Beyond euphoria

Beyond euphoria

Filipinos know the feeling, the euphoria that exploded in the US over the victory of Barack Obama, the first African-American to win in the US presidential elections, over John McCain, US President George Bush’s anointed candidate. It was akin to the collective high that overcame the vast majority of the Filipino people when the Marcos dictatorship fell in 1986 and the unassuming widow of the slain opposition leader, Ninoy Aquino, assumed the presidency.

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