The sanctimonious Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., otherwise known as Bongbong, talks as if he’s the cleanest senatorial aspirant in the ticket of Manny "Wysiwyg" Villar. And he’s banking on voters who have never known the repressive regime of his father and namesake.

So let me make it clear. The conjugal dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, the parents of Bongbong, was responsible for hundreds of people killed or missing during its reign. It is responsible for millions of dollars siphoned off the Philippine treasury, earning for this country the appellation, "Sickman of Asia."

And where was Bongbong during this time? Enjoying the perks and privileges of a virtual prince. Did he go against the corruption of his father? Did he speak out against the human rights abuses of the Marcos tyranny?

No! In fact he fled the country, fearing for his life along with his disgraced family.

So, how dare he opens his mouth and speak as if he was Mr. Clean. He was even quoted as saying that People Power 1 failed. If it indeed failed, its failure was its inability to bring Bongbong and his ilk to prison.

Bongbong should be thankful. And he should show his thankfulness by letting the Filipinos know that he is sorry for what his family did when they were in power, desist from running for public office and just disappear into the night.

One less Marcos is one less possible dictator and thief.

The latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey showed Manny "Wysiswg" Villar again trailing Noynoy Aquino by 9 points. Villar attributes the slide to a demolition job by his opponents in that reports are surfacing that Villar’s proclamation that he came from the poor is all myth.

Villar insists that his family was really poor. He insists that his brother died because they had no money. Yet reports have it that Villar’s brother died in FEU hospital in 1962, when FEU could have been compared then with today’s Makati Medical hospital or St. Luke’s. His remains were then taken care by Funeraria Paz, a funeral house then and now not a choice of the poor.

But these are all beside the point. It’s not just the big lie that Villar wants to perpetuate that he was poor. It’s his unwillingness to answer questions from his Senate colleagues about his involvement in the C5 controversy. It’s his obscene campaign spending (I ask again, why is he so desperate to win the presidency?). It’s his association with political whore, Loren Legarda, whose ambition is so obvious. Last but not the least, personally, it’s his association with the National Sleaze, Willie Revillame.

There’s still one point that Villar hasn’t clarified: his studying in private schools. If his family was really poor, how could his parents have afforded enrolling him and his siblings in private schools? Will Manny Villar justify this by saying his father also borrowed money?

Hard to believe. Like all that Villar is saying. They’re all hard to believe!

He’s a liar, plain and simple. Like GMA. Do you want this man President of the Republic of the Philippines?

I shudder at the thought.

It took a while before I stopped laughing. It’s the best comic sequence so far this year.

There was airhead Kris Aquino teasing fellow airhead Ruffa Gutierrez about leaving "The Buzz," in particular, and ABS-CBN in general, which prompted Ruffa to walk-out of the show.

Kris claimed she had no intention of hurting Ruffa. I believe her. She simply doesn’t have the finesse nor brains not to be tactless. But get the reaction of Ruffa: she called on the Filipinos not to vote for Noynoy Aquino, the brother of Kris, who’s running for President.

What had Noynoy have to do with their quarrel? Nothing. It’s just that Ruffa and Kris have more in common than they know: the lack of brains.

Enter the mother of all airheads, Annabelle Rama, Ruffa’s mother. She gets into the fray by claiming Kris was the reason for Ruffa’s decision to leave ABS-CBN. Then she too called for the Filipinos not to vote for Noynoy.

Noynoy, meanwhile, is wondering how his name got into the quarrel.

Simple. In a meeting of mindlessness, anything can happen.

How about an encore, girls?

Manny "Wysiwyg" Villar was caught on camera handing money to children in a market. This clearly violates election laws that prohibit the giving of money to others. Villar’s cabal of liars, however, went into action immediately and said that Villar was only being compassionate.

I stated in a previous post that a good number of the Philippine electorate is comprised of idiots, but not all. Villar, however, seems to believe he can fool everyone.

In another news item, Villar and his team (including Loren Legarda who does nothing but pose for the cameras) campaigned inside a military camp by conducting a walk of unity, which again violates election laws. Villar said cockily it wasn’t a campaign and added that he would campaign where there were a lot of people.

Yet he was walking hand-in-hand with his party’s election bets. Sure, they were not shouting, "vote for us," but you do not have to say anything to make a campaign statement. Again Villar trying to hoodwink Filipinos.

Apparently, because Villar got away with the C5 anomaly, he thinks he can get away with anything. Such is the man.

Villar the most trusted presidential candidate?

That’s not what Filipinos are saying. That’s what Villar’s money is saying.

Personally, the man’s personality stinks!

Manny "Wysiwyg" Villar and his lapdogs, such as the totoy-looking Gilbert Remulla, are fawning all over themselves for the latest Pulse Asia survey that showed Villar as the most trusted Presidential candidate.

No wonder why. There are two reasons for this.

One, Villar’s over-spending is now causing a dent in the other candidates’ numbers, especially that of his closest rival, Noynoy Aquino.

The other reason is that a good percentage of the Philippine electorate is comprised of idiots who tend to be bedazzled by Villar’s sleek ads instead of looking deeply into his character.

Villar’s millions has garnered endorsers in the likes of masa-appealing celebrities such as Dolphy, Michael V and Sarah Geronimo, who probably don’t care much about what’s coming out of their mouths than what’s coming into their pockets.

Villar’s ads about helping the poor are helping his candidacy tremendously. He claims that the poor, like he once was, should be given a chance to become President. Yet, the core of his hypocrisy lies in the fact that he’s not running as a poor man, but as a filthy-rich individual who’s already spent more than a billion pesos in his campaign.

We ask again, why is he so desperate to become President?

In one of his ads, he claims that if he wanted to become rich he would have remained in business. Yet, Marcos, GMA and her family have proved that it is more lucrative to be in power. The only people Villar is fooling are fools.

Villar’s campaign is made up of smokescreen, lies and illusion. He’ll be better off as a magician than President of the Republic of the Philippines.