Marina Mahathir wrote this......
Happy reading
Friday, February 15, 2008
The Silly Season starts
Or rather, it continues...
Well folks, get your nice little thumbs ready to be indelibly inked on March 8! Of course, as a prelude to that we have to put up with all sorts of nonsense which is supposed to help us decide who to vote for. Personally I'd like to choose from a range of intelligence , rather than nonsense, but what can you do?
For instance, today, our favourite toupee dared an army to try and unseat him. These are the reasons why people in Sungai Siput should re-elect him for the umpteenth time ad nauseam: “I have made Sungai Siput a very beautiful town. Not only that, I have solved every problem of the community. I have made Sungai Siput a really good place to live in,” Methinks, he should just stand for mayor of Sungai Siput instead rather than beautifying SS in order to build lousy highways and buildings everywhere else.
Rumour has it that Rapidfire Rafidah is going to be moved out of MITI but then we shouldn't listen to rumours. Instead we should listen to daft statements like this one the other day and make our decision:
Asked about the opposition's strength, Rafidah said about 35% of the population supported the opposition and they comprised the bloggers, Hindraf members and their supporters.
Let me see, 35% of 26 million is 9.1million. That's probably caused the Opposition to send lots of Valentine's cards to Rafidah yesterday since they never knew they had that many supporters. And all these 9.1m are bloggers and Hindraf supporters? Waaaahhhhh......!
And how's this for a young man's optimism? I don't know lah but the logo looks as if it's saying No to 18-year old people. Would be good to know if the 50,000 young Kelantanese who are outside the state are working in meaningful jobs provided by the BN government, that they would be grateful enough to go back to their home state to vote. And what exactly was the mistake (committed by whom I wonder) back in 2004 that caused BN to lose by a small majority? Hardly the most tactful thing to say about your Kelantanese colleagues, no?
And I'm not sure what to make of this from our UMNO Youth head (no dear, the real one, not the other one who talks more than his erstwhile boss): “It's all in my head as lists don't mean anything if the candidates are not qualified or accepted by all levels,”
And this: “I treat all nominations the same way, whether the candidate is the son-in-law of the prime minister, the son of a former prime minister or someone who has proven their leadership in a Felda area.” But some people are protected, right?
