raul roco could have been the one that you are looking for… that we are looking for. but as you have said, politicos with reason are almost always without much charisma, and those with the charisma fail on the reason department. roco almost made it (if not for estrada who has the charisma, and jdv who has the machinery and knows how the game of politics is played). sayang talaga.

a third species of politicos has emerged recently: they have the reason and charisma, but they do not know how to play the game. take the case of panlilio of pampanga, for instance. reason, check! charisma, check-er! but why is he experiencing turmoils and what-nots in the capitol? because he doesn’t know the game. he is doing the right thing… but unfortunately, the right thing doesn’t always work. immediately, that is. the electorate maybe ready to ‘appoint’ an obama-ish figure, but the political arena and bureaucracy are not yet ready to assimilate him/her. baka iluwa siya ng sistema. this is very disappointing of course, but this is how politics goes.

anyway, i think i am going too far. my point is that i agree with you in toto. we need someone like him. we need an obama-ish figure. my only hope is that if–WHEN our obama surfaces, i really hope that the political arena is already mature enough for that… cleansed for that. i don’t want another ninoy, another roco wasted. i don’t want another panlilio to go down (he is not doing any better than his predecessor).

that being said, i would like to volunteer for the job. let me be the president the philippines has been waiting for. let me be the change you have all been praying for. hehehe.

ps: can i count on you this 2010, mordsith?

pps: censya na, wala akong masyadong masabi. i still have to familiarize myself with this keyboard e… you know, new laptop and all. nyahaha!

you’re right, it’s been so long since the Philippines had a leader really worth voting for…did i say that right? lol. i still have doubts about obama. let’s see if he can deliver what he preaches.

Oh, well. right mordsith, Ninoy could have been very well our own Obama. I miss him, i was a kid when he was alive and he was very good at his words, he could have been a very powerful president.

do you notice that “obama” has already become a symbol of an ideal leader? i mean we always say “i wonder when the Philippines will have an obama?” i guess we’ve been too dependent on America [and him] even in hoping for a change in our country. minsan nakakasawa na rin. it is also dismaying to see a lot of countries actually depending on him for change…we have our own countries hello! and though we rely on the US at some degree, we are still responsible for our own countries, so let’s go find our own “perfect” leader.

i like obama as a person…but i’m not going to regard him as a good leader at this point. he DOES SYMBOLIZE change and hope, but let’s see if he actually BECOMES THE CHANGE and turns the hope into reality. he has 8 years to prove that, and he better start ASAP.

[eks] yeah, i’ll vote for you eks, heck, i’ll even campaign! hehe. seriously though, last election, i voted for zosimo paredes et al. for the senate, sadly, none of them won the election, but they gathered votes more than actually expected. maybe next time, they’ll win. would a great PR team help? with machineries of course.

[kayni] yeah. everyone’s watching his every move. i heard he had a hard first day in office, not to mention the US stock market crashing that day. yeah, i hope someone would run who’s worth our time to vote.

[sheng] it’s funny, but i miss him too. it’s kinda frustrating that I have no actual memory of seeing him alive, even on TV. but his tv clippings and speeches are enough for me to admire the man and to know that we missed what could have a been a powerful president.

[kg] i think we have the same opinion as regards finding our own leader, yeah, someone like ninoy. i think i made a similar comment on eks’ post.

obama for me is not a symbol of an “ideal leader” but a symbol of change. a few decades ago, African
Americans have been ostracized, and a few days ago, he’s standing at the national mall, delivering his speech to the nation. he’s yet to prove his worth, but his impact on the American people is admirable. It seemed that he changed the face of America. I’ve heard different American people from different colors saying that they’d support Obama all the way. This is what we need–a leader who inspires, someone who can move masses.

I totally agree with you on this Mordsith. Anyway, on the lighter side, why not give the hero’s daughter a chance, who knows she can pull an “Obama” hehehe.

hmmm… isn’t that too much to ask? hahaha. I don’t know anyone from the Aquinos who can take his place. Si eks na nga lang. :p

di ko bilib kay ninoy..feeling ko hindi out of altruism yung ginawa nya.parang he was more entertaining his need to satisfy his hunger to express himself politically kaya yun na-assassinate tuloy (just thinking out loud hehehe).

on the other hand, si obama ok na leader. when he delivers his speeches wala masyadong verbal ornamentation kaya nakaka-relate yung mga tao tska yung tone ng pagsasalita parang kagaya dun sa mga nagppreach/singing ministers sa mga chruch sa mga black communities kaya lalong nakakaengganyo makinig

haha. grabe ka naman, batch!

most would agree that obama makes great speeches, and somehow many hope it would equate to actions.

ninoy was just another dictator in the making, he was ask by newsweek if he would declare martial law if he was in the same situation as marcos and he answered “YES”, besides if it wasn’t for ninoy sabah would have been part of the phil. It was ninoy who exposed marcos plans to invade sabah. Ninoy was just another power hungry politician who wants his name in history, live with it, deal with it…

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the declaration of martial law is indeed the right thing to do — my opinion of course. any sane president would have declared martial law during THAT time. i was not there, but a few readings/books presented that the rising tide of violence and lawlessness was really very apparent to everyone. i don’t think you should judge ninoy as a dictator-wanna-be simply because he’s willing to declare martial law.

what made that martial law, well, evil, is the lack of safeguards/safety nets that will make the president still accountable to the people. it is well placed in our constitution now. (since the constitution allows the commander-in-chief to declare martial law, does that mean those who crafted the constitution and the millions of filipinos who ratified it are evil?)

with all due respect to the owner and readers of this post, i do not believe it is possible to hate dictatorship AND at the same time, support a government that will invade another territory to claim sovereignty over that ‘foreign’ land. o, and definitely not within a single sentence. well, that’s possible if you are confused with your ideology.

being power hungry is not evil in itself. in fact, there’s no great leader in history or present time who is not power hungry. and whether we like it or not, all our names have been written and/or are to be written somewhere, sometime. some will be written in wordpress accounts, some in tombstones, some in history. noone should be blamed if he or she wants the last one.

lingo, i don’t think i need to say anything more about your argument about Ninoy, as XniJA already said what needs to be said.

there’s one thing though that i want to tell you, i respect your opinion, and i believe you should do the same to others’ opinions, hence, do not say “live with it, deal with it,” to me. do not tell me what to do.

I like his speech. It’s really inspiring. I hope he improves their economy for the good of all. Nationalism! Thats what we filipinos lack. WE only think of ourselves