Goodbye, Gloria! HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 06/28/2010

Goodbye, Gloria!

HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 06/28/2010 I’m sure it wasn’t for just for kicks when Perry Legaspi, a college buddy and former media man, started the “Goodbye, Gloria!” thread in Facebook. In fact, it took off from party-list group Akbayan’s campaign countdown, a sort of a send-off for the illegal Malacañang occupant and her family, whose names have become equal to graft and corruption while Gloria’s would rival that of Marcos in so many ways. There hasn’t been a formal survey on people who would want to say good riddance to GMA, although we could consider all previous popularity surveys that ditched Gloria big time as an indication of how badly the nation would want Gloria out of its political picture. The recent elections could also provide us with the numbers as reflected in the votes garnered by President-elect Noynoy Aquino and former President Estrada as indicative of the people’s wish to do away with anything and anyone associated with Gloria. In fact, not even the combined votes garnered by other presidential candidates, who at one time or another have been GMA allies, especially during that Edsa 2001 folly that was actually a coup d’etat, could manage to obliterate the votes earned by the top two presidential rivals. So many wanted Gloria to leave, really, that even Perry’s Facebook thread picked up “likes” as fast as you can push the like button for Maja Salvador or Marian Rivera. But Gloria isn’t leaving Malacañang without a fight. In fact, she had started a public relations campaign aimed at deodorizing her illegitimate nine-year reign months ago.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100628com6.html

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