Friday, February 16, 2007

rubber soul

the news is grim. far too grim: actor Richard Gomez is running for a senatorial seat.

and i have one thing in mind: God help us.

i bet he doesn't know to spell the word Constitution. nor even know what a preamble is.

i read once that he claimed never read books.

(Abe Lincoln possibly had the unfortunate fate to be uneducated---but, at least, he supplemented his knowledge by devouring literature)

he maybe popular, but he is not the kind you'd want to create laws nor to approve them. he's winnable, yes. but winning isn't about everything. politics is the playground of leadership.

i guess i wouldn't be this censorious if we know that his political background started with a lowly barangay chairmanship (erap fared better, i think, his ladder to presidency is somehow justified). i'd probably forgive him if such a surreal reason ever transpires, but i'd still vomit in his face if given the opportunity.

then i cringed at the fact that he once dreamt of going for the gubernatorial race in Bulacan (i'm a Bulakeno, so that explains it)---primarily for the reason that his folks are/were Bulakenos.

oh well. it only cemented the reality that politics is the new showbiz today. it maybe lucrative, but it is still dirty, and it'll smear you like that cesspool in a sewer.

sigh. it's unavoidably bad. to think that all this madness is gradually creeping up before our very eyes and into the innards of our country's political scene. i have to be every bit patriotic, but in all sense, is just a wasted truth.

. . .

maybe i'll start working on a mcdonald's (no offense to those working the crew, it's pretty much a decent job than those pulling the shit off the pork barrels). they say serving burgers make you a better politician someday...

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