Previous: Ang pagbabaligtad ni Ducky Paredes
One last thought. The difference between Ducky Paredes' political turnaround (from anti-GMA to pro) compared to the other bloggers I used to read daily like Andrew Sullivan (from pro-Bush, and iraq war supporter to anti-bush and highly critical of iraq policy) is that alam ko kung bakit bumaliktad si Andrew.
Andrew Sullivan was the first blog I read and read daily after 9/11. Thru him, I discovered other hawkish, center-right blogs that are now part of my blogroll. He was an impressive writer and a strong supporter of Bush at that time. He is also a gay conservative (rare siya.)
Alam ko kung bakit bumaliktad si Sullivan kay Bush. it was because of Bush's opposition to gay marriage. That, for Sullivan, was "the deal breaker", even though he was trying to hide it in his own blog back then.
I can understand why Andrew feels that way. I myself am supportive of gay marriage. But the most important issue for me then (and now) is still national security. Obviously for Sully it's gay marriage. Kaya unti-unti naging hostile ang blog niya kay Bush the candidate. At naging pro-kerry siya even though mababa ang tingin niya kay kerry dati.
At unti-unti kong hindi na rin binabasa siya hanggang totally tinigil ko na ang pagbabasa sa kanya.
Now kay ducky paredes naman. Matagal na rin akong reader nya. Since 2001 pa akong daily reader niya from Mondays to Saturdays sa Malaya at Abante. And I know he used to be Anti-GMA and anti-Mike Arroyo.
but what made him change his mind about the arroyos and become an attack dog for them all of a sudden? i don't know. do you know?
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
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Hi, everyone!
I'm back from the dead (so to speak).
Sinulatan ko na rin yan si Ducky dati sa pagbaligtad niya sa isang isyu--ang pagtaas ng airport fee para sa "security reasons" kuno.
Biruin n'yo, tutol siya dito nung una (Lunes) tapos nag-180 degree turn kaagad (nung Miyerkules). Ang masama pa, bawat argumento niya laban dito ay punto por punto rin niyang inatake nung bumaligtad siya. Kung baga eh, nilamon niya ang lahat ng kanyang sinabi.
Sobra talagang nakakagulat.
And can you imagine what his initial response to my letter was? He said, "Suspicious, isn't it?" Feeling guilty kaya siya?
Tsk, tsk, tsk...
Anyway, I don't know if my observation is correct but I've always seen Ducky as the most pragmatic of the original Ferocious Five opposition journalists (composed of Ninez Cacho-Olivares, Ka Mentong Laurel, Lito Banayo, Ducky, & Jake Macasaet) who were adamant in raising hell over the travesty that was EDSA Dos.
Oh, well...it seems Ducky has finally thrown in the towel.
But to be fair to him, he has not changed his position regarding the Senate. He has long called for its abolition back in the day when it was still lorded over by Dorobo asslickers in the person of Drillon and his equally shameless gang. Remember the telecoms scam involving Pic Marcelo?
Perhaps in his exasperation (ang tagal na kasi eh), Ducky has probably given up hope of ever seeing a Dorobo-free Philippines in the near future. Perhaps, instead of stressing himself out over this, he has decided to focus more on his love for golf and subscribed to the mantra: "If you can't beat them, join them."
But that, I think, is where the challenge for us lies--we should all the more keep the anti-Dorobo pyre burning until the day of victory.
Count Ducky as one of the casualties of war.
Yun nga lang, sayang talaga siya.
Pahabol lang: Tutol rin pala si Ducky sa pag-ra-rally.
In his book, absolutely nothing beats golf.
Walang pagbabago diyan.
Anyway, I don't know if my observation is correct but I've always seen Ducky as the most pragmatic of the original Ferocious Five opposition journalists (composed of Ninez Cacho-Olivares, Ka Mentong Laurel, Lito Banayo, Ducky, & Jake Macasaet) who were adamant in raising hell over the travesty that was EDSA Dos.
Oh, well...it seems Ducky has finally thrown in the towel.
pragmatic? heh. if ninez did something like what ducky did, i think it's gonna creep me out, heh heh...
Pidal and GMA to Ducky: "you are one of us now... you are one of us now..."
But to be fair to him, he has not changed his position regarding the Senate. He has long called for its abolition back in the day when it was still lorded over by Dorobo asslickers in the person of Drillon and his equally shameless gang. Remember the telecoms scam involving Pic Marcelo?
he was calling for the senate's abolition back then because it is being run by a pro-arroyo lapdog majority.
then in 2005, he became a defender of the senate nung bumaliktad ito laban kay arroyo dahil sa hello garci scandal.
now in 2006, he's calling for their abolition again, but this time because they've become critical of arroyo and was trying to make her admin accountable for gloriagate and other corruption issues.
flip flop flip...
and yes, ducky called for the senate's abolition before. nothing unusual. heck, jb baylon has called for the House's abolition today. if you're pro-arroyo, you want to abolish the senate. if you're anti-arroyo, you'd rather see the House abolished.
in ducky's case though, his intentions for abolishing the senate have changed. he was anti-arroyo dati kaya gusto niyang i-abolish ang senado.
now, he's pro-arroyo, kaya gusto niyang i-abolish ang senado.
that is pretty much the gist of it.
I don't think Ducky wanted to abolish the Senate circa 2001 simply because he was anti-Arroyo. He wanted to do away with the upper chamber because he thought it was a mere redundancy, sharing the same constituents as the executive, as well as, the same functions with their counterparts in the Lower(ed) House.
Then, when the Hello Garci scandal erupted, which resulted in a suddenly independent Senate, he praised the institution for acting as a check and balance, but that was just it. Consuelo de bobo lang, kung baga.
I'm not saying that I agree with him, though, more so when it comes to his flip-flopping ways.
I guess this malaise is beginning to infect the erstwhile right-thinking elements of the Opposition maybe because its leadership is not doing enough or is not moving fast enough. Think Chiz Escudero and you'll get what I mean. Better yet, think Edong Angara at mabubwisit ka lang. So challenge ito para sa ating lahat.
My mom has heard Ducky several times in his radio show airing his gripes over the Opposition's timidity and he does have a point.
So while I completely disagree with his stance today, I do understand where he is coming from.
So the lesson for all of us is...we have to oust Dorobo NOW lest the entire nation's core values and thought patterns become completely infected with her perverted madness.
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