Suharto vs. Ferdinand Marcos

[Simfan34]

If you were a resident of a large, poor, island nation in Southeast Asia in 1965, and these were the candidates in the election, who would you vote for-Suharto or Marcos?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

One was corrupt and authoritarian, the otherw was corrupt, authoritarian and genocidal. Lesser of two evils is obvious.

[TDAS04]

Marcos

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Corrupt dictator >>>> corrupt mass-murdering dictator.

[PiMp DaDdy FitzGerald]

The corrupt dude, or the corrupt genocidaire. Such a hard question.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Wasn't Marcos a fairly decent, non controversial, democratic President up until he declare martial law and began practicing nepotism with most government enterprises?

[RogueBeaver]

Wasn't Marcos a fairly decent, non controversial, democratic President up until he declare martial law and began practicing nepotism with most government enterprises?

In a word, no.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Wasn't Marcos a fairly decent, non controversial, democratic President up until he declare martial law and began practicing nepotism with most government enterprises?

In a word, no.

Gotcha. The only thing I know about the Marcos is Imelda's shoe collection.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Wasn't Marcos a fairly decent, non controversial, democratic President up until he declare martial law and began practicing nepotism with most government enterprises?

In a word, no.

Gotcha. The only thing I know about the Marcos is Imelda's shoe collection.

This is what most people knows.