why the deplorables here voted for Marcos

 I pointed out in several earlier posts that the staff here (who include those with links to the NPA and Gabriela) backed Marcos.

I use the word "deplorables" in the headline because, like the invisible American blue collar workers (who in the past were called Reagan Democrats) who lost their jobs to immigrants or overseas, revolted and voted for Trumpieboy, to the horror of the NWO types.

which is why I wrote comments on Youtube, on several videos where a FilAm with an American accent was interviewed as an expert on Philippine politics and who (along with others from think tanks) couldn't figure out why Marcos won: I pointed out that maybe they needed to talk to the working class and poor here instead of just the pro American elites living inside the Washington beltway who parrot the talking points of the left such as the US Democratic party/CIA.

Well, the Manila Bulletin actually notes that Marcos won because he had the support of the poor. And like a good news paper, actually talked to a few of them in the Manila area.

Reminds me of when James Carville told Bill Clinton: it's the economy, stupid.

Sigh. Yes the big question is if he will keep his promises, and build up the Phillipine economy (like his father) or revert to stealing everthing in sight and arresting or killing his opponants (like his father).

I should note the MB is the newspaper of the business community. During the time of GMA, they usually had a photo and stories lauding her achievements several times a week... and GMA backed Marcos. 

Of course, she was suspected of corruption and President Ninoy Aquino tried to prosecute her, but she got a pass by Duterte.

 
Yet she did build a road to Pampanga, established an alternative international airport at the old Clark AFB, and put a lot of development funds in her local area (which, like here, was a bastion of communism and insurgency many years ago. Short historical note: this rebellion was quashed by letting the communist rebels essentially take over many areas, and then they become corrupt a la Animal farm... so the government then sent in honest military to defend the rights of the common folk against the corrupt, and got popular support...this anti insurgency tactic is still studied by the US military:  LINK LINK2

So who do you trust? A nice person who is incompetent and lets corruption go on all around him or her (like our beloved Tita Cory?), or a semi corrupt person who is able to attract jobs and economic development (like GMA)? 

Hmmm....things are more complicated than the partisans of either side would admit.