Avoided like a plague
Administration Presidential candidate Gibo Teodoro has been avoided like a plague even by partymates. Senator Bong Revilla, Senator Miguel Zubiri and Optical Media Board Chairman Edu Manzano all reject the offer that they will be Vice Presidential candidate of Teodoro. As a result, Gabriel Claudio’s face looks gloomy on television as he announce the party’s convention days ahead.
See Bong, Edu, Migz turn down VP offers
This is a telling blow to the administration party. This only goes to show that even within their own party, they see no hope in Gibo candidacy to bag Malacanang. This is in contrast in 2004 elections where partymates are jockeying who will be the runningmate of then Gloria Arroyo.
Lakas Kampi is also experiencing massive defections. Big names of the party are now joining to the Liberal, Nacionalista or the NPC. At the rate the defections are going, Lakas Kampi may not have enough members to even carry the campaign for Teodoro in the countrysides.
I think what is happening to Lakas Kampi is something what we called karma. Those who live by greed, die by greed. Lakas Kampi of Gloria Arroyo unite the party not by platforms and principles of good government but by greed and opportunism. Everyone knows that party members are the happiest when there is an impeachment complaint against Gloria Arroyo because this will mean freebies stuffed in bayong to be distributed in Malacanang.
Now that Gloria Arroyo is in the twilight of her term, her allies see that she has nothing much to offer as a lameduck President. If they will stick it out with Gloria Arroyo, they are afraid they might be far from the graces of the incoming administration. Trapos dont like that. They always ensure themselves that they are close to the Chief Executive of the country so that once the leader throw graces, they will be the first to catch the bonanza. This explains why her opportunists allies are making cheap alibis for them to leave the party.
Compounding her woes, is that their candidate, Gibo Teodoro is lagging in the surveys, a clear indication of the people’s lack of confidence in Gibo Teodoro. Had Teodoro fared better in the surveys, the opportunists allies could have stick it out, knowing that their graces from Malacanang will continue flowing after the 2010 elections.
Blame Gloria Arroyo on your woes Gibo. Her spinmasters are jumping up and down, boasting repeatedly that she will survive until 2010. Well, she seems to survive 2010 but at the expense of her party. After 2010, Gloria Arroyo’s stock has not improve. She is now perceive just as the same as in 2005, hated and despised. It is said “you will reap what you sow.” Its now harvest time for Gloria’s planting. People now wants payback. History will be harsher on Gloria Arroyo.
She deserves it. Poor Gibo.
