Pres Biden was highly criticized for his very poor performance in US Presidential Debate with former Pres. D. Trump - sometimes hesitating, blundering, incoherent. Signs of dementia; cognitive decline
Elsewhere he did not do well in radio interview - mixing up his thoughts regarding working with black Pres, and black woman VP. The gaffes are sometimes pitiful.
There have been clamor for him to stop his reelection bid from his own party and have him replaced by the VP
Are this gaffes and signs of old age minor, or is it bad for his campaign and his stature as Pres of USA, to the rest of the world who look up to USA.?
It is more fun criticizing
See for yourself the debate between former President Trump and current President Biden. Is he fit to lead the strongest and Number 1 nation of the world.
The Chinese Confucius have a term for this. The REN man the superior man. Only the Superior man has the right to be civil servant. And indeed while working for a renowned school, the Chinese students enrolling in the said grad school have several masteral and doctorate degrees from UK and Australia
Here in the country, aside from allowing individuals with court cases (not convicted or convicted yet) we see uneducated candidates.
It is indeed painful to see national icons stuttering for want of words and wisdom in the debate. And to sense non sense in bearded leftist leaning candidates were saying. Even a local lgu execs was winging it with regards to governance and finer points of international relations.
One was erudite but seems to lack grinding his nose on administrative matters ie running people around him. A lady candidate was seen differing between what she was saying and what she went through
Professor Clarita Carlos, one of the panelists for the SMNI Debate, proved to be the true star that outshone all presidential candidates who attended the posh Okada stage.
Many compared the debate to a grueling thesis defense as she was not only interrogating the candidates, but she was also commenting on the question of her co-panelist at one point.
Among the 4 candidates who attended, we think that Abella and BBM were the ones who were able to hold their own.
Abella, being a former Presidential spokesperson, was expectedly the most eloquent in our view. He may not always have the best answers but he made the answers sound coherent and sensible.
BBM had the most pragmatic approach. He showed that if voted President, he will take on the job knowing what is within the bounds of possibility - not like Ka Leody who we think was too idealistic in his responses. It was for sure a sigh of relief for BBM’s many supporters that he actually gave a solid performance.
Ka Leody was able to go through the entire debate with pure grit. It was obvious that he was struggling in some parts but we have to give him credit because he rallied to the end.
Gonzales was not that memorable. He had a bit of a hard time keeping up, with slow speech patterns and short answers, it was easy to forget he was even there - especially when Prof Carlos starts speaking in her no nonsense, slightly condescending tone.
Of the presidentiables who did not attend, we believe that it was Isko who missed out. It could have been a good opportunity for him to stand side by side with Marcos and position himself as the charming 2nd choice.
On the other hand, we think that Leni’s smartest move to date is missing the SMNI debate. We cannot even begin to imagine how she would handle the conundrum that is clearly Clarita Carlos.
Mabuhay Pilipinas.
PILI ng magaling na pangulo sa susunod na termino.
While this post predicted a Binay victory, the polls at the debate held yesterday among the 5 candidates: Binay, Roxas, Santiago, Poe and Duterte showed a different result in a poll conducted among the netizens. The promise of removing corruption by the gung ho Duterte impressed the netizens. He was ahead by a wide margin. Binay was last.
Poe, based on editors picks won 2 out of 3 debates.