I see you still believe the disingenuous media smear about the 3,000 pairs of shoes. You should read attorney Gerry Spence's account of this where he explains how the media treated this dishonestly. It's found in his book "From Freedom to Slavery: The Rebirth of Tyranny in America" (Paperback)1996.
To sum it up, one of the most widespread Phillipine "cottage industries" is the making of shoes, and there is a tradition of these craftsmen sending a pair of their shoes to the First Lady. It's a status and honor thing, where they can then then claim "the First Lady has a pair of my shoes".
Mrs. Marcos didn't buy or wear 3,000 pairs of shoes - they were gifts from humble craftsmen all over the Phillipines as tokens of honor and respect. Moreover, she didn't just dump them in a storage bin somewhere, but insisted that proper closets for their storage and display be constructed in the Presidential Palace so that the donors would know their gifts were being properly honored. Her mistake was to take some MSM scum on a tour of the palace and show them those closets. They of course completely ignored her explanation of why there were so many shoes and concocted their own slanderous version of the story. She has been unfairly maligned.
Its a little known story you'd never hear from the MSM. Anyone who's been in the PI knows about the shoe and leather goods industry...
So you also have a counter for the reports that they demanded a meeting with the Beatles while they were on a world tour?
Good post! Of course, back then the MSM ruled the roost, so everyone had to swallow the party line, and no one would think to challenge it, especially if he happened to be unfamiliar with Phillipine culture. They've lied to us about a lot of other issues over the years....