Why Dick for President?

I’ll begin this piece with some sort of disclaimer: I am not and have never been a fan of Dick Gordon. In fact, I had issues against him—the WOW Philippines campaign which I found to be so, uhm, baduy to say the least; the giant Lapu-Lapu statue he had erected in Luneta; his horrible temper and propensity to curse; his seeming use of the PNRC to further his interests—but after hearing his arguments during the Congressional hearing on the declaration of Martial Law in Maguindanao and after watching him in subsequent televised forums, I was converted: the man talked sense and made sense.




He struck me as a man of action and I liked in particular his “cheerleader” attitude and his desire to rally the people to work together towards a common goal. Yes, we must all do our share and a good leader should be able motivate his countrymen—from a farmer in the countryside to a office employee in a company—and make them feel that they have a stake in the future of the nation. To my mind, I don’t think our past leaders have actually done this nor have our kababayans ever had that sense of accomplishment, of pride, in a very long while.


Furthermore, his take on most pressing issues pretty much align with mine though I will admit that some of the pronouncements he has made—such as increasing teachers pay to 40k and the distribution of Kindles—can be considered either genius or downright ridiculous. But having said that, I admire him for his audacious thinking and it is this kind of audacity that I have not heard from any of the candidates. They may sound difficult to achieve (the first reaction would naturally be “can he do it?” “is that doable?”) but impossible they are not; that is, again, if we are willing to do our small share, slowly but surely.



I also like how he considers his VP Candidate Bayani Fernando as a real partner, a katuwang, in achieving his goals. He recognizes his capabilities and will make good use of them.
And then, of course, there’s Subic. I remember how everyone commented on how clean and orderly Subic was under his watch (para kang wala sa ‘Pinas) and wished Metro Manila and the rest of the country could be like that too. Well, I believe that under a Gordon presidency it can be done. Maybe not right away—and he did say this won’t happen overnight—but I see change coming. He doesn’t call himself the Transformer for nothing.









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