Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Money Politics

As usual the headline in the sun of 12th September 2006 is pure Dr. M.

It seems incongruous that someone who started this particular trend in the ruling party’s tradition has come out against it. Once upon a time, money was not evident during the party’s election campaign. But since that particular leader came to power, that habit of currying favour with your supporters with the aid of the big ringgit has been accepted as normal procedure. A known fact but not acknowledged publicly. If that style of campaigning is so despicable to him, why did he not stop it from the start? He may feign innocence since he does not know personally of any cases but is it a case of putting the blinkers to reality. Anyway, what is happening at the moment is a product of his legacy. If he does not like what he is seeing, he should shoulder the responsibility. Or maybe he should be proud that his supporters/successors have learnt their lessons so well from the great master. You reap what you sow.

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