Political missteps FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/19/2010

Political missteps FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/19/2010 Noynoy Aquino and his band of Liberals are clearly panicking, their panic mode being mainly based on the speed within which his survey ratings have been falling. And the panic in them shows, as one big mistake after another is being committed by their standard bearer, who, along with his team, seems to be clueless on how to get back to the top rung — at least in surveys and even their political propaganda. Their problem — if they have not realized it yet — stems from the fact that Noynoy, along with his frigging civil socialites, banked heavily on the wave of sympathy that arose from the death of Cory Aquino. Everything--especially their message, all hinged on this claimed euphoria, generated incidentally by the Yellow media’s non-stop coverage. And Noynoy, his sisters and the Liberals were much too confident of victory, and were ultra-smug, as though the presidency was Cory’s heir’s divine right to take.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100219com2.html

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