Erap, the sequel?

10/26/2009 · Filed under Pinoy Pulitika Etc.

Despite questions regarding the legitimacy of seeking for re-election, Former president Joseph “Erap” Estrada is determined to run again on 2010 – breaking one of the conditions agreed upon to get himself pardoned and out of jail/house arrest. If this doesn’t show how much integrity he has left, I don’t know what will. C’mon, he isn’t even man enough to stand by his word – and now he wants the Filipino people to give him a second chance?

As if once wasn’t enough, he wants to subject the masa – ironically, the same people that he claims to champion – to another round of blind hoping and dreaming through his false claims and promises of getting them out of abject poverty. There’s nothing wrong with promises, but if you can’t deliver, better just keep quiet and not get people’s hopes up. Only he cares for the poor, only he understands their plight. Riiiiight. I have no doubt that he feels what they feel all the way from his plush home in Wack Wack to his sprawling estate in Tanay. Truly, hypocrisy at its best.

I know Filipinos are guilty of not being the smartest voters, but with all due respect, we’re not that stupid either. He had his chance to make history (and he did, albeit in an unpleasant way), he blew it – and now he must accept his fate and move on. Everyone has. Well, everyone except him and his opportunistic band of enablers.

Parts of his re-election announcement in Tondo last October 22, 2009:

He still delivers speeches by slurring and eating certain words. Either he’s drunk, sleepy or high on painkillers. Maybe all three. Oh sorry, I digress.

Erap, since you’re a big fan of drama and theatrics, here is a little offering for you:

Sabi ni Erap si Gloria’y nandaya,

Kaya’t ang panguluhan kay FPJ ay nawala.

Pero pag tinanong bakit ngayo’y kakandidato,

Sagot niya’y: pagkat ang oposisyon ay di na natuto.

Marapat daw na isa lamang ang tatakbo,

Ng di na maulit ang naranasang pagkatalo.

Pagkat nung 2004, dalawa ang kumandidato,

Kaya’t nahati ang boto at sila’y nilampaso.

O Erap, o Erap, san ko man tingnan,

Labis na di kita talaga maintindihan.

Kung dalawang kandidato nuo’y natalo,

Ngayong pa kayang kayo’y higit sa tatlo?

Si Noynoy, si Manny, si Chiz at iba pa,

May laban pa ba kahit ika’y nakulong na?

Bakit di na lang magpahinga at hayaan ang iba,

Na gampanan ang trabahong noo’y di mo kinaya.

Malungkot man isipin na kaya ka tatakbo,

Di para magsilbi, kundi para oposisyu’y manalo.

Wag mo lokohin ang masa at sabihi’y sa kanila ang iyong laban,

Dahil sa simula’t-sapul ay ang bulsa mo ang nakinabang.

Kaya mga kababayan, sa darating na Mayo,

Pairalin ang talino at gamitin ang ulo.

Mga kandidato’y kilatisin at lubusang kilalanin,

At ang mga Erap na walang integridad ay wag ng papanalunin.

The most popular image in his acting portfolio.

“There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on.. uh.. shame on you. Fool me.. uh.. you can’t get fooled again.” – George W. Bush