Dancing Queen

Funny, I was just busy camping around soompi while the telly is blasting on my ears when I heard a familiar phrase and an even more familiar voice. My eyes managed to leave Jihun's face for a while and look at the TV and oh, there goes my morning.

There she is, the "Dancing Queen" herself--Tessie Aquino-Oreta and what more, the "Queen" comments on the title given to her by err.. most of the people who saw her during the Erap impeachment. Basically, the political ad focuses on the "Queen" saying sorry about the 2nd envelope incident and according to her, mistakes enabled her to realize what is more important.

Yeah, right!

I still vividly remember the way I feel about TAO when I watched her "dancing" when the appeal to open the 2nd envelope during the impeachment of former President Joseph Estrada was denied. In that precise moment, I hated her more than I hated the former president. Looking back, that was also the exact minute I swore I would never believe anything that woman said. I stood by that promise. Up until now, there is no one who competes with the disgust I feel for her. Oh well, maybe PGMA herself and Mike Defensor but, in my eyes, they're all in the same league--imbeciles.

Yet, for the life of me, I never thought she would manage to get even lower. First, joining the Unity Party of the president (after being *ehem* badly treated by the opposition which ironically, is headed by the same man she supported back in 2002) and second, this political ad. If the former is a predictable move from most of our corrupt and spineless politician (in which, she is not excluded) the the latter even confirmed the fact of how despicably pathetic TAO is. If she only disregard the fact that Filipinos call her the "Dancing Queen" of Senate then maybe, it'll stop. Operative word here is 'maybe.' However, she didn't instead, she chose to even make a big issue out of that title. She chose to air this political ad and thereby, making the people see how power-hungry she is enough to make all efforts just to explain her "unexplainable" actions during the Erap impeachment.

The thing is, I wouldn't even vote this coming elections. Actually, for all I know, I might not even be here when these politicians finally take their places yet, it galls me to think that TAO might someday be seating inside the Senate halls again. If anything, it is even more galling than seeing Richard Gomez in there. At least, Richard looks good enough that it won't irritate me.

My point, know your candidates and know them well. Vote for them for the RIGHT REASONS and not because you remember their names.

And if you ever wanted to vote for TAO, remember how she dances at the fall of democracy.