‘Those whom the gods wish to destroy... they first make mad’ ENQUIRY Demaree J. B. Raval 02/21/2010

‘Those whom the gods wish to destroy... they first make mad’ ENQUIRY Demaree J. B. Raval 02/21/2010 That statement — attributed to Euripides (c. 480 BC) in reference to those who had become crazed by power — suspiciously applies to the present-day handlers of the presidential bid of Noynoy Aquino. The handlers have acted arrogantly with the thought that the presidency is theirs for the taking. They had better perish that thought by now. In the afterglow of the death of Cory Aquino last year, all too suddenly Noynoy was thrust into the limelight, and the Liberal Party (LP) grabbed him as its standard bearer, over the well-prepared and definitely more qualified Mar Roxas. That was a decision made in a fit of madness. Other seizures of madness followed.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100221com3.html

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