He is at it. Again.
In his latest rant, Bill Esposo fears that Joseph Estrada will stage a comeback in 2010 if and when Erap is acquitted by the Sandiganbayan. And he’s blaming the Genuine Opposition for it!
What goes around comes around.
Esposo is just reaping what he had sown. As part of that group called Council on Philippine Affairs or COPA, had they not conspired with everyone else to unseat Estrada? (Read this post by John Marzan about an article by Ellen Tordesillas.)
If they had followed the rule of law instead of taking the law into their own hands, there will never be an Erap restoration! Ever! And now, rule of law is dead, no thanks to COPA et al.
Anyway, he thinks that Manny Villar is the biggest loser among the 2010 presidentiables. One of Esposo’s reasons:
He allowed his Wednesday Club to divide rather than consolidate under the Opposition. Villar, Joker Arroyo, Ralph Recto and Kiko Pangilinan would have all won had they ran under the GO banner. That would have also made Villar, not Estrada, the big winner in the last elections and would have inhibited others in the Opposition from clamoring for a change in the Senate leadership.
Sinisi pa sya sa katigasan ng ulo ni Joker, Ralph, at Kiko.
I just hope it is not bitterness on the part of Mr. Esposo; afterall, he proposed a third force that is anchored on the Wednesday group, only to see everything falter because Arroyo, Recto, and Pangilinan had other ideas. I myself proposed such a group, but I had since moved on; I had accepted the true issues of the 2007 elections, and discarded the frames that Esposo and the Fortress by the Pasig had thrown at us. It is not a Gloria v. Erap fight. It is People of the Philippines v. Gloria Arroyo! And the Trillanes win is the verdict!
I hope Mr. Esposo can accept the fact that everything that he rues now is due to EDSA 2. That before he points fingers at anyone, he should look at what he did back then.
(And, no, I don’t think there will be an Erap restoration. While the surveys acknowledge that he has a high trust rating as compared to Gloria Arroyo, I don’t believe it will translate into votes come 2010.)
billy esposo has gone bonkers.
Smart money on Marcos’ resurrection not on Erap’s restoration.
Hi, John, maybe he is just depressed that he can no longer influence the flow of history. Too bad for him, he made a bad call.
Hi, Arthur, are you saying that Apo Macoy will rise from his mausoleum? Or are you referring to Bongbong?
Since we’re talking of the ‘dark side’, i’m betting on a Cojuangco (as in ‘Danding’) ascendancy with Chiz playing the role of Anakin. (It doesn’t have to be so huwag naman sana.)
Chuck, you’re a good chap, giving me a scare so early in the morning. Heaven forbid! I will scold all Team Chiz members if Chiz goes to the dark side.
Esposo has conveniently forgotten that they were the ones who “protected and promoted” Chavit Singson.
That, I suspect, is the root of his not being able to get over erap.
I agree with you, Erap is no longer an issue. I believe Erap when he said he is not interested on a presidential comeback.
Esposo and company are creating their own ghosts. Hindi naman umuobra.
Poor Esposo. He’s been had. Why can’t he just say mea culpa and move on?