Comments on: Yonder sits the Fifth Estate http://theunspunblog.com/2008/03/13/yonder-sits-the-fifth-estate/ Unspinning communications and persuasion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:28:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: unspun http://theunspunblog.com/2008/03/13/yonder-sits-the-fifth-estate/#comment-40136 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:14:23 +0000 http://theunspunblog.com/2008/03/13/yonder-sits-the-fifth-estate/#comment-40136 @Matsalo: Good point. Opposition should be mindful that they got in not because they are so hot but because BN sucked big time. Now that they are in they have a chance to make good or stay out by the next election.

]]> By: Matsalo http://theunspunblog.com/2008/03/13/yonder-sits-the-fifth-estate/#comment-40130 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:34:57 +0000 http://theunspunblog.com/2008/03/13/yonder-sits-the-fifth-estate/#comment-40130 Sir – I think all this is going to take a while to sink in. Until the dust settles…

TO me, UMNO is totally irrelevant in this day and age, and so is MIC and MCA. It’s like flogging a dead horse.

For a fledging democracy like Malaysia who yearns to be on the world’s stage – some sort of new political order is necessary and it should neither be race nor religious based. PKR is a step in the right direction but except for Anwar, the appeal is limited and DAP is also perceived as chauvinistic. Based on the outcome, it’s possible to have the Liberals / Conservatives a la UK or GOPs and Democrats like in the US. Wishful thinking, maybe?

The question is, who are the visionaries who will take our system to the next level? Personally I like both PKR and MDP (Wee) but it’s too small to be anything but mainstream at the moment.

If only people like Zaid, Wee, Guan Eng, Husam Musa can sit down together and crack their heads then maybe a real change can happen.

The opposition better not let it get into their heads too much because their win isn’t because they’re popular – but people are just fed-up with BN. People just threw their votes to the other side, as in “let’s teach these guys a lesson” because they just couldn’t deal with the “devil they know any more”…

But one person I do not want to see in political arena in the future is you-know-who. There is something sinister and vile about him that I find repulsive. Plus, he’s hardly what I call a Malaysian, and as a Negeri boy, he embarrasses me.

]]> By: Yonder sits the Fifth Estate http://theunspunblog.com/2008/03/13/yonder-sits-the-fifth-estate/#comment-40106 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:58:53 +0000 http://theunspunblog.com/2008/03/13/yonder-sits-the-fifth-estate/#comment-40106 [...] La Chola wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt The shock from the earthquake that was the Malaysian General Elections has yet to settle but we are already seeing the aftershocks. The first of probably many to come is the Opposition DAP’s decision to get its State Assemblymen to stay away from the swearing in of the Perak Chief Minister – because the Sultan had favored a PAS candidate rather than the DAP candidate. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? With the credibility of the executive, judiciary, parliament and mainstream media in doubt an [...]

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