Wanna buy starfruits? HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 04/14/2010

Wanna buy starfruits?

HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 04/14/2010 Like his uncle before him, not a few call Gibo Teodoro as the right man coming at the wrong time. He has what he claims he has, Galing at Talino, which give him ammo in any forum that not many of his challengers would win against Gibo on the platform in any debate. Bayani Fernando stubbornly discovered it when they faced the hangmen of Lakas-Kampi in an assembly. And most of Gibo’s opponents have found it hard to argue with the man they love to associate with Gloria Arroyo’s very corrupt regime, as he could stand on his own. But Gibo would find it hard to win the presidency. In fact, despite the obvious lift provided for by Malacañang, as this rubbernecker had witnessed in the many travels he did this summer, with Gibo’s green posters and tarpaulin reaching as far as the hinterlands where Manny Villar and Noynoy Aquino’s presence are not felt, and with only Erap as his rival because of the people’s familiarity with the former president, Gibo’s only advantage is government’s machinery, but only if his principal would let it work for him.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100414com6.html

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