[This is one of several posts that Philip drafted but didn't publish. Enjoy. -- Louie - August 28, 2011]
Noynoy Aquino’s presidential candidacy is…(ho-hum)…the “expected surprise.”
Benigno Aquino III
In fact, when Balita carried the headline “Euphoria, Challenges as Noynoy Runs” in the September 12-15 Edition, my friends and I looked at each other quizzically and almost sarcastically — “Did you expect otherwise?”
Since then, I have had the time (and a nagging feeling in the back of my head) to assess what the candidacy (and the eventual presidency?) of Benigno Aquino III could bring to this devastated-by-human-greed country called the Philippines — the Philippines I love.
Of equal and parallel importance to me is the Filipino-American response to Noynoy’s candidacy although this, I predict, will be fun: Filipino “leaders” (is there a Filipino in the US who is not a “leader”?) will scramble like mad to be Noynoy’s chief advocate and supporter in the US. A separate article subsequently in this blog will hope to shed some light on this enigma occurring mostly among Pinoys in the US.
As days pass, I will continue to assess and analyze the developments of the Noynoy-for-President movement, with emphasis on how US Filipinos react to it and, in a limited way, why they react the way they do (or will).
