vote : wisely

walking towards the tryke station this morning, i saw an election poster of isko moreno saying "vote isko moreno for vice mayor". he was slouching on a bench, in his underwear. i am not sure if it was edited, but the poster i saw even showed something bulging in front. that similar photo there on the right which i found on the net.

surprisingly, i didn't have any reaction at all. not a smile, not a frown, not a crease on my brow. now, is no reaction a good thing or a bad thing? i often hear the showbiz cliche "good or bad publicity is still publicity". ummm... no comment on that one.

we have been awakened to our senses by rolling drums and campaign music these past weeks. i am often taken aback by candidates who would suddenly shake my hand as i walk home. "my name is blah-blah-blah..." he would say, "for congressman. i am the protector of women's rights and violence against women." uuhh, okay...

remember how adults scare children (silly thing) by telling them they will be abducted by the "mumu" or the "bumbay"? whenever our baby ayel gets too fussy and won't sleep, we tell her "hala, kukunin ka ng kandidato..." to this, she would smile and giggle--and fuss some more. good thing she doesn't really understand a word we're saying.

back to isko. i'm sure he didn't single that photo out for his ad campaign. somebody must've found him real cute in that pic and decided to have posters made for him--free of charge. they even posted it on the walls for him. from the goodness of their hearts.

what can i say? politics is politics is politics... whew!

p.s. that's whom i'm going to vote for--wisely. (by the way, is wisely with a MR. or a MS.?)