I felt an urge to laugh...
...when I read this.
He's so deluded.
There are 3 things that should happen before he can even begin mending the cracks and convince us he is worthy of his position.
1) Son-in-law should NOT be made a full minister.
2) Keris-wielder should give a public apology and not be given a significant post in Cabinet.
3) Get rid of ISA.
He's so deluded.
There are 3 things that should happen before he can even begin mending the cracks and convince us he is worthy of his position.
1) Son-in-law should NOT be made a full minister.
2) Keris-wielder should give a public apology and not be given a significant post in Cabinet.
3) Get rid of ISA.
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says Wandernut on Thursday, March 13, 2008
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It is true that there are some parts in there that are laughable.
I have tried throughout my period in office to bring our country and our communities closer together. I have stood in firm opposition to those who have sought to divide us along racial, religious and ethnic lines.
But let's recognise that there are also parts that would NEVER have come out of the mouth of his predecessor.
Some people took the opportunity when voting to voice a protest, as can happen in any democracy. We accept the result. That is what democracy is all about.
We are listening. I know there is discontent among some parts of our community. I accept it is our responsibility, as the newly re-elected government of all Malaysians, to find practical solutions to ease that discontent, to listen to grievances and to seek to remedy them.
TDM would never have acknowledged that there is discontent. He would have countered any negative indicator with trademark sarcasm and "I know better what's good for you twits".
TDM would never have shown grace in defeat. Then again, he would never have allowed a defeat. See, the issues that have galvanised the country this time have been around for at least 20 years. Corruption, ineptitude at state level etc. Elections have been unfair for decades, going right back to the late 1960s.
Even with the reformasi wave in 1999 when the malays were split, BN retained its 2/3 majority.
What's different now? Why have the elections become more fair and free?
I think it's the almost planetary alignment of 2 major factors.
1) The government did not use the usual heavy-handed maneuvers as was done in 1999,
2) the opposition finally got its act together – PAS toned down the fundamentalism, DAP put up more palatable candidates and toned down the chauvinism, Keadilan downplayed the malay/Anwar factor.
The rise of alternative media vide the internet played a huge part yes, but in my opinion was less influential than the other 2 factors.
Anwar bridged the differences between DAP and PAS, so that the Opposition could have a makeover and be seen as a united entity for all races. That, coupled with the lack of the kind of climate of fear perpetuated by BN in previous elections...well, here we are.
Everybody’s condemning Badawi for being weak. But I think that cloud has a very big silver lining. Yes, this loss was allowed to happen…more by inaction than active reform. He didn’t clamp down on dissent as ferociously as TDM used to. The Bersih and Hindraf rallies would never have been tolerated by TDM. The Lingam case on judge-fixing, the Altantuya case, the wrong-doings of various civil servants etc all would never have been allowed to be given so much coverage in the newspapers under TDM's watch.
Badawi failed to deliver on his promise to clean up. But to be fair, we should acknowledge the scale of the problem we expect him to clean up. It's a 40 year legacy.
I think political commentary needs to be objective, hence we ought to try to be better than those we condemn. Whilst we expect grace from the defeated, we sometimes forget grace in victory (Dr. Ramasamy is an exception in his humility, similary Koh).
If we take the position that everything that comes out of our (now defeated) opponent's mouth is laughable and deridable, we're no better than those we criticise.
The results of this election is overwhelmingly welcome. But as we all proceed to crucify Badawi, it's really sad that the positives - the halting of the crooked bridge and Bakun projects also springs to mind (mine alone it seems) - are forgotten.
Gag me, i've gotten on my lectern again. :D
wah... your comment longer than the post. kakaka...
Yalor, you know me lah. :D
Wait a minute!! I thought that was the post (by Spot). Wrong web add again? Good one Spot.
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Looks like spot needed a place to speak now her own place is rather defunct :P
But seriously I'm really impressed with the text. Like, WHO WROTE THAT??? Such impeccable English! I doubt even the original BM text (which I'm sure it started as) would have sounded half as eloquent.
not only is he delusional, he can't count for shit. the percentage of the number of seats won comes up to 61.7%, not even reaching 62%, and he's embellishing it to be 63%? go back to kindergarten lah bodowi.
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