Parroting a ghostwriter's piece
Please allow me to comment on the highly incensed speeches delivered by Senator Panfilo and Senator Jinggoy Estrada. I agree that the exchange of verbal darts between the two is incredibly “lamentable, deplorable and sickening.” Let me add another description- it is irritating. Tensions run high in the Senate hall because it is evident that the two senators are gnashing their teeth as they delivered their speeches with almost perfect rhetorical grace and theatrics. After hearing their speeches, one would think that it is shameless and useless to dedicate one’s time to be listening to old tunes that were rehashed.
However, it is a great day for their ghostwriters, if there are any. I am sure their ghostwriters in the preparation of their speeches aided these two Senators the reason being that senators generally are pre-occupied with their other non-legislative tasks and they don’t have the material time perhaps to prepare their enlightened speeches. However, the big question is whether their involvement in the preparation of their speeches is true because otherwise, it would be irresponsible and reckless for these two senators be handed their respective speeches and deliver them without knowing their content. The senators in this case would just be parroting what the ghostwriters prepared. Take away the prepared speeches, probably they would be clueless about the issues to the extent of exposing their ignorance, unfiltered self and woefully incompetence.
We thank for the ghostwriters who help speakers appear as knowledgeable authorities. The adulation and reverence accorded to these public figures like the senators are to be attributed to the intellectual acumen and writing skills of the ghostwriters. My only is that wish that ghostwriters should be more prudent in the preparation of speeches to be delivered by our public officials. They should not fan the burning issues of the day into becoming a hellish inferno.
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Dear Mr. Tamayo,
ReplyDeleteIt is understandable to read that you were depressed and irritated by the revelations of the two bandits— PING and ERAP. Now that the two are at loggerheads with each other, the people will be treated to confessions and avoidance.Very much like what Ping is doing, he narrated what ERAP was like as a government officials and he also skirted around it by saving himself. Ngayon, I am not irritated in fact I want more and I think PIng missed another crime story, –that of Basketball player Tuadles.
ERAP was present when Tuadles died, he was shot by somebody– a certain antonio admitted to the crime, but up to this writing, many do not believe that Antonio was the culprit.
I just hope, that Antonio would tell the truth the whole story so that this representation will be justified in not believing in his confession,,- just like thousands who did not believe also.
to my mind, ERAP is the great shame to the country. Why we elected a guy like him is beyond me. I can only say, a country is also entitled to commit one stupid mistake in its history.
Cita Garcia