Who Binay?!

The circus is back in town! Election season has dawned upon us once more. This year's candidates for the upper house of the Philippine Congress are a motley lot of old farts, jackasses, and the downright undesireables.

One of the early frontrunners is the daughter of the current Vice President and pretender to the Presidency. Jejomar Binay, Nancy Binay. The first question that begs to be answered is: Who the hell is Nancy Binay? Then: What in sanity's sake are her qualifications. Well, the bitsy VP had a curt response to the second: "She's my daughter", he said. If that line of reasoning holds water, then no one should be disqualified for being nuisance candidate. This candidate's sole qualification is being the child of a fence-sitting, photo-op whore Vice President? And she currently sits at number 4 in the surveys? How's that for deranged?

The lady has no government experience. Sometimes, that can be a good thing. But in this particular case, it is definitely not; her pedigree betrays that fact. She is not known for any advocacy of anything worthwhile. She doesn't come across as a smart person; she clearly manifests that in her choice of campaign slogan. What then could convince a commonsensical person to vote for Maria Lourdes "Nancy" Binay Angeles?

The Philippine Senate is already full of pseudo-intellectual fools . Ms. Binay would feel right at home there. Sadly for her, there are no vacancies until the current halfwits are evicted.