The problem with the Arroyo government is that, when a sensitive issue arises, it hems and haws and then seeks to wiggle itself out of the situation by lying. If all fails, it sends its attack dog.
Such is the case with the news about the eating splurges of GMA and her band of sycophants when they were in the U.S. When the news broke, Malacañang didn’t know how to answer. They hemmed and the hawed. When they couldn’t stand the heat, they sent in their attack dog, Atty. Romulo Makalintal.
So what does Makalintal do? He attacks media and blames them for the whole brouhaha. He calls them immoral, pointing out that they accept ads from politicians and earn vast amounts of money.
Makalintal embodies the worst in lawyers. He is the best argument on why lawyers are the butt of bar jokes. If it’s true lawyers don’t go to heaven, Makalintal leads the pack in forging a way to hell.
Other than that, he’s an example of the stupid choices GMA makes in hiring all the President’s men.
I’m not going to use my blog to challenge the inane arguments of Makalintal. Other media outlets are already doing a fine job at that, not because they have good writers, but because Malacañang’s attack dog is simply barking and baring fangs without any semblance of intelligence.
If GMA wanted to prove again that she should step down next year, there was no better way to do it than by unleashing Makalintal.
Oh, and what about the Chesire cat? While Makalintal was haranguing media about morality, beside him was Press Sec. Cerge Remonde grinning from ear to ear. Like the Chesire cat of Alice in Wonderland.
Come to think of it, we are in Wonderland. We’re wondering why GMA is still president.
