tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post114664617334819667..comments2023-11-05T17:53:13.405+08:00Comments on Singabloodypore: Stakes high for Singapore's PM in May 6 pollUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1146722763099228482006-05-04T14:06:00.000+08:002006-05-04T14:06:00.000+08:00poor guy; very painful watching him; he gets embar...poor guy; very painful watching him; he gets embarrassed easilyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1146720062738330142006-05-04T13:21:00.000+08:002006-05-04T13:21:00.000+08:00but pm also said on May day rally that "contentmen...but pm also said on May day rally that "contentment is happiness" and why the insistence to fight hard to have a "clean sweep" if not 83 out of 84 seats. Isn't 82 seats good enough to be contended with?<BR/><BR/>GY initially said to remove gomez and later said to remove him after polling while the remaining members of wp still could contest - sounds like the rule and regulations can be changed at their whims and fancy. so will whatever they promise now be changed to empty promises after election?<BR/><BR/>Pls read Yawning Bread: GRC election quiz <BR/>http://www.yawningbread.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1146701688235863202006-05-04T08:14:00.000+08:002006-05-04T08:14:00.000+08:00some time afterwards the PM will do a major renewa...some time afterwards the PM will do a major renewal replacing old by young; he has been rather quiet about the current topic - he has the freedom to make his own decision and not follow, while other ministers have less option; the contrast between father and son is becoming quite prominentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1146675174464940872006-05-04T00:52:00.000+08:002006-05-04T00:52:00.000+08:00While times has changed, the PAP sadly has not. If...While times has changed, the PAP sadly has not. If they lose power whether be it this election or in future elections, then they have only themselves to blame. They are political dinosaurs destined for extinction if they don't learn to adapt to the winds of change.<BR/><BR/>Is there any change in the way they are campaigning? Its still defamation lawsuits, implicit/ explicit threats, living on past glories and fear mongering among the voters. <BR/><BR/>Todays' voters are no longer dependent on the ST for their news and reports. The PAP no longer has a stranglehold on information. If they don't start engaging the voters on a deeper more intellectual level, its just a matter of time before they completely alienate everyone and fade away into obscurity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1146665151969890002006-05-03T22:05:00.000+08:002006-05-03T22:05:00.000+08:00The problem for the PAP is that Singaporeans can n...The problem for the PAP is that Singaporeans can no longer be fooled and the sunami of public will and opinion will in the end egulf them .History will condem MM .He is an old man that should be basking in his past achivments but will sadly in the end be rembered only for the way he played the game by gread and lies and deceit .Like all meglomaniacs they are there own worse enemyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1146653618820709332006-05-03T18:53:00.000+08:002006-05-03T18:53:00.000+08:00Even if the opposition do manage to gain further s...Even if the opposition do manage to gain further seats, I am certain the governing PAP will quickly discover new slegal ways of making it impossible for the new MP's to sit in the house.<BR/>BG and his father have become desperate, and scared of the new thinking Singapore voter.<BR/><BR/>They feel they could be facing a crack in the damn. If four constituency's changted hands on Saturday, the situation could escalade, and it could be forty at the next election.<BR/><BR/>Today's thinking breed of opposition are different from the closed minded run of the mill PAP member. They are able to debate to lengths far ahead of the present PAP gentry, many unable to string a sentence together.Compare a debate in Singapore parliaament to a debate in Englands houses of parliament. <BR/><BR/>Today's Guardian columnist was correct in describing our single tier government as a municipal council. I would say what you hear nin parliment if more like a typical English town council.<BR/>However, I sadly feel after this election has been counted, the desperate PAP will seek new ways of outlawing any opposition parties. They seem to be forget the string of very bad and damaging coverage they receive from world media. And if this situation gets out of hand Singapore may face a problem where new companies are likely to take a second look at the once safe country.<BR/><BR/>I cannot offer a solution. But I only hope that the PAP do not strangle the life out of their frightened population, and yes the man in the street is frightened of his own shadow.<BR/><BR/>I leave the effects of the anti publicity to run its course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539995.post-1146651606291010932006-05-03T18:20:00.000+08:002006-05-03T18:20:00.000+08:00"They see the PAP's electioneering tactics as belo..."They see the PAP's electioneering tactics as below the belt".<BR/><BR/>I guess this was written before Gomez was unjustly crucified. The PAP tactics are not below the belt, they are between the legs. <BR/><BR/>Despicable. Really despicable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com