Why Kris chooses Binay. “Are you really serious about supporting Binay for the presidency?” I said, introducing myself. She was busy writing something, and obviously, I was interrupting. Forthrightly, she replied, “Yes.” Pressing on, I said, “Why?” “This is a free country, and I am entitled to my opinion!” She shot back at me. Fair enough. Indeed she was/is. I mulled that over for a few minutes, and decided it was not the answer I was looking for. I was hoping for some kind of justification, a reasonable explanation for such an apparently outrageous choice. After all, like her, I am also a free citizen of a free country, entitled to ask questions and expect answers from those who shape public opinion, responsibly or otherwise. “What is it about him that makes you think he can step into your brother’s shoes?” I persisted, like a dog worrying a bone. Perhaps, I was looking to be convinced. Maybe there is something in the man that I am missing, failing to see. “I like him. It’s a personal choice!” she said. “But why?” I insisted, and as she started to answer, I thought to further qualify my question: “Is Binay really your honest idea of the person best able to take over and carry on your brother’s daang matuwid legacy?” “I was in the process of replying, and you interrupted me,” she threw back at me, apparently irked. “Sorry. My mistake, carry on.” “I like him. We like him. He’s helped us a lot. He is always there for us,” she said. Read more: newsinfo.inquirer.net/634122/a-flighty-qa-with-kris-aquino-why-endorse-jejomar-binay#ixzz3Bwb5V61o Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook newsinfo.inquirer.net/634122/a-flighty-qa-with-kris-aquino-why-endorse-jejomar-binay
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