Another presidential marionette –I forget his name– said that Malacañang was not threatened by the prospect of Sen. Aquino running for President in 2010.

Now be the judge, dear reader, if the above doesn’t reveal that GMA is, indeed, threatened if not downright paranoid.

But, they have an ace up their sleeve. They’re hoping that the opposition does not unite under a single candidate, specifically Noynoy. They’re hoping that one of GMA’s sycophants gets elected so that Arroyo and her ilk don’t get prosecuted for their plunder. Or, at the very least, they get pardoned.

But hoping that the opposition remains disunited will not be enough. So they’ll put spoilers in place to divide the vote. One of these is Gilberto Teodoro. Another is Dick Gordon.

Dick is … well … a dick. He showed his true color when, during the hearing into the ZTE broadband deal, he castigated whistleblowers Joey de Venecia and Rodolfo Lozada instead of trying to find out the truth. It’s hard not to imagine invisible strings manipulating Dick.

Yet, take a look at the other presidential hopefuls. They pale in comparison, not only to Sen. Aquino, but Sen. Mar Roxas as well. When Sen. Roxas announced he was foregoing his candidacy in favor of supporting Aquino, he made the other presidential candidates look self-serving and keeping secret agendas.

Malacañang apparently sees this; for why are they training their guns on Sen. Aquino?

But let me give a piece of advice to Golez and his fellow mouthpieces: Before wagging your tongues, take a look behind your shoulders and see first if your boss has the moral ascendancy to judge an activity such as a spiritual retreat.

At the very least, take a look at youtube and see the kind of son she raised. As far as I’m concerned, I’d rather stake my belief on Noynoy standing under the shadow of his parents than Mikey Arroyo standing under the shadow of his.

Apostol suggested to reporters that Filipino-Chinese or popularly known as "Tsinoys," should be deported. This outraged the Tsinoys and text messages swarmed the country about it, so much so that Apostol had to quickly apologize in public.

Serves him right! Yet, Apostol merely revealed the kind of leadership this country has: insensitive, thoughtless and uncaring.

Meanwhile, Benjamin Abalos, in trying to expunge himself from Lozada’s damning testimony, says that 130 million dollars is an incredible figure for a kickback. If he was hearing Lozada correctly, this is the reason why Lozada was sent, to temper his greed. Abalos also questioned why Lozada didn’t seek protection for a year if he (Abalos) truly threatened him.

Question to the ex-chairman: Would you have carried out the threat? Perhaps you’re just unblievable and Lozada dismissed it as nothing. But a threat is a threat and should be mentioned, especially when it comes from a desperately corrupt person who’s facing the prospect of losing millions of dollars.

Abalos was trying to keep a low profile trying to enjoy the Chinese moolah already given him and memories of romps with Sino virgins when Lozada showed up and appeared before the Senate blue-ribbon committee. Now he wants to shut Lozada up with a multi-million libel suit.

Bravo! Gloria Arroyo doesn’t need an opposition to make her look bad. She already has Apostol and Abalos!

Now let’s watch with glee as the other presidential defenders contract foot-in-mouth disease as they try to squelch the truth.