That’s George Herbert Walker Bush, the former, not the incumbent, occupant of the White House.

He was quoted as saying in 1990 that:

The day will come-and it is not far off-when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs.

Barack Obama is leading in all the polls with a little more than a week to go before the election. Read the rest of this entry »

Former House Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr. says he is ready to reveal everything he knows about corruption in the Arroyo administration in endorsing the latest impeachment complaint against the president. At a press conference in his Forbes Park, Makati home, De Venecia threw his full support behind the impeach raps filed by his son, Jose “Joey” De Venecia III, before the House of Representatives. He said he will spare no one in testifying before the House should he be called upon to so so. In the high-minded, bombastic rhetoric that is trademark JDV, he stated:

This fight is not my son’s fight alone; the complainants represent a wide segment of national society. Their fight is part of the nation’s search for truth and justice. And we must restore to public office the virtues of openness, accountability, integrity and good governance—all of which the Arroyo administration has cast aside.

I am prepared to testify at the witness stand if called by the House. I will answer all questions no matter who gets hurt.For me not to endorse such grave allegations—and to prevent them from being heard by a competent political court—would in itself constitute a crime against the Filipino people.

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Controversial former Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante, escorted by U.S. marshals like a common criminal, is due to arrive on 11:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 28, 2008 on a commercial Northwest Airlines flight. The press will be staking out the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, hoping for a glimpse and maybe a quote or two. Also present would be crusading anti-corruption lawyer Harry Roque. They might be disappointed. Joc-Joc could be whisked off the plane and turned over to Philippine police and internal security authorities via any number of discreet exits, and the Arroyo administration will officially have in its grubby hands the possibly most damaging witness to large-scale corruption in the present administration. Which is exactly where they want him to be. Read the rest of this entry »