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“I did not have 3,000 pairs of shoes. I had 1,060.”
-- Imelda Marcos, shoe queen. In this AP shot from 2006, she holds one of her many shoes while standing with her grandson. Wonder if she ever got any of them on sale?
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Because she is such a polarizing figure, the way Mrs. Marcos celebrated her birthday (or any celebration of hers, for that matter) enraged her detractors. Remember the old adage which goes something like — “the best revenge is to live well”? Well folks…… she’s living well at the age of 80 — (a) she’s in the pink of health, (b) she looks very good for her age, (c) her almost 1,000 cases have all been dismissed save for a handful which don’t seem to be going anywhere, (d) the Philippine Justice Department just decreed that her jewelry collection be returned to her because of a legal blunder committed by state attorneys during Cory Aquino's presidency, (e) her daughter is a congressman and her only son is a popular governor, and (e) despite her tale that she is “impoverished, she is able to live in a duplex Penthouse overlooking the Manila Golf Club and the Polo Club, and is a fixture at lavish parties whisked around in her BMW 7-Series limousine.
And her enemies? Gnashing their teeth and shouting that she should be put in jail and burned at the stake. After all the sh*t that she’s been through and after all the sh*t thrown at her, whether or not it is an act of revenge on her part and whether or not it is justified under karmic law, NOBODY can dispute the fact that IMELDA IS LIVING HER LIFE WELL (and all these while Cory Aquino is on her death bed fighting colon cancer).
And we all just have to live with that fact. A lot of us may not be able to grin about this, but everyone just has to bear with it.
Posted by: zippo | July 07, 2009 at 01:19 AM
Kind'a like when Central America's biggest "commie" - Daniel Ortega would buy $500 sunglasses during he and his wife's shopping sprees to New York.
Leftist chic, payed-for by the poor.
Posted by: Jack | July 06, 2009 at 09:26 AM
2006? That necktie looks like 1986. Bet you he's wearing stone washed jeans.
Posted by: olde40oz | July 03, 2009 at 07:06 AM