By Steven Pabalinas
Ah, Prof. Anna Malindog-Uy — political analyst, Duterte enthusiast, and now, apparently, high priestess of irony. Her top senatorial pick? None other than Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the self-proclaimed Son of God currently juggling more charges than a power bank at a music festival. Sure, he’s “innocent until proven guilty,” but so is every Bond villain before the plot unfolds. Still, Malindog-Uy cites his “moral ascendancy” — which, given the accusations of sex trafficking and abuse, feels less like a moral high ground and more like a moral sinkhole.
One wonders: does the good professor use a Magic 8 Ball for political insight or does she just go with whoever’s most likely to benefit her fledgling career as a social media influencer? Either way, if Quiboloy is her moral compass, then perhaps her North points straight to Fantasyland, a place where delusion reigns and accountability takes a very, very long sabbatical.
VP Sara Duterte recently claimed that President Bongbong Marcos didn’t understand her sarcasm when she “thanked” him for the chance to reconcile with her dad, Rodrigo Duterte.
Irony alert: what she missed was that Marcos’ response—“Glad I could help”—was peak sarcasm in itself. It was like two shady titans of politics having a duel using deadpan wit and passive-aggressive smiles, but both were using sarcasm as their second language… and failing the translation.
It’s a classic case of “sarcasm lost in transmission”—a political sitcom where no one gets the joke. Sara thought she was being slick, Marcos thought he was being slicker, and the rest of us are just here for the popcorn.
In the end, it’s not so much a reconciliation as it is a duel of dry delivery. If this continues, we’ll need subtitles just to follow their press statements. Or maybe a sarcasm interpreter at Malacañang or the Office of the VP.
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