A full weekend has passed since the glitzy quad media launch of the ‘Ako Mismo’ advocacy.
That brand launch was powered by a bevy of brand endorsers paired with motherhood mottos for Filipino to take charge of their individual and collective destinies and be actively involved as catalysts for positive, and progressive, social change.
http://midfield.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/deconstructing-the-ako-mismo-advocacy/
This writer, however, is surprised that after break-out day surge of 70,000-plus on-line commitments. Ako Mirmo.org’s pledge tally has seemingly slowed to an 85,000-plus total.
This may surely still pick up but the issue that’s percolating negatively about Ako Mismo’s politically-pristine goals is the speculation that it’s just one of those mushrooming movement that are nothing but thinly disguised vehicles for the presidential and vice-presidential tickets that are being shuffled around.
Noted political ‘futurist’ Tony Gatmaitan is first off the punditry block with the analysis that a new party is being formed for Vice President Noli De Castro to be paired with PLDT top honcho Manny Pangilinan.
It takes little imagination to connect Mr. Gatmaitan’s analysis to Ako Mismo given the admission of PLDT-Smart ad agency DDB Philippines that it is the creative force behind Ako Mismo.
Veep Noli De Castro is himself described by one of the Lakas party political operators, Ray Roquero, as being “ coy” about his presidential ambitions.
But it really is a no-brainer for anyone to realize that De Castro’s own socialized housing infomercials are, at the very least, also designed to keep him in the top of mind of all voters.
Taking Ako Mismo’s campaign side by side with De Castro’s then you have the obvious trial balloons to gauge if the proferred MVP-De Castro/De Castro- MVP ticket can capture the imagination of the Filipino electorate, including the two million first-timers who will swell the total number of registered voters to well past the 42-million mark.
No one will really be surprised if Ako Mismo does become the electoral machinery that people are beginning to think it will be.
Popularity: 1% [?]
I don’t care at all. Give me an honest candidate, thence becomes president, becomes dishonest.
Who cares?
APART, WE THRIVE! TOGETHER, WE FAIL!
SATAN IS GREAT!
Filipinos are Satan in the guise of Roman Catholic. HAIL TO THE ATHEISTS!!!!!
I certainly hope that Ako Mismo is not another political ad campaign for a particular politician. but like everybody else, i will not be surprised if it is. If it is, sayang yung mga personalities na sumali dun, they will be forever identified with the said candidate and that is too bad. In a way deceiving pa nga yun ginawa nila because they hid behind the seemingly neutral common bond that we have–love for The Philippines. Really, that’s too bad.
May God bless our country.
The next order of business is for all pledges to be be given back to the subscribers it has duped, if true.
Maybe a name change to “Kami Mismo”. Joke lang
In Politics, the unthinkable happen…we dont have problem with
Noli de Castro. Except he is lukewarm on issues. He is the consumate
Fence Sitter. We wait-and-see “Ako Mismo”. It may turn, it may mutate
or it may die a natural death.
Much ado about nothing.
Walk to the funeral?