revival of the fittest

you know what cynics say, one step forward, two steps back. in our case, it's usually three. or maybe four. even five.

take for example the recent poll results. the marcoses, questionable characters from the 70s and 80s, return with a bang (sorry to disappoint you sweetie, but this has nothing to do with a gun).

enrile was a senator during the skinny-jeans-slash-padded-shoulders era and here he is, still the same law-making honcho when the same tight jeans and big shoulders are already being retroed, my gawd!

erap's campaign posters use old photos of him back when he still looked like the hero in his old action movies and not like the real life drunken don that he is today because the past is romantic and the present is crap.

children of yesterday's powers that be win to death. noynoy aquino. tg guingona. bong revilla. jinggoy estrada. pia cayetano. the arroyos. the marcoses. the list goes on. and the dynasties live on.

yeah baby, everything—and everyone—is so back. so bring out the disco ball, the bell bottoms, the elevator shoes. it's time for boogie wonderland!

photo credits: bong bong marcos image grabbed from here and here. imee marcos from here and here. imelda marcos from here and here. juan ponce enrile here and here. joseph estrada here. dynasty dvd cover here. noynoy aquino here. pia cayetano here. gma here