Recently, Senator Miriam Santiago announced that she has cancer.
Based on the comments in the news articles about her condition, many are sympathetic at her plight. Many are expressing their support, fully siding with the feisty senator's fight against cancer.
Though the reaction is understandable, still, this is surprising considering how polarizing the senator is in recent years. She has butted heads with several key people in the administration, including her beleaguered colleagues in the Senate who have a lot of masa supporters in tow.
Still, Miriam Santiago has come out as the darling of the crowd and this is a testament to her PR guys who've made her, should I say, "likeable" despite the odds.
One thing that has endeared her to the masses, especially the youth, is her newly found sense of humor evidenced by her extensive use of pick-up lines in her speeches. These comedic stunts have served to both project an image of an approachable and fun senator and to belittle and berate her enemies at the same time.
Another is her obvious aura of high-brow intelligence and wisdom. This is perhaps the most important reason why many are rallying behind her, not because she has the brains but because, in a Senate humiliatingly low in IQ and intellectual discourse, she is a rarity and a fragile link to the Senate of old dominated by Recto, Salonga, and other heavyweights.
Despite what the senator is going through right now, rest assured she has won over more people than she ever had in the past decade. Playing the role of the underdog this time around only serves to boost her popularity and mythical status.
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