A Story About Political Volunteerism During Elections ( Part 2 of 3 )

Philippine 2010 Presidential Elections,
A Factual Story:

Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Friendster have become the latest venue for politicians. Candidates create groups, fans clubs, accounts etc all of which are directed to adding a large number of membership simply for political purposes. As I have noticed, Noynoy tops the largest group following in Facebook, followed by Villar then Chiz. In relation to the first part of this post, I'm almost certain that these groups and organizations created online will not last longer than the term of the politician. The owners-moderators of these groups will disappear or worst, use it as an avenue to criticize the winning candidate.
Political ads are always running. However, it seems that being popular for "name recall" purposes is not as useful as before. As I have pointed out in my previous posts, voters of this new generation are more aware and intelligent thanks to technology advances. Political ads are more of an eyesore rather than informative. I have seen so many comments from different forums and blogs about these political ads. And if only these politicians will realize, they are not doing good in the world of the new generation.

Consider this: 
Villar - His first political ads were good, but the succeeding ones brought him down making his first ads useless. It's just plain and simple overkill. If you will visit OFW forums, you will see that the OFW community despises how Villar is using them in the ads, saying he did that only for ads purposes. Then he shifted to the kids with paperboard placards, this was worst because he was using kids without any knowledge on politics and have a lot to learn with life. It was disliked. Maybe if he focuses on ads that will show how he did in the senate, his actual plans and programs, then he will earn the respect of the thinking generation.
Noynoy - His political ad is star studded! 14 big names in the showbiz industry was with him passing around the light from the torch. Nothing more to discuss. That's just it. No message.
Chiz - Of all the political ads, his song will stick in the brain. It is a good ad. Even kids in the street are singing "may bagong umagang parating". The consistency of his ad will help him win a portion of the new generation. However, the question whether or not he has actually done something as a Senator remains to be answered.
Erap - His ad is more on presenting his hurt feelings and takes pride that the "masa" is still with him.


At the end of the day, after watching the political circus, the ordinary people suffers the most. But at least in this generation, we are not confined.