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February 4, 2010

Interesting how this election has turned out for me and my friend to be on who not to vote. The surveys and the ads all made us think that there are only two candidates fighting for the presidency. Though there are good reasons to believe that it may be true. I am thinking of voting the lesser evil (and lesser experience) of the two. If the VP candidates were the ones running for the chief executive, I would have voted on the basis of who to vote, not on who not to vote.

Last election, I voted for all the candidates to the Senate from the Kapatiran party. I believed in them, though I knew there’s a tiny chance they would win. Relatively, they got a higher number of votes than expected, but of course not enough. Most of the time, I vote according to competency and good reputation. I voted for Flavier, though not really a politician. He was a physician who knew a lot about rheumatoid arthritis information and heart attack prevention, but also knew how to manage and provide good services in the DOH. I wouldn’t forget his encouraging, Let’s DOH It! I voted for Yasay and for Monsod. I knew them to be good in their fields and to be good in their dealings. Last election, I voted for Villanueva.

But I guess we are too cautious now. We’ve had too much difficulties in the government during Erap’s time. GMA’s time was so much worse and seemed too long. This is realigning our perspective, becoming very careful not only on who to vote, but on who would become president by reason of our vote.

Posted by mordsith at 9:28 pm | permalink

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“…becoming very careful not only on who to vote, but on who would become president by reason of our vote.”

i like how you presented this. in this imperfect system of ours, we should really consider not just voting for who we think will be a great leader, but as you’ve said it, who would become the leader because of who we vote for.

if we are to believe the surveys, it’s just villar or aquino. in fact, statistically, they have equal chances of winning the election. nicanor perlas may be what your conscience dictates but there is no way perlas could win this election. would you be “selfish” and still vote for him knowing he doesn’t stand a chance, or be a realist and accept the imperfection of the system and choose between villar and aquino instead?

really nice post, mordsith. and very timely at that.

Posted by eks at February 5, 2010, 9:34 am

Gosh, this post is very timely. Who not to vote, a lot for me, and definitely - Will.Not.Vote.For.One.Who.Is. Evil

Posted by sheng at February 6, 2010, 6:24 am

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