Quite frankly, I had enough of the theatrics and drama of Atty. Persida Acosta. Acosta is one of our country's honest government servants and her heart is at the right place. I've been her fan since the early 2000's and I believe we deserve an Acosta who is ready to sacrifice everything for the sake of law, truth, justice and democracy.
But, my God! Who's that simpleton who advises her now in her political career?? Acosta should fire that fool!
Everyone knows that Acosta is vying for the last four slots in the senatorial slate of the PDP-Laban. And my sources tell me that she wants really to be at the good graces of our President.
Yet, seeing her reportedly crying and commenting about this and that child's death allegedly due to an anti-dengue vaccine is too much already.
Mam, bumenta na po yan, just like what she previously announced that an epidemic is already here in the country, an epidemic of severe dengue.
Baka mam the epidemic you are referring to is an epidemic of buffoonery?
Acosta's almost daily appearance on TV Patrol, lamenting those deaths create an image of her being the Lady of Death.
Mention to me the name of "Persida Acosta" and what image do I conjure in my mid-age mind? Death. Misery. Alarmism. Dire situation. Sensationalism.
Is that the best way to secure that slot for a Senate run?
Baka matakot mga botante when they see and read your name among the list of Senatorial bets and link your name with Dengvaxia deaths? With our media platforms not entirely expansive and often unable to explain things, the possibility of people attaching the Percida Acosta brand not with justice but with vaccine-related deaths is a big possibility.
I even think that maybe many people are now thinking that Acosta had a hand in the dengvaxia mess and Dengvaxia deaths is now being linked with her. Kawawa naman siya.
I know why Acosta probably agreed with the suggestion of her owning the Dengvaxia issue--it is a way to improve her popularity ratings. And I think awareness of her is at its all time high.
IN politics however, popularity is just a component of success.
Ninety-nine percent of the people might know your name but the possibility of only a very small fraction of that population is trusting you and is voting for you is another matter.
Convertability is an essential factor towards winning any elections. Ask Duterte. Grace Poe was more popular than Duterte but Duterte had a higher convertibility rating than Poe's and that explains why he won over her.
How in hell would you be able to convert popularity to trust to be voted when people ascribe your name Acosta with deaths?
Likewise, Acosta's daily sobbing before the television cameras appear forced. We, ordinary people know the truth. We know mam that those are crocodile tears meant to elicit emotions and support from the masses.
Deep in my heart, I want Acosta to win. I want her to win in her OWN merits, not on some kind of contrived PR campaign exploiting the sorry state of people who are so frightened, they think that everytime they see their kids sick, they immediately link it to Dengvaxia.
Acosta has her heart at the right place. She possesses the skills, the experience and the qualifications of a good senator. Had our society been a more scientifically minded or oriented one and not molded by Hollywood, a person like Acosta would not need to cry and show her tears before the public just to prove her heart is at the right place, she does not need to witness every cadaver of a child being opened, examined and probed by people looking for support of their hypothesis and she definitely does not need to raise her voice like a Banshee just to establish a point of alarm that there is already an epidemic of dire proportions while we experience nothing of that sort.
Mam, ang uso po ngayon is just be yourself. You don't need a nose lift or a facelift. You don't need to show a forlorn face. You don't need to hammer the table with your fists to show how angry you are about the situation.
Mam, marami na po tayong alarmista sa atong bansa. Please, be different, for a change.
Tama na po. We know what you want. And you already established guilt through publicity.
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