Next week, the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution will be replayed in the minds of many. There will be mixed reactions, of course. Some, like the youth who were too young then, or not yet born, there is little or nothing to be remembered. Others, like those from the extreme Left or rebels from the military, would remember lost opportunities. To many, though, EDSA One was a miracle called freedom, the liberation of a people from the clutches of dictatorship.

It is, indeed, hunting season. During this campaign period, the worst of Filipinos will again rise to the surface. At a time when a candidates\’s credentials and vision for the country ought to be the focus of the campaign, it is the opposite that happens. Many political operators and their image doctors are naturally hampered by the baggage of their own candidates and must find ways and means to win nevertheless. The most common option, therefore, is to try to bring down all rivals who are ahead of their candidate clients by highlighting the negatives of these rivals – whether true or not.