Tag Archives: 2016 Elections

DUTERTE’S RUN FOR PHILIPPINE PRESIDENCY A HOAX?

November 22, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – On again, off again. That’s how Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s bid to become the next president of the Philippines has been characterized by his followers and opponents, and by the media.

Well, it’s on again. After repeated statements that he was not interested in the position, the tough-talking Duterte, who is known for his extra-judicial style of management, says that he has decided to run in the 2016 elections. His latest pronouncement was triggered by the Senate Electoral Trubunal (SET) ruling throwing out the disqualification case against Senator Grace Poe. The case was filed on the grounds that as a foundling, Poe is not a natural-born citizen and is therefore ineligible to run for president.

We, at The Adobo Chronicles have been accused of reporting ‘hoax’ stories, so Duterte’s recent announcement about running for president must be a hoax, right?

Or so do many Filipinos hope.

International, Politics

BOBBY JINDAL DROPS OUT OF U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE TO RUN FOR PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

November 17, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (The Adobo Chronicles) – Conceding that this is not his time to be president of the United States, Louisiana Governor Bobby (Piyush) Jindal today announced that he was suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

His campaign strategy since he ran for governor has always been to project himself as a white, mainstream, conservative politician, as evidenced by the official portrait displayed in his office at the Louisiana Capitol.

Apparently, the strategy has not worked this time around in a crowded field of mostly genuine white Republicans, Ben Carson and Marco Rubio notwithstnding.

Being termed out from his gubernatorial position, his only alternative to stay in politics which is his first love, is to seek election as the next prime minister of his ancestral country of India.

How he would stack up against incumbent Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains to be seen, but Jindal certainly has the experience in running a successful campaign.

As of today, Jindal has authorized the setting up of an exploratory committee that would lay the groundwork for his quest to become India’s next prime minister.

Film and TV, Politics

DONALD TRUMP SIGNIFICANTLY DROPS IN LATEST POLL, THANKS TO STAR WARS

October 20, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles) – Donald Trump’s domination as the frontrunner in the race for the Republican nomination for president has finally come to an end.

Latest national polls show Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina tied at 23% each to claim the top spot in the Republican field of presidential candidates. Trump has slid to 7th place with only 4%.

The polls were taken shortly after the official release of the trailer of the upcoming Hollywood film, ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which has a black man and a woman as the lead characters.

Prior to the trailer release, Trump’s racist supporters flooded the Internet with tweets and posts calling for a boycott of the film because it has cast too many women, blacks, Latinos and Asians, and presumably gay men and women.

The racist tweets fueled by the #BoycottStarWarsVII hashtag warned that the new Star Wars movie promotes “white genocide” and was made “to demoralize and destroy Whites.”

The votes for Carson and Fiorina have sent a clear message to Trump and his persistent attacks on women and minorities on the campaign trail.

Meanwhile, Trump’s Facebook and Twitter accounts had to be temporarily suspended because angry netizens were posting “Bye, Felicia” memes on his pages.