So post-Marcos, democracy still doesn't exist in the Philippines.
Protestors are calling for President Arroyo's resignation following Florida-like electioneering.
The Economist even made snide references to her legal wordsmithing, comparing her ambiguous admittances to those of fellow Georgetown Law graduate Bill Clinton.
Of course, now that the Philippines is no longer strategically important in the Cold War, this barely makes news in the American media. Noooo.... we only care about "democracy" and "freedom on the march" when it's beneficial. Like Manila in 1986. Or Baghdad in 2005....
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Why are Filipinos so good at gathering in large numbers?! The largest mass of people in one place was in the PI when Pope John Paul visited. Wow We should take a lesson.
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