Gloria Arroyo’s verbal ammo launched against her enemies had garnered mixed emotions from blog comments, but most of the blogs that I read view that episode negatively:
- Village Idiot Savant’s breakfast ruined
- Atty. Theodore Te has decided never to listen to Mike Enriquez, ever
- Jove Francisco says GMA is suffering from selective amnesia
- Philippine Politics asks what’s the deal with Mike Enriquez?
One of the Fortress by the Pasig’s time-tested tactic is distraction; I believe that the tirade was made to distract the people from what would happen later after that interview – the Supreme Court hearing on 1017. It was effective in several ways. One, it has distracted people from the real issue of the day, whether the SC will declare 1017 as unconstitutional. Second, after scaring the news industry, she is now trying to divided them. Brilliant!
By the way, Philippine Commentary posted an analysis by the intelligent but unfortunately-discredited Atty. Alan Paguia about 1021 not lifting the military aspect of 1017.