SM, NSO tie-up lies begin EDITORIAL 07/20/2010

SM, NSO tie-up lies begin

EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 07/20/2010 If a Senate bet for the presidency can’t make it on his own, which is by gathering enough votes on his own to get him the top Senate slate, he has no business seeking that post, as obviously, he does not have what it takes to get enough numbers to see him through his fight. Even worse, by way of example of very poor and bad leadership, is for a Senate bet to get the Malacañang tenant to interfere, not only in Senate affairs, but even to the point of interfering in the judiciary, with President Aquino coming out with a strong message that detained Sen. Sonny Trillanes is a victim of injustice, and that the coup charges against him should never have been filed. If Sen. Francis Pangilinan does get the Senate presidency, to what lower depths will he bring the Senate, given the fact that he keeps running to the Palace occupant for help? As everyone knows, in the real and political world, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Besides, in the case of Pangilinan, his past record as a senator is more than sufficient proof that he has never shown a streak of independence and always toes the Palace line, when it is his ally that is seated in the highest political seat. .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100720com1.html

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