Gravity

Allow us to set a few things straight, dear Leni.

1. You are not liked. People loathe you. There is no shortage of people who silently hate you, only a healthy abundance of people who openly despise you. You may deny this fact, but you have managed to earn the distinction of becoming the most hated Vice-President (albeit fake) in the history of the Republic.

2. Nobody respects you either. If that were true, people would be constantly cheering you as they defend you from the relentless attacks you've been getting all across social media. Where are your minions now? Where are your paid lackeys? Where is Miles Raquid-Arroyo, Ray-An Rentoy? Hell we're even wondering where your staunchest defender Gabby Bordado is. After we've started exposing their own skeletons here at WAC, your fanatics have all fallen eerily silent. Truth be told Leni, these people are more scared of the thought of their personal secrets leaking out then taking the painful and thankless task of having to defend someone like you.

Respect for your ilk has been gone for quite some time now Leni. If any, the only respect that's left is respect for your money. Since you have plenty of it - riches built upon decades of pillaging and deceiving the public, you'll still command a certain degree of respect. But as soon as you start losing it, or as soon your party stumbles upon the harsh truth that you are nothing but a liability, you will begin to realize that even money won't save you.

3. You do not have leadership. You have pretensions of leadership, and these pretensions are merely nothing but covers for your unbridled ambition and greed. Do not confuse leadership for ambition Leni. People know enough now to see right through you. You are only deceiving yourself.

4. You are fighting the wrong fight. As the saying goes, "If everything else is going your way, you must be in the wrong lane." Your cause is not only unpopular, it is wrong. History will never be kind to you. Especially if you're on the wrong side of it. There will be no absolution for you Leni, not in the distant future. Not ever.

5. You ask "What has become of us?" Why people seem tolerant of things you claim cannot be tolerated before? What things are you referring to? That people are tolerating the incessant bashing you get from all directions? You've got it all wrong Leni. On the contrary, people have grown intolerant. And it is this intolerance brought about by new information and knowledge about your true nature that caused so much hatred for you and your ilk. Until now you refuse to respond to the allegations. You do not even care to deny them. All you do is cower in fear as you continue to spew lies and motherhood statements which border on the meaningless and the inane.

You are clinging on to dear life Leni. The only life you knew which is a life of comfort built upon a huge pile of lies. You are desperately clutching at straws. You are fighting a battle which is already lost. And you are only fooling yourself thinking that paying survey firms to prop up your ratings will somehow salvage your name and cushion your free-fall. Survey spinsters will spin any rating you desire in exchange for money, but they can never change people's minds. They can do nothing to influence people's hearts.

All of this will inevitably come to its natural conclusion Leni. What goes up, must come down. You cannot fight gravity. But here's something you should seriously think about as you dive deeper into the abyss: It is not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the end.

This post is a response to an Inquirer news article entitled "VP: Leadership is a choice between being liked or being respected." To link to the article, click here.