Yellow: The color of hypocrisy FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 04/16/2010

Yellow: The color of hypocrisy

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 04/16/2010 In a bid to squelch talk that he is a trapo politician through and through, as he has finally started to show his real color — which is the color of hypocrisy — there went Noynoy Aquino, claiming that while hordes and hordes of members of Lakas-Kampi-CMD, now his political partner, are defecting to his side, he also says that even as many Lakas members came to him and offered to support his campaign, he and his group only opened their doors to those who will be following his principles and programs, while his rival, Manny Villar, has been taking in those whom Noynoy and his yellows have rejected. Naturally, he failed to identify even one Lakas reject who has gone over to his rival’s side.  Apparently, to him, Lakas stalwart and Goria Arroyo loyalist Albay Gov. Joey Salceda is one whom he says is a “principled” Lakas politico. An oxymoron that. A politician without a word of honor is principled? (Duh, how dumb can the Yellow bet be?) So how does Noynoy explain the fact that Salceda is a man without a word of honor — which can certainly be proved as it was he who had gathered a host of governors with the battle cry of palabra de honor in their pledged support for administration bet Gilbert Teodoro, just a few weeks ago?... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100416com2.html

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