COLORS that look good together: orange and green, green and yellow, yellow and beige, beige and white, white and gray, gray and pink, pink and blue, blue and red, red and black, black and white, white and blue, blue and black, black and beige, beige and brown.
Before merging with another political party, better check if your color plus theirs will be pleasing to the eye. If the answer is a big no, mix the two colors, like what paint stores do, to produce a new hue.
Will a political candidate ever choose black, gray, brown, beige, or white as his political color? Ho-hum. The brighter the color, the stronger the impact on potential voters.
It’s only 2023 but in the mind and heart of politicians and political candidates, the campaign season for the 2025 and 2028 elections is already here. Some people are resigning from their political parties, some people are being demoted from their lofty political positions, and some people are forming new political parties.
The Pinoy’s ultimate political wish must be for Pinas to simplify to Democrats versus Republicans. Blue versus red. So simple. No yellows, no pinks, no greens, no oranges, no violets. Just blue and red.
Once upon a time, yellow dominated Pinas’ political scene, and all the other colors paled in comparison. This phenomenon began when Ninoy Aquino was about to return to Pinas on August 21, 1983. Yellow ribbons were tied around trees leading to his residence in Times Street, Quezon City, with that song, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree,” in mind. What’s the “connect”? Hmmm. Let’s listen to the first two stanzas of its lyrics:
I’m comin’ home, I’ve done my time
Now I’ve got to know what is and isn’t mine
If you received my letter telling you I’d soon be free
Then you’ll know just what to do if you still want me
If you still want me
Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon ‘round the ole oak tree
It’s been three long years, do you still want me? (still want me)
If I don’t see a ribbon ‘round the ole oak tree
I’ll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me
If I don’t see a yellow ribbon ‘round the ole oak tree
“Tie a Yellow Ribbon” is about a man who’s finally free after “three long years” in prison. He wrote a letter to his wife to “tie a yellow ribbon ‘round the ole oak tree” if “you still want me.” As the bus neared his house, this is what he saw: “I can’t believe I see/A hundred yellow ribbons ‘round the ole oak tree.” Not only one yellow ribbon, but a “hundred yellow ribbons.”
Ninoy was exiled to the US in 1980, together with Tita Cory and their children, an exile that also lasted for three years until he decided to return to Pinas in 1983. Unfortunately, Ninoy never saw his yellow ribbons.
Many conspiracy theories have been passed around about the mastermind behind his assassination. When Tita Cory became president, the Pinoy thought she would do everything to solve the case. The same was expected when their son PNoy became president. The conspiracy theories have already faded into oblivion, overpowered by new political controversies that Pinoy politicians love to enliven with their sound bites.
