{"id":4047,"date":"2010-04-13T22:19:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T03:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=4047"},"modified":"2010-04-13T22:19:45","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T03:19:45","slug":"better-class-of-politicians-manny-does-a-floyd-a-missed-opportunity-filipino-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/04\/13\/better-class-of-politicians-manny-does-a-floyd-a-missed-opportunity-filipino-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Class of Politicians :: Manny does a Floyd (A missed opportunity) | Filipino Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fr. Tito Caluag who is supposed to have signed the report has publicly denounced the hoax by stating to the effect that the document is forged and that he is not even competent to make the evaluation since he is neither a psychologist (nor a psychiatrist).
\nIt was then a perfect opportunity for Villar to be a gentleman politician by condemning the ludicrous fabrication and thereby allowing to mitigate the tone of animosity in the campaign (that is, if the source of the report is not his party or a cabal of rabid partisans). Very unfortunately, Villar did just the exact opposite.
\nOne may recall that during the last US presidential election, a woman from the audience in a town hall meeting stood up and took the microphone to confirm from John McCain if Barack Obama is an Arab (implying maliciously that being an Arab, Obama is either uncivil or a terrorist). McCain defended his rival without any hesitation. \u201cNo ma\u2019am,\u201d McCain said to the woman after retaking the microphone from her. \u201cHe is a decent family man . . . citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that\u2019s what this campaign is all about,\u201d he further stressed earnestly.
\nUnlike McCain who had had the basic decency to cut off the woman wanting to stoke bigotry, Villar reacted in the other extreme by issuing a statement challenging Aquino to submit to a psychiatric test to determine his rival\u2019s fitness to be a president. In a pretense to appear fair, Villar said he is willing to take the same test or a \u201ccomprehensive physical and mental examination in order to ascertain [our] fitness to occupy the highest office of the land.\u201d
\nvia Manny does a Floyd (A missed opportunity) | Filipino Voices<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fr. Tito Caluag who is supposed to have signed the report has publicly denounced the hoax by stating to the effect that the document is forged and that he is not even competent to make the evaluation since he is neither a psychologist (nor a psychiatrist). It was then a perfect opportunity for Villar to … <\/p>\n

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