HISTORY repeats itself like a broken record.

Before, it was conjugal dictatorship and cronies. Then, it was Kamag-anak, Inc. Now, we call it political dynasty. Really, there’s nothing new under the sun.

The Estradas had set a bad precedent when mother and son won simultaneous seats in the Senate. In the recent election, we saw senatoriables with kin already sitting in the Senate. That’s one the reasons why I did not vote for Alan Cayetano, Vic Magsaysay and Koko Pimentel (See my previous blog entry: http://inquirerbloggers.net/eleksyon2007/2007/05/16/why-i-did-not-vote-for-pichay-cayetano-et-al/).

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THE REPORTED feud between Team Unity members Ilocos Sur Governor Luis “Chavit” Singson and Michael Defensor seems to be heating up after Singson said several Ilocano associations would not include Defensor on their sample ballots.

Here’s an excerpt from the Philippine Daily Inquirer article:

VIGAN, Ilocos Sur — Governor Luis “Chavit” Singson, a candidate for senator in the administration’s Team Unity, said Saturday a group of Ilocano associations will not be including another TU candidate, Michael Defensor, on sample ballots that it will be distributing.

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SIMPLENG tao, simpleng explanation. We understand him well because he means what he says.

He’s not the typical politician na will promise you tapos wala siyang ginagawa, pero magaling magsalita at galing
daw sa “Harvard.” Magaling silang lahat mambola o may asawa na artista, o artista din sila, larga na. Vicente P. Magsaysay, good luck ho sa inyo.

Mabuhay!

– Edward Bautista, Vancouver, Canada (via e-mail)

I HOPE Joker Arroyo wins and then becomes Senate president, and then start from there to rebuild our country, so we will go through a regeneration process that will be for the good of all.

Let us rally Filipinos behind this man who should become president.

– JESUSMA LARRAGA, 332 Tile Cross Road, Birmingham, UK (via e-mail)

I WAS rather impressed by Tito Sotto’s interview. He expressed himself clearly and addressed the questions directly. I found myself actually agreeing with most of what he said.

I had no idea about his political pedigree: two grandfathers were former senators! I just knew him as a local comedian.

Kudos to INQUIRER.net for coming out with this series of podcasts, and ridding me of my personal biases! More power!

– MARINA VILLANUEVA, 82 United Nations St., Parañaque City, Philippines (via e-mail)