the rally is over (ok dogs come out from under the bed)

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 the rally was supposed to be 3 pm but later we heard Leni was late and was supposed to arrive at 8  pm...but there were a lot of celebrities here so lots of partying going on in the plaza.

I have to laugh at all the folks wearing pink tee shirts. Presumably they were given out to those who wanted to attend the rally, so I expect that our maid and cook will now be spouting pink Leni tee shirts because, hey, they were free and a new tee shirt usually costs 200 pesos.

the fireworks went off (and the five dogs fled to hide under my bed) about 8 30 so I presume the rally was a success.

I'll update the report from the cook later today: She will have all the details after she gossips while buying food at the palenke in the early morning.

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update: The Inquirer has an article about her speech here, where Leni claims she is not elitist and she points to all the programs she supposedly pushed as VP... such as talking about  stopping cheap agri imports that undermine our farmers. Uh, to do that you would have to get rid of the corruption that okays the imports or looks the other way when things are smuggled into the country. 

you know: Screw the corrupt in government. 

The article ends with this sarcastic remark: the reason for Leni's stress on caring for the people is that experts who analyze how to win elections discovered her snotty criticism, not of the policies of other candidates, but against the supporters of other candidates made her look bad.

Media analytics firm Isentia picked this up and made it part of its outline about what campaigners should do to win. According to Isentia, some voters refrained from talking with Robredo supporters because of their elitist vibe...Robredo did not mention who had been spreading the claim that she was elitist. 

and who is one of those pointing out her elitism? The street smart mayor of Manila who is also running for president but has no chance of winning, but hey maybe next time:

But it Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, who is also running for president, who has been repeatedly tagging the vice president and her staff as elitists and condescending individuals. 

 Robredo and her Liberal Party (LP) have been fighting to remove the elitist tag for years now. Last November 2020, she shot down the claim that the unkept promises of liberals across the world had given rise to populist regimes...