The donkey in him
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Even while abroad, and among world leaders, Noynoy continues to make an ass of himself. A statesman he can never hope to be, much less be recognized as a true leader and achiever, despite his pretence at being one.
At the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meet, while he bragged about how he had licked the food security problem in the Philippines, talking about the bountiful rice harvests we have had in the past three quarters — which no one in the audience could have possibly swallowed, given the fact of the twin typhoons that inundated the countryside and destroyed the rice crops — he had to again make a snide remark about his having succeeded where his predecessor failed — because, as he put it, she was focused on her political survival.
Why even bring that up — assuming it is true — in an international summit of Asia-Pacific leaders? Frankly, that was in really bad taste. No one would applaud him for doing that..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111114com2.html
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oo nga. bad taste at walang paki ibang pinuno diyan kay arrobo. bakit kailangan ni abs magkuwento ukol dito? para mas credible at internasyunal ang moro.moro nilang kunwa'y magkagalit?
"Why even bring that up — assuming it is true — in an international summit of Asia-Pacific leaders? Frankly, that was in really bad taste. No one would applaud him for doing that.
"What do these leaders in that summit care about his predecessor? She is no longer the president they have to deal with. Whatever he, as president does, by way of charging her is hardly their business, or their interest."
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