nung pinakawalan ang tsismosong si cong. joey salceda with the news that davao mayor sara duterte wants to run for president, naturally the big question was, with bongbong marcos or not? is bongbong sliding down to accommodate her? because everybody knows that if they don’t join forces, they’d split the marcos-dutz / admin vote. talo pareho.
but salceda, like a true gma soldier, could not, would not, be baited about bongbong. sara’s instructions daw were simple: “just focus on me.” which joey takes to mean, talk about me and only me, not bongbong.
well, bongbong is speaking for himself, and of course he isn’t sliding down, why ever would he when the surveys say his numbers are up. lalo na’t he already did that, slide down, in 2016 in deference to dutz, to imelda’s great disappointment, and where did THAT get him?!? talo na nga sa bilangan, talo pa uli sa recount. loozvaldez, sey ng mga bading. besides, walang marcos na umaatras, sey ni bong2. LOL.
obvious naman that imelda, imee, and bongbong are desperate to get back to the palace — i think they think it’s where they belong, seriously — and they’re not about to give up the momentum they’ve gained after a lot of hard work and hard spending.
nonetheless bongbong could use a runningmate who would bring in the duterte votes, and i imagine that they’re willing to pay the price.
it’s complicated for sara because the super popular senate prez and eat bulaga icon tito sotto could prove unbeatable. i imagine that right now she’s negotiating win-or-lose conditions in case bongbong wins and she doesn’t: like immunity from suit for old man dutz — nagawa iyan for enrile back in cory’s time; a choice cabinet position once puwede na, tho par for the course naman yan; and, uh, compensation for lost rakets and other damages?
i pray she asks for too much, like term-sharing — yan ang latest buzz, three years for marcos, three years for duterte, which is simply scandalizingly outrageous. let’s pray they end up running against each other instead.
but in case they do end up joining forces, then we in the sabóg opposition are in for the fight of our lives, hopefully against the same enemies, which would mean getting our sh*t together. #BlockMarcos #End Duterte