In defense of the gentle tormented man

In defense of The Gentlemean

It is difficult not to sympathize with first gentleman Mike Arroyo. In the first place, he is referred to by the Philippine press, rather condescendingly, as The First Gentleman. That should be condescending and sarcastic enough. But no, the clueless Philippine press persists in demonizing this fellow. As for me, just looking at his pained, tormented, and constipated face is enough to convince me of his innocence.
For why else would he go to Germany just to get a certificate from Hypovereins that he and his brother (who previously admitted to be Jose Pidal) did not have the account that Rep. Cayetano mentioned in an impeachment speech?
The most likely explanation is he forgot about where his accounts really are. It shoud be easy for us to forgive him for that. After all, we middle class jerks often forget about the bank accounts for which we have withdrawn the sustaining balance. He went to Germany just to make sure he didn’t have an account there. So stop smirking, that’s perfectly understandable and Cayetano should just apologize if he wants to remain honorable.
(By the way, whatever happened to that chief of staff of Iggy Arroyo who was interviewed by Dong Puno claiming that he was on the other end (instead of Garci) speaking with the First Lady on election issues after the actual vote? My guess is he will never be charged for anything. That’s how short the memory of Puno and the rest of us Filipinos is. )
Last Thursday, September 7, tv host Ricky Carandang proposed that the basis of Rep. Allan Cayetano's so-called expose on the first family's German bank account was a purported memo from the US embassy in Manila to the State Department in Washington when Ricciardone was still the US envoy to RP. The account allegedly investigated by either the CIA or the FBI or both allegedly contained at least $500M.
Carandang went to the Embassy for confirmation. This is my spurious account of what transpired:
Ricky: Sir, is this document authentic?
Spokesman: I can neither confirm nor deny that.
Ricky: Sir, but you are the spokesman of the Embassy?
Spokesman: Uhhmm....
Ricky: Sir, is it true that a neither confirm nor deny response means a yes?
Spokesman: Maybe. But that did not come from me. You never talked to me and you can't even prove your own existence! I haven't seen you in the Solipsist meetings, have I?
Ricky: Thank you for your time sir. Did you just fart?

As far as I know a no-comment comment is meant to say that the commentor wants to keep the commentee and his/her audience off guard or for cheap deterrence. For example, during the cold war, such a response could have beeen interpreted as either the respondent did not want to tell a lie (if there was a nuclear sub in Subic) or else wanted the enemies to think there was one regardless of reality. In the case of corruption and official records, it might well be the Embassy just wants its cards close to its ass.