January 16, 2025

Emmanuel "Manny" F. Piñol

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A reader writes ‘DUTERTE IN GOLDILOCK’S ZONE; IN IDEAL PLACE TO WIN IN 2016’

By Ryan Arguelles
(Note: Following the release of the results of the Pulse Asia survey showing Davao Mayor Rody Duterte rising by a mere 3% and in 3rd place, reader Ryan Arguelles, a Filipino nurse based in New York, sent in his analysis. I have taken liberty in correcting some grammatical lapses to make his post a good read. Manny Piñol)
Mayor Rody Duterte is in good position in the latest Pulse Asia survey placing 3rd with 15% behind Grace Poe’s at 30% in 1st place and Vice President Jejomar Binay who is 2nd with 22%.
This survey conducted at the height of issue’s with Grace being adopted and citizenship issue and the response of the survey result contends of the Filipino way of symphaty and emphaty.
Binay’s popularity is declining and it wil continue to decline in months to come.
Mayor Duterte is in the Goldilock’s Zone as we term it in astronomy, like Planet Earth is in the safe distance from the Sun, a good place for life existnce, not so cold yet not so hot.
Duterte is like the Planet Earth in our age of planetary existence of the moment.
Duterte is shielded from criticism just like Earth protected from the Sun’s solar radiation.
As of now, Grace Poe is Mercury and Binay is Venus.
The two will be thrown in a hot seat of political attacks, blackmail, criticism, personal accusation and issues corruption in months to come leading and up to election campaign period.
In Astronomy, this is comparable to the last days of our Solar System when our Sun will expand.
Earth will be spared at least for at least a billion years before the Sun will sear us but mankind will figure it out to travel to different world in another solar system to escape earth and continue our genes somewhere in the universe where there are billions of Goldilock’s Zone like Planet Earth is waiting for us.
This is where the Duterte Presidency will bring us,
Once Poe and Binay are seared by criticisms and issues (for Senator Poe, the troubling citizenship issue) in the coming months, Duterte will overtake them in the survey itself and eventually win the election.
Not having declared his intention to run as of the moment will shield him from the radiation of criticisms and lies and thus preserve himself until election time.
Once elected, Duterte will bring us to another world of hope, prosperity and transformation just like mankind having moved and capable of transfering life to another world.
Our man will win the Presidency and he must be advised so.
He needs to be told that he is already the winner and all the stars are aligned for him to be the next President of the Philippines.
We are on the right track and Duterte better believe it!

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