And they say they're shocked?

Go into any online forums before the elections and the general sentiment was, people would rather vote for a cat, a cow or a monkey, as long as it's not for the coalition government.

No matter what propaganda they put on our very pro-government media, no matter how many million (of taxpayers' money) they spend on telling us how they've contributed to the nation, people are not stupid, deaf or blind.

No rhetoric about how they "protect our rights regardless of race or creed" would make people forget how component party heads kept quiet when injustices were made to the minorities. Nor would they forget the excuses they spouted to toe the line drawn by a keris-wielding higher power.

So much so, people would rather vote for inexperienced, new faces. Candidates who have no master but the rakyat. And they did.

And they say they're shocked? They need a post mortem to analyse what went wrong? They must be kidding. If they have been paying attention at all, they should know why we are unhappy. And no amount of feel good commercials would convince us otherwise.

The people have spoken.
And because the coalition are still in power (no thanks to gerrymandering), it is time they listen.

This time, we deny them 2/3 majority.
But if Malaysia continues to be plundered by the well connected, who knows what will happen in the next elections.

Meanwhile, let's pray that the opposition don't muck up the 5 states they've won. Everyone is watching with bated breath.