Wednesday, May 9, 2018

The Most Bizarre Campaign Banner

Is this the most bizarre campaign banner or what?


What's so bizarre about it you ask? Because it's not even a campaign banner.  It's a CV! A resume! There is no indication of the office for which he is running. For what position are these jobs and accolades supposed to qualify him?

His employment record does not even make sense. How can he possibly have been a manager at a company in Roxas City from 1978 - 1992 while also being a manager at a company in Saudi Arabia from 1985 - 1988?  That would be one heck of a commute!



Here is another banner that is just mind blowing. To me anyway. Once again no indication for what office he is running. And the icing on the cake is the quote from George W. Bush.  Wait a minute. That's actually a quote from George H. W. Bush who is George W. Bush's father. Confusing I know. It's from his 1989 inaugural address.
And my first act as President is a prayer. I ask you to bow your heads:  
Heavenly Father, we bow our heads and thank You for Your love. Accept our thanks for the peace that yields this day and the shared faith that makes its continuance likely. Make us strong to do Your work, willing to heed and hear Your will, and write on our hearts these words: "Use power to help people." For we are given power not to advance our own purposes, nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people. Help us to remember it, Lord. Amen.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/bush.asp
Funny to see this ex-CIA head and skull and bonesman using religion to kick off his presidency which would feature a senseless invasion of Iraq, setting the stage for his son's invasion of Iraq in 2003. Who remembers GHW Bush's inaugural address much less quotes it? I bet he did an internet search for a quote with the words "serve" and "people" and has no idea who George H. W. Bush is.  The most memorable quote from GHW Bush is surely: "Read my lips: NO. NEW. TAXES." A campaign promise he broke during his term!

Even funnier to see some Filipino politician quoting, of all the American Presidents he could quote, George H. W. Bush, a man who famously broke his most famous campaign promise and set America down the long road of desert warfare which lasts until this day. I bet he did an internet search for a quote with the words "serve" and "people" and has no idea who George H. W. Bush is. 

1 comment:

  1. Here there are two running for office and both have "BOSS" before their names. But one I really love was few years back and was a pinay running for office. The biggest accomplishment she made in prior office? She got a Chinese Philippine citizenship.

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