dictator that we ever had. During her first six months in office when she exercised executive and legislative powers, the Tax Reform Program overhauled taxation and actually cured the budget problem by the mid-90s when it was in surplus.

Democratic tinkering with it under Ramos was hijacked by special interest groups which led to an erosion of the budget situation after 1997. One lesson from this is that reform must be pursued early in the administration, not later.

The first 12 months is crucial. That is why Obama has been rushing to do as much in his first 18 months. Because as mid-term elections approach, he knows his options will be limited or driven by external events.

That is why the next administration has to hit the ground running with an agenda, otherwise all its political capital will evaporate before it realises it.

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Detailing a plan to wean our economy from too much dependence on foreign remittances would be a good start. While our educated and skilled countrymen abroad deserve all the accolades we can give them, we need to transform our economy away from just being a one-trick pony.

i think its uncontroversial that platforms change and are a result of compromise.

thats just the definition of politics. i think people will understand if they change their plans later, as long as the process of change is transparent.

what some countries have, however, is transparency in what they want. the party platforms are usually a statement of principles, but national candidates in the US always (usually) talk about specific policy options.

surely you would not object to more transparent policy making and proposal of plans that we can all see, discuss. that this transparency begins during election time, and continues throughout the administration?

is this not the main problem of the arroyo admin? their lack of transparency of how they come up with their plans?

is this not the normal way of democracy?

THE PEOPLE OF PAMPANGA WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR BIG FUCK YOU THIS STUPID FUCKING DUMB IDEA!