POOR Manny.
He’s made us proud time and again with his incredible exploits inside the boxing ring, but his ill-fated decision to enter the political arena resulted in a humiliating defeat.
What’s worse, if this information from a reader of Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Recah Trinidad is true, Pacquiao lost the election and a lot of his own money because he was “knocked out” by his own general campaign manager.
Here’s an excerpt from Recah’s column piece:
Reader Renato Ramones Reyes, who gave his address at 10 Magsaysay Avenue, Gen. Santos City, threw most of the blame on Pacquiao’s general campaign manager whom he described as an irresponsible, greedy, incompetent hanger-on who took advantage of Pacquiao’s sincerity and innocence:
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We reprint the handwritten letter in its original form:
Dear Sir,
Binabasa ko yong column mo “Bare Eye” lalo na kung si Manny Pacquiao ang subject matter mo. Hindi totoo na si Darlene at si GMA ang nag-knockout kay Manny. Maybe kung sa points 20 percent lang. Ang malaking dahilan ng pagkatalo ni Manny ay ang kanyang General Campaign Manager (GCM), na incompetent, tamad, lasengo, womanizer, sugarol, sabungero, at marami pang iba.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:24 am
Manny god made you for boxing not for politics. If you want to help your kababayan do it in some other ways like putting up schools and boxing gym for free. I’m sure you be recognized better by the Filipinos! I hope you learned your lesson from this!
June 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
mahirap talaga mag-isip under pressure. kung ano anong idea ang naiisip. i think his loss served a very good purpose na rin to our country. the rest of the filipinos will realize na they don’t have to vote for fame. manny might have ended the trend. he was a perfect example. even if he won’t be able to serve by means of politics, he already did by loosing—-by sending a message to the filipino public that we can actually challenge the tendency of voting for a celebrity.
June 21st, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Na-knockout ka Manny!!! Bangon!!!
Mag-ipon ka ulit pero huwag mo gamitin sa politics and never ever follow some politicians.
Good that I read this news headline: “Pacquiao Takes College Entrance Exams.” This is your new beginning. Who knows someday you can make it to become a succesfull stateman not a politician. Am sure you choose a good school and will be guided by their teaching.
Anyway, if you push thru in college and finish a course please don’t forget to visit this site: http://www.notredamegensan.org/AboutUs-f.html
June 11th, 2007 at 9:08 am
170m for a congressional seat? man, it will be very hard, even for an unknown candidate, to lose an election with that amount of campaign money! wether the allegations against manny’s GCM is true or not is irrelevant. pacman, for all our biases against his political excursion, should have won that election if indeed he spent 170m on his campaign. hindi lang nai-package nang matino c manny nung GCM nya.that in itself is a big crime for a GCM. i saw one of manny’s campaign sorties on tv. para syang mouthpiece(read: tuta) ng malacanang sa mga pinagsasasabi nya. samantalang c darlene, palaban na palaban ang dating. mas macho pa k manny!
well, thats that. i pity manny’s next opponent in the ring. sotto, marquez or barrera, they’ll be in the receiving end of “the pacman’s” frustrations! bugbog!
June 10th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Let it be a lesson to all!!NOT because YOU are famous or an actor/actress, you will win the election!! MANNY , DON’T BE STUPID NOR BE A SUCKER, CHOOSE YOUR TRUE FREINDS, some of your friends are only after your MONEY , and POLITICS IS NOT YOUR LINE OF SERVICE TO YOUR PEOPLE. Stick to boxing, help by putting up a foundation,school, boxing arena for future boxers, and the like and STOP DREAMING TO BE A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, HINDI MO LINYA ITO, MANNY!! matauhan ka na sana naman…sayang ka!!