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2022-05-11 Southeast Asia

Imelda Marcos's son wins landslide presidential election victory in the Philippines with almost 30 million votes - more than double his nearest rival's tally

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos' son has won a presidential election

Dictator's wife owned famed collection of 3,000 pairs of shoes as nation starved

Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Junior, 64, secured almost 30 million votes

The unassailable lead is another turnaround for the fortunes of the Marcos clan

Posted by Skidmark 2022-05-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 Imitation is the highest form of flattery

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-11 07:24|| 2022-05-11 07:24|| Front Page Top

#2 He appears to be a 'shoe in.'

Posted by Besoeker 2022-05-11 08:05|| 2022-05-11 08:05|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ euwww..

Posted by Mercutio 2022-05-11 08:28|| 2022-05-11 08:28|| Front Page Top

#4 ?BongBong? Can't wait for the headlines when he meets with Jo-Jo and Pooty-poot.

Posted by Mercutio 2022-05-11 08:29|| 2022-05-11 08:29|| Front Page Top

#5 The PI people are very sentimental. They are incredibly forgiving in nature. While we like to mock Imelda for her shoes, the people loved her. Her 3,000 shoes would not have fed many people for very long. The poverty issues are a lot more complicated than that. While, from the outside, this looks a lot like the Marcos dictatorship taking hold again, I would wait and see. The last president was a nut job authorizing the police killing of undesirables. Before that was and actor that lived for corruption and then there was GMA who sold the Philippines to China. We will see. And for the love of God the Philippinos need to rethink how they name their kids. Most common names for girls is Apple, baby, honey, or Cherry. Bing, ping, and bong are common names for men. Its a bit insane.

Posted by 49 Pan 2022-05-11 09:55|| 2022-05-11 09:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Heh. Who did "Cory" Aquino endorse? Heh...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-05-11 10:01|| 2022-05-11 10:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Humans certainly love dynasties, no matter what form of government is in place.

Posted by KBK 2022-05-11 10:04|| 2022-05-11 10:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Pardon, I am a bit confused as how Duterte fits into this, as DM seems fascinated on other things.

I will say about the masks, I do love the photos of masked people with captions like "beaming". It reminds me of a photo of like three gals in burkas standing in front of a famous landmark, "Really enjoying ourselves." or "Enjoying bowl of spaghetti." as it is slurped under the hood.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-05-11 10:30|| 2022-05-11 10:30|| Front Page Top

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