The ignorance of some voters is the reason why

"Money talks during election season," says a veteran political analyst. Yes, it does. But does it talk sense?

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An environmentalist says: "Let's recycle to protect the environment." That's what they're doing in politics these days. They recycle political has-beens by making them run for the Senate.

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Former Sen. Tito Sotto is complaining about the opposition's choices for its senatorial ticket. He's complaining aloud - not Sotto voce.

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Sen. Nene Pimentel's son is running for the Senate. The son is not a has-been. He's a rising son.

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It says here that "many Filipino voters are ignorant about the importance of the electoral exercise in relation to the betterment of their lives." Really? So this must be the reason why "square pegs in round holes" are being elected!

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This Pinoy voters' ignorance about the importance of the elections in their lives is, I dare say, the reason why the most popular candidates who know nothing about legislative work are elected to the Senate while little known but brainy candidates are repudiated and dumped in the cold.

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President Push has called our President Arroyo a "Big Shot" - although she's actually "Little." Commenting on this, a pro-Gloria diehard said: "Klarong ulog-ulog lang ni Bush pero naa bay laing head of state sa world Economic Forum nga giulog-ulogan ni Bush?" But the left-leaning activists must be sneering and thumbing their noses at Gloria.

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Congratulations to one-time TF reporter Cerge Remonde, Cabinet secretary and director-general of the Presidential Management Staff, for having been included in the Biznews Asia's roster of "100 most powerful Filipinos." Biznews is a weekly business magazine whose editor is the highly respected and in his own right also an influential journalist Tony Lopez.

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My friend Teody Planas who is right now in Boracay texted me that he was being "swampted" with congratulations for the success of the 12th Asean and East Asia summits in Cebu when a drunk Cebuano tourist was arrested for creating trouble in a souvenir shop. "Uwawa nako uy. Nagsinggit-singgit pa ra ba sa Sinibuano dihang gikuwelyohan sa gwardya," Teody said.