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July 26, 2008 - 6:42 am - by Richard Fernandez
Teresita
2008-07-26 21:50:55

Wretchard: Estrada was driven out of office — though by someone no better and possibly worse, but the bug for electing rocxk stars probably ended there.

Not until the Philippines changes the practice of requiring voters to remember a dozen or more names and write them on a blank ballot. Name recognition is very powerful when you have a setup like that.