philiblogs.com » 2010 philippine presidential elections http://www.philiblogs.com Musings on the Philippines Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:37:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Binay Likened to Obama: The Biggest Joke of the Year http://www.philiblogs.com/131/binay-likened-to-obama-the-biggest-joke-of-the-year/ http://www.philiblogs.com/131/binay-likened-to-obama-the-biggest-joke-of-the-year/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:35:23 +0000 fsecor http://philiblogs.com/?p=131

Yesterday, Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay announced his candidacy for the 2010 Philippine presidential elections.

He is likening himself to US president-elect Barack Obama. I had to pick myself up from the floor after laughing so hard at the announcement.

Let’s see how they compare. Barack Obama is almost 6 ft. tall. Jejomar Binay is, what, 5’4? Obama is eloquent; Binay is not. Obama has not even been accused of any anomaly while in public office; Binay has been suspended while mayor on the suspicion city hall had ghost employees. Obama has exhibited true statesmanship; Binay is brash and obnoxious.

The only thing Binay has in common with Obama is he’s black and that’s certainly not the reason why Obama won.

So, since Binay announced his candidacy this early, I want to announce this early that I’m not voting for him. But I thank him for a great joke.

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