Posted on 05/10/2016 10:35:13 AM PDT by GilGil
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Davao City in Mindanao is now president elect of the Philippines. His path to the presidency was controversial, riddled with expletives and reduced his detractors to mud slinging and comparisons with Hitler. But the mud failed to stick: with almost all precincts reporting, he looked to have won the race to the presidency with more than 15m votes and nearly 40% of the vote. His nearest rivals have conceded defeat.
Duterte came to the presidential race late, prompted by a Senatorial Electoral Tribunal decision to allow Senator Grace Poe to run for the presidency. Her presidential aspirations had been dogged by her background as a foundling, her temporary conversion to US citizenship and her alleged failure to meet the residency requirements for government office. Despite the tribunal’s verdict, Duterte threw his hat in the ring, saying he didn’t want an “American” to be president of the Philippines.
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Hillary better be very careful because Trump gonna come and getcha Hillary and it's gonna hurt. Can't shake the Jaws theme music when I think of Trump's final attack on Hillary. He smells blood for the slaughter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb8t3Lt8iJw
This is the year of the “outsider”.
Hail the "outsider"!!!!
He may be our best and last hope of having a Party that is worth supporting.
Don't anyone tell Cruz - he still thinks he's relevant and can't see it's only figments of his and Beck's imaginations.
Who’s calling Duterte the “Donald Trump of the East?” Sounds more like editorial embellishment intended as propaganda talking points.
Duterte seems more of a corrupt Giuliani than a Trump. And he belongs to the left party.
I hear they’re calling him “Duterte Harry” over there!
My wife reports that despite extremely aggressive vote buying the people voted for Rodrigo (they took the establishment candidates peso’s , rum , cigarettes and t-shirts) because they too are tired of the incestuous politics and the .01%ers being in charge of everything.
I hear they’re calling him “Duterte Harry” over there!
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Nice!
bump
Hopefully, the outsiders will stick it to the globalists and Islamists.
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