Here’s another candidate that has ZERO chance of winning the 2010 Presidential Polls, with less than 2% in the survey ratings, what the h*ll am I thinking wasting my time writing about the guy? Mr Gordon is definitely afflicted with the disease called "SURVEY PHOBIA", it is a disease characterized by the irrational fear of survey results...muahahaha, i have to thank Mr. Esposo of the Philippine Star for that one. Anyways, this is the same guy who sued 2 of the country’s reputable survey firms(for giving him the 2%...hahaha), the guy is just a candidate for chrissakes, yet he's already acting like a dictator, what an a**hole!
In all honesty, I never really intented to write about Mr. Dick Gordon in the first place, BUT, I just read the column of Ms. Patricia Evangelista in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and I couldn’t help but agree with what she wrote. Its like she took the words out of my mouth, or is it my brain, well…maybe both. So… here are some excerpts of what Pat has to say about Dick…
((((((“I’m frank,” he says in an interview, after he finished a tangent on the idiocy of everyone but Gordon. “I don’t give a damn what anyone thinks.” Gordon is on another level altogether—a presidential candidate who throws national tantrums, tosses sexual innuendoes at female reporters, and goes ballistic at the suggestion Dick Gordon is not the most popular boy in class. “You people,” is how he refers to everyone on his rants, “you people are the problem.” For this man, a ballot that does not circle Dick Gordon is a result of some conspiracy against him or a failure in intelligence. It is odd for a man so contemptuous of people to claim he is a man who will represent them best.
He has sued survey companies for brainwashing the public, says the problem of this country is that people do not think. He is contemptuous of the running mate who has had nothing but praise for him. Ask him about Bayani Fernando, and the tandem that took the country by surprise. Ask him why he decided on Fernando. “I did not choose him, he was the one who came to me.” He says he admires what Fernando has done for Marikina. Most of all, Gordon admires Fernando’s admiration for Dick Gordon.
I never met Gordon before the election season. Whether this is who he really is, or whether the ranting and raving is a reaction to stress and pressure and the survey numbers he swears he cares nothing for, this is not what I want from my president. Presidents are not exempt from humility, and those who think they are end up tyrants and dictators. It is a waste of what would have made a good leader; perhaps a long time ago Gordon knew how to inspire. That Gordon now spends most of his interviews complaining about his opponents, blaming the survey companies and harassing his interviewers explains much about the personality of this man.
There are many and varied reasons why I will not vote for Richard Gordon, and it is not because Noynoy Aquino’s parents were allied 20 years ago with the TV station I write for today, or because Gilbert Teodoro’s people gave me a free T-shirt. Neither is it because the surveys have stolen my mind, or because of oligarchies and monopolies and the sad state of Philippine democracy, or because of any bias for any particular candidate. I would like to put it on the record: I will not vote for Richard Gordon because he is Richard Gordon.”))))))
After reading Ms Evangelista’s column, I couldn’t help but say…YEAH, ME TOO PAT, I TOO WANT TO PUT IT ON RECORD...I WILL NOT VOTE FOR RICHARD GORDON BECAUSE HE IS RICHARD GORDON.
