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No-no to Noynoy

It's always nice to come home after a long day at work and write something non-legal in my blog. Something like:

Conrado de Quiros is Senile.

And as I write it, there comes not a small amount of glee, that when someone googles for the words "de Quiros" and "senile", this post will be the first on the list.
For good measure, I think I'll do it again.

Conrado de Quiros is Senile.

The thing is, I like senile people. They break the monotony of life.
So it comes as no small surprise that when you part the Philippine Daily Inquirer in its sumptuous middle, you will see Conrado de Quiros, in all his glory, proudly proclaiming to the damn world:

Noynoy runs and this country’s youth in particular will be galvanized into action, a wondrous sight we have not seen since the days of love and activism. He is the one reason the youth will vote, he is the one reason the aged will vote, he is the one reason the idealistic and pessimistic, the hopeful and cynical, will vote. He is the Cory we’ve been waiting for, he is the Obama we’ve been waiting for. He is the Good that will do battle against Arroyo’s Evil.

And then you realize, he just made your day.
Now you have a reason to live. Now you can rush home and write a blog entry you've always been dying to write.

Noynoy for President. Wowowee.
Making Noynoy run for president is like making Yoko Ono sing for the Beatles.
Like making Paris Hilton run the family business.
Like George W. Bush being the presid...Oh..right.

It's actually pretty funny when newspaper articles TRY to write an inspiring piece about Noynoy.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20070821-83752/Noynoy_Aquino_also_rises

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090809-219381/Why-Noynoy-Aquino-is-not-married

According to these "favorable" news clips, Noynoy has the following achievements:

1) Retail sales supervisor and youth promotions assistant at Nike.
2) Protected his mother during the 1986 coup attempts.
3) Provided security details for his sister.
4) Worked in the firms of his uncle.

Youth promotions assistant. What the hell is that?
Let's not kid ourselves, please. Noynoy is nothing like his father or mother. Noynoy lives on endorsements. He's Manny Pacquiao's boxing shorts - with glasses.
Noynoy is NOTHING like Obama.
Obama's life story was inspiring because he had to start from scratch. To get to where he was, he had to break racial and social barriers. He had to rise from the muck.

Noynoy, on the other hand, has done absolutely nothing except to gorge himself on the largesse of his parents' "legacy". His four terms as congressman of Tarlac? All from the Cojuancgo side of the family (Danding?).
His stint as senator? Ran solely on the endorsements of Cory and Kris. If you look at his website: http://www.noynoy.ph/ you'll see nothing but endorsements, (heck, he even posts a letter from his dad)
But not a single achievement is listed.
In some ways, I even respect senator-actors more than Noynoy. At least they worked hard in the entertainment industry in order to get to where they are now.
When Noynoy becomes president, he'll do what he's always done: absolutely nothing.

And what is Conrado De Quiros' answer to our very valid objections?

The third is that he hasn’t done much as a senator. Well, who has among the “presidentiables”? But while at this, Noynoy hasn’t stolen, other than the heart of a young lass from Bulacan. He hasn’t lied, other than to himself when he sees himself unworthy. And he hasn’t murdered, other than the inclination to abuse that prominence he is heir to. In a time of universal deceit, said George Orwell, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. In a time of widespread wickedness, doing the right thing is a heroic act.

More than that, I’m looking at Noynoy not for what he was but what he can be. Thrust into the maelstrom of history, some people acquit themselves well. Noynoy did so when his mother died, showing grace and courage worthy of his parents. I repeat what I said the last time: He will be a good president because he has no choice. His legacy weighs on him like the Frown of God, forbidding wrongdoing on pain of hell in this life as much as the next. Who among the other “presidentiables”—Erap, Manny, Chiz, Noli, Mar and Loren—can say that?

Well, if looking tough and greeting guests were all it took to be president, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

The thing is, Mr. de Quiros is confusing legacy with history.

It is true that history chooses the least likely heroes.
Cory was one such person. Like Noynoy, she had no political accomplishments of her own.
However, she stood right in the middle of a confluence of historical forces which made it possible for her to transcend the line between ordinary housewife and national hero.
There is a reason why we can no longer replicate people power, why we merely approximate it through our rallies.
People power was a unique situational formula which will never be repeated. The loss of a husband. The climaxing human rights abuses. The spiraling economy. A snap election. The despair. The hope.
An equation which we don't have the variables for.
Cory ran with all her heart,with one specific goal in mind: to overthrow Marcos.
And she succeeded brilliantly.The only one who could have defeated Marcos, rebuilt the Constitution from scratch, and restored democracy in the Philippines.
When Cory assumed the presidency against all odds, you knew that the Spirit of History had something in mind for us Filipinos.
Sadly, the same cannot be said of Noynoy. If he decides to run, it will be for all the wrong reasons.

Cory was chosen by history. And her legacy is NOT Noynoy Aquino.

It is the 1987 Constitution.
The 1992 elections.
People Power.
Hope.

And an enlightened newspaper reader, or two.

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