Sunday, November 2, 2008

of elections and presidentiables and tina-fay

the US presidential election is on in just a little over two days. and some say it's nothing short of an epic. John "the maverick" McCain against Barrack "that one" Obama. both are now hard pressed on their last minute campaigns on major and swing states.

you got to admire both men. they worked hard in their campaigns. i thought Obama ran a smart campaign and McCain was unwearied in his age. McCain is very patient, you got to admire his loyalty to his party. after eight years of waiting at the sidelines for bush to finish his terms after both battled it out in 2000 republican primaries. he was invited to switch sides by sen. kennedy, but his loyalty to the republican ideals prevailed over him. now he's, what? 72 years old. and finally getting his luck working.

same thing happened when he was a POW in vietnam, he was offered freedom but he decided to stay with his fellow POWs. it's either his vietnamese watcher must have made quite an impression on him or you simply cannot question his loyalty.

and you got to admire also how he defended his choice for a runningmate in sarah palin, who was quite a sport despite all the satirical sketches about her. oh yeah! russian president medvedev, premier putin and everybody in kremlin are now fortifying their buildings, covering all the holes where palin could peer in from her windows in alaska. they're really alarmed by what she said and they're calling a national security meeting because of that. whoooh!

joe biden, on the other hand, not to be outdone by palin, immediately showcased his expertise in foreign diplomacy and visited gov. palin in alaska which he now sees as either a separate state or a part of canada more than ever.

biden's presidential runningmate is just as commendable as mccain. he rised up the US political ladder with tremendous speed. you can't imagine how displeased and irritated is mrs. clinton at how he sideswiped her along the way.

in the philippines, the political scene is heating up as well two years ahead of the 2010 elections. yup! this early every "presidentiable" is popping out with their ads and road banners to jockey up for their party's nomination. how often do you hear this phrase these days: "kasama nyo ako"? and some are suggesting that gov. Vi of batangas will do a gov. sarah palin. wohooow!

it is said that since gov. Vi doesn't have a daughter, her son is now trying to look for a girl to impregnate just to get that complete sarah palin resemblance, or just to get close at least, what with the glasses and the librarian hairdo and all. (eugene domingo-Vi's double- is now called "tina-fay"- after Tina Fey)

the son was said to be reluctant at first as he vowed, for an undetermined reason, to be celibate for life, but agreed eventually. he was last seen wandering around willie revilame's noontime show. ssshkimberlu! shkimpertush! eklaBuh! willie! aleeert!
WHO COULD HE BE AFTER?

to borrow from sarah palin, gov. Vi, so they say, is going to use this catchphrase to drum up her vice-pres'l campaign: "i could see who is visiting us from the terrace!"

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