It's a clear case of who-more-evil than the other. Who's badder - Keris-Man or Broom-Guy?
Keris-Man played on words and did a apology-no-apology stunt and Broom-Guy is making sweeping statements that make everyone (except himself) look bad.
According to Khir Toyo as reported on Malaysiakini:
The keris-waving incident that sparked an uproar among non-Malays may have contributed to the poor performance of Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) in the March 8 polls, said former Selangor Menteri Besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo.
Source: Malaysiakini
"May have contributed"? I think it was a cause of defeat especially for the MCA and Gerakan who failed to listen and stand up for the Chinese community
In both cases of the Keris and the Broom - BN embarrassed themselves. UMNO showed themselves to be pompous, thinking that being the biggest political party; they were the government. UMNO forgot that the government comprises of Malaysians who are not just Malays and Malaysians replied in kind to deny them total victory.
So now that Khir has thrown the ball into Keris-Man's court, what will Keris-Man do now? Would the UMNO whipping boys come out in force and smack Khir Toyo silly?
I'm also quite curious as to the reason Khir Toyo is very vocal of late. Would all this lead up to something major? To date, there has yet to be a strong handed response by UMNO leaders. If Khir Toyo was from another political party, criticizing an UMNO lad, then I'm sure we would have heard a lot but here we have an UMNO guy calling Samy Vellu almost a liar (in the face), pointing his finger at Keris-Man and saying, it's your fault and he seems to be getting away with it.
Maybe while he's at it, Khir can enlighten us on Selangor's poor environmental record? I remember a whole mountain being stripped of it's trees and he had the cheek to say, I did not know about it when all he needed to do was look out his office window.
So is The Keris or The Broom? Actually, there's nothing wrong with the objects but the problem lies with the men holding them.
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Khir Toyo flung some dirt at Samy Vellu according to reports by Malaysiakini:
Presiden MIC Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu meminta bekas Menteri Besar Selangor Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo supaya berhenti membuat tuduhan tidak berasas berhubung kekalahan Barisan Nasional (BN) di negeri itu dalam pilihanraya umum lalu.
Source: Malaysiakini
Things are heating up with Khir Toyo saying that it was Samy Vellu who ordered the demolition of the hindu temple at Kampung Rimbajaya.
New broom sweeps very clean and the dirt is smacking on everyone. I wonder if Khir would say anything about Pak Lah? And are we going to see someone dishing out the dirt on Khir Toyo especially going on the tune of RM9.9 million?
Hey, Samy...just start a blog of your own and spill the beans and let the blog wars begin. After starting your own blog, get an interview with Malaysiakini and dish out more dirt on everyone. I'm sure you have a lot of stories to tell us.
It's really amazing, in January of this year it would seemed impossible to get UMNO guys blogging or talking to Malaysiakini. Suddenly, it seems to be the in thing for any would be politician who needs to be seen as close to the rakyat.
Irony of ironies; they are all following in the steps of Anwar Ibrahim who has been the star of the new media since 1997 and now the BN dudes are desperately trying to play catch up and the best way to get noticed in cyber-world is to fling dirt at each other.
Khir Toyo is really picking things up and using it to his advantage. So what next Khir?
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Khir Toyo is really making noise for himself. In an interview with Malaysiakini he cited that UMNO had lost touch with reality. Maybe this is due to the fact, he has found enlightenment as a blogger? It's funny that one can say something in the real world and after defeat can change his/her tune at a whim without remembering what they said before.
But that is the state of politicians in Malaysia, they are free to say whatever they want as long as they are part of the ruling government even if they contradict themselves shamelessly.
Worst still, Khir Toyo claims first digs as a soothsayer;
Former Selangor Menteri Besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo said he knew it all along that Barisan Nasional (BN) would suffer heavy losses in the March 8 polls, long before the date arrived.
Source: Malaysiakini
So he's saying a lot of things and clearly, trying hard to make himself likable. A complicated man this Khir Toyo.
If he knew that BN was going to lose big, why did he not make noise then? He could have started blogging about the impending doom of BN way before March 8th. That would have gathered some attention. Why did he take to blogging after the elections and not before? A clear case of "Knee-jerk reaction".
Welcome to the new reality, Khir Toyo and when you play in this world you need to know certain things. So if anyone happens to know Khir Toyo, I have some friendly advice for him concerning this new reality that BN lost touch with:
- Not everything you say, people would believe. Latching on to new media (blogging or even Malaysiakini.tv) and having your say, does not mean people would instantly take to you. People will comment (note: some dude called me a m*****F***** for supporting Wan Azizah for PM) and flame your balls off. Be prepared.
- You will be put on public trial. Whatever you do in this new reality (cyberspace) would be put on public trial. People will try best to match it with your world-reality. It doesn't help that your so popular, giving out brooms and all.
- Its all about perceptions. People perceive, assume and gather facts and if perceptions are strong enough they never bother about gathering facts. So we walk around with mere perceptions and assumptions on a given matter. The MSM was really good at this, they create perceptions and assumptions, which the general public took to heart but somewhere along the line these perceptions and assumptions did not tally with real events. Logic kicked in and people start searching for facts and the facts spoke for themselves. With correct facts, people build mind-sets. So now, what are you going to do to reverse people's mind-sets on BN because the facts speak for themselves - BN failed the people.
All this brings me to another point. Where is the money? Khir Toyo speaks so much about right and wrong; nothing wrong with that unless you want to replace Nostradamus, but people have built a mind-set about Khir Toyo. And it doesn't help if you wife is suspected of running off with RM9.9 million.
So give us the facts, don't you think it's wrong that your wife could simply disband an organization and transfer RM9.9 million to another organization? I told my mum about this and she asked me, "So what happened to the treasurer?" Good question.
So come clean and just admit the fact that your wife did wrong and throw yourself at the mercy of the people and maybe they will pity you. Be a gentleman and admit your faults.
Cheers!
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