Tuesday, December 14, 2004

a random thought

Fernando Poe Jr., the king of Philippine movies who almost unseated President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo passed away early this morning. Poe fell into a coma after a massive stroke Saturday night... This development has left many Filipinos in shock and has left me thinking about the what ifs....

What if he won the elections last May? Then we would have had 3 different Presidents in 2004 - Arroyo, Poe and who ever the Vice President is... If Loren won, then we have Loren by default, but if the Vice President was Noli, we will have him as President by default. It makes you wonder db?

If Poe was President, then it would have been the second time that we lost a President while in Office. President Ramon Magsaysay died in a plane crash while he was still in office. Both men were beloved by the Filipinos.

1 comment:

Dr. Emer said...

Isa pang random thought:

Heaven forbid, if it was GMA who had a stroke and died, do you think there will be an equal amount of grief and sympathy like the one we are witnessing right now?

'makes you wonder, kasi if it was really GMA who won the elections, it means she got more votes. More votes means more supporters, di ba? But something inside tells me that only a handful will really mourn GMA if she passed away today. Family members nya lang siguro.

In the case of FPJ, I'm observing it differently. I'm not a supporter of his nor did I vote for him, but almost everyone I talk to from the street bystander to people with high positions has this certain sadness that no words can describe.

I think we really lost a great man in him. God bless his soul.

 

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