Fool us twice

Estrada stars in Palace rerun

Poor folk hail bid of their idol

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A funny thing happened last night.

Deposed President Joseph “Erap” Estrada proclaimed his intention to join the Presidential race in the 2010 elections before thousands of his hordes in Tondo, Manila. Believing he is still qualified to run, Erap again exhorted his usual rhetoric about being the poor man’s leader and this nation’s savior.

The Constitution says “the President shall not be eligible for any re-election.” Nobody could sanely argue that this provision would not apply to an ex-President. If Erap insists otherwise, on the prodding of his advisers, then he is also constitutionally prohibited from running as President because he can’t “read.” Erap can’t understand what the Constitution says. Well, he can’t even comprehend the terms of a contract. His pardon contained a whereas clause that he would not seek any public office as one of the conditions for his release and yet here he goes trying to vie for his old post.

The funny thing is Erap is disillusioned by his own make-believe world that he uses to fool the Masa into thrusting him again to public office.

You know what would be even funnier than this? If people would still want to vote for Erap.