I like better if Joseph Estrada was President

[peewee_toot]

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@necroticfreak

some of the positive things that i like about during erap's time... but the negative outweighs the positive. sayang...

[sizzlingROBOT]

It would have been better kun si Joseph Estrada mi.stick nalang sa showbiz. Daghan pa sigurong malipay until karun.

[noy12]

kung mahitabo nag balik, mo layas jd kos pilipinas! ad2 kos japan bahalag ma tsunami kae sa ari tang erap..

[DeathFox]

but the negative outweighs the positive

like having a corrupt jueteng lord for a friend who will betray someone kay dako nag utang

[john_yo]

lingawa ani na thread oi, hehehe nag sugod na og lalis2. hehehe

[musicalsuite]

what about gibo?

[wikki]

You forgot to mention the stock market manipulation, the rice smuggling, the tobacco tax, etc.......

btw he was the primary smuggler of rice and was taxing rice per sack at the bare minimum only (like 20 to 100 pesos depending on brand) Arroyo and Successor now have a share of 200-500 PER SACK of rice that we import. Take your pick.

[wikki]

The only major difference between Erap and succeeding figure heads is that Erap was to honest and stupid in a sense that he was open with everything that he did to those that would eventually betray him. And the rest that followed learned the mistake and now take extra precaution and extra pocket money for silencing the media.

[noy pilo]

naa say punto... bisan tuod ug nakonbikto sa sandiganbayan sa kasong plunder si erap wa gyapon nawagtang ang mga pagduda nga orchestrated ang tanan aron pag pahaom ni gloria sa trono sa pagka presidente pina agi sa pag agaw niini. gani matingala ta nganong dali ra kaayo naka pardon si GMA ni ERAP. dili kaha gahum lang ang tuyo ni GMA? nga hangtod karun nag congresista sa paninguha nga pabilin maghupot ug gahum.
nindot sad ni palawman nga isyu.. ug angayan ba si erap mubalik o kaha si jinggoy nga ma presedente kay sa akung tan_aw grandstanding kaayo sa senate blue ribbon committee...murag si kinsa nga santo nga manulisuk... tsk tsk tsk ... unsa kahay tuyo ug tumong?

[trollaccount]

btw he was the primary smuggler of rice and was taxing rice per sack at the bare minimum only (like 20 to 100 pesos depending on brand) Arroyo and Successor now have a share of 200-500 PER SACK of rice that we import. Take your pick.

The tariff rate on rice was raised for a reason. Making rice accessible to many does not in any way make all the other things he did look better. Make the country dependent on food imports and you basically start killing our own local production. Not good in the long run.

The stock market manipulation done by his crony (and boy did he have a lot and the shady kind to boot) alone was a danger so great even the PSE itself "revolted" against a sitting president.

Erap had no shame whatsoever, acting like a Tondo siga even when he was president. Erap was all about trying to make as much money as he could not only through graft and corruption but through other inherently illegal things like gambling and smuggling. How else could he have afforded buying billion peso properties for his very large immediate family?

Meanwhile back in 2011, we have another Erap in the making. A tool for a president who has absolutely no plan for the country's economic well being. We elected an incompetent President in 1998 and we did so again last year because we were amused, because we felt like doing so. At least for what it's worth, Erap was entertaining til the end.

Here is something to make us all remember the greatness of Erap. Sigh brings back so many memories...

MAKING A SPEECH

While typing Erap's speech to be delivered in joint commnunique,
Erap's secretary paused awhile and asked Erap.

Secretary: Sir, dalawa nga ba ang -o- sa unahan ng cooperation?

Erap: Dagdagan mo pa nang isa para sigurado.