posted by Nk. at 9:02 AM

i woke up to manny pacquiao's mother almost begging her son not to run for public office, on national television. the champ says he wants to help his countrymen, and that naaawa kasi sya sa kanyang mga kababayan.

Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas host julius babao, thank god, short of told him to stick to boxing because he can help, and has already helped a lot of his kababayan even without a government post. julius says manny can build a foundation, do private work -- yes, almost begging manny too, to think very hard about entering politics. manny insists that he can help the country more if he was in public office, because his own money is not enough to help everyone he wanted to help. the word money made me cringe. equating money with government service is a dangerous concept. i would like to think that manny is just being politically naive, instead of hedging on the thought that it is the "moneymaker" in him that is doing the talking.

i thought Aling Dionisia would cry. i wanted to cry too. i mean, manny, for the love of God and country, please don't.