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Donald Trump Blames Sarah Palin For His Second-place Finish In Iowa Caucuses

February 2, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

CONCORD, New Hamphire (The Adobo Chronicles) – GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump was so confident he would win the Iowa caucuses Monday, but final results showed him trailing Ted Cruz and almost in a statistical tie with Marco Rubio.

Trump hasn’t been heard of since Monday. For the first time in many months, he has not reared his ugly head on television and his social media accounts suddently went silent.

Until today.

In his first public statement since losing to Cruz, Trump said that Sarah Palin’s endorsement cost him the votes in Iowa.

It will be recalled that Palin recently publicly endorsed Trump in an Alaskan-style, blabbering speech which made little sense to the smart Iowan voters.

Asked by The Adobo Chronicles what he could have done differently to win the Iowa caucuses, he said, “I should have asked Palin to shut up . In hindsight, I really didn’t need her endorsement. It hurt my campaign.”

Government, Politics, Travel

If Elected President, Rodrigo Duterte Will Commute Daily Between Manila And His Hometown Of Davao City

January 30, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – It’s a one hour and forty five-minute flight from Manila to Davao City. Manila is where the Philippine presidential palace is located, and Davao is where presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte lives.

Duterte likes to sleep in his own bed, so if he is elected president in the May elections, the Davao City mayor says he plans to go home to Davao City every day. He has no plans of staying in Malacanang, the presidential palace.

Now, before you say that Duterte’s plan is a crazy idea, think again.

With Metro Manila’s daily traffic gridlock, it can take up to four hours to commute from one part of the metropolis to another. So a daily commute from Manila to Davao doesn’t sound so bad.

Duterte added that his daily commute will not cost the government a single centavo. He says he would borrow the private jet of his friend, Davao religious leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, to spare the government the expected expense.

That’s assuming, of course, that the pastor will also pay for the fuel, and that the jet has room for the presidential security.

Government, Law Enforcement, Politics

Philippine Elections Commissioners Resign En Banc

December 28, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – In Japan, elected political leaders –prime ministers included — step down when they cause an embarrassment to their country. In the Philippines, appointed government officials resign en banc.

Minutes after the Supreme Court issued temporary restraining orders (TRO) on two Commission on Elections (COMELEC) rulings disqualifying Senator Grace Poe from next year’s presidential election, the commissioners tendered their simultaneous resignations. They could not bear the embarrassment handed to them by the highest court of the land.

As a result of the TROs, Poe’s name would remain in the 2016 ballot.

Last week, the COMELEC, sitting en banc, issued a ruling disqualifying Poe on citizenship and residency grounds. Earlier, two divisions of the electoral body issued similar rulings.

The COMELEC was widely criticized for issung the ruling at a time when the Supreme Court was on holiday recess, making it almost impossible for Poe to file a petition for TRO before the 5-day period within which the senator could do so before the order becomes final and executable.

COMELEC was also accused of partisanship by favoring the Aquino administration’s anointed presidential candidate, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas.

Because of the mass resignations of the commissioners, the 2016 presidential elections in May could be postponed indefinitely, virtually extending the current term of President Aquino.

Brilliant planning by the Aquino administration that should warrant a Japanese-style resignation?

Stay tuned!