I don’t think there ever has been a presidential election in which the candidates could be so easily grouped into two categories: the Fake and the Real. These are the present candidates genres, not some cockamamie types imported unthinkingly from the US, such as Reform, Authoritarian, or Pragmatic candidates.

The Fakes are the two candidates President Aquino has fielded: Manuel Roxas 2nd and Grace Poe Llamanzares. The Real ones are Vice President Jejomar Binay and Davao City Rodrigo Duterte.

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