Arrogance as Official Policy

Mrs. Arroyo say that she's not affected nor perturbed even one bit on the results of the latest Ibon and Pulse Asia surveys that showed more than half of Filipinos want her ousted and do not approve of how she's running the government. Palace deputy spokesperson Lorelei Fajardo said she'll continue running the government inspite of this.

In the same day, Ombusman Merceditas Gutierrez came out with her chuwawahs at the Office of the Ombusman and lambasted those who filed an impeachment case against her. Arrogant like her boss, Gutierrez said that she'll not resign her post and instead, would file criminal charges against her detractors. Talk about arrogance in power. This is the most blatant display of pure, unaldurated kapalmuks!

Now comes First Gentleman to the rescue. FG came out of his "sickness" and lambasted the Liberal Party for trying to pin down his protegee. Mike Arroyo told LP stalwarts to lay off.

I thought that the First Gentleman is sick. His doctors say he can't survive pressures and stresses. Then, why is he on the warpath like Gutierrez?

Probably, the First Gentleman is worried because Gutierrez serves as their legal firewall post-2010. With Gutierrez out, enemies of Arroyo would surely file cases left and right, frustrating their retirement.

That's the problem with these people. They think they own this country. They think that they're invulnerable.

The Arroyos are now facing a serious threat to their very lives as 2010 nears. At this point, their options are slowly being limited by threats coming from all directions. And what's the goal?

The goal is to weaken the administration come 2010. Enemies of the Conjugal dictatorship are trying to puncture the psychological armor of the Arroyos and weaken their power and influence.

Eventually, this tug of war will result to a veritable stalemate that would lead to a reposition of forces and eventually weaken the Arroyos' hold of traditional political power bases.