[Maturing electorate] its not about the candidates, its bout the party

[brocoli]

Sinkies are realising that they are not just selecting for a MP but selecting a team.

some old stick in the m&d still believe that the better the candidate mean higher chance of winning

none other than the 2 most infamous and inaccurate pundit

I agree with some of the thoughts expressed here.

It is between SDP and WP. It will depend on the candidates offered by both parties. If it is JJ, SDP will yield but will seek concession or promise for 2016. WP will agree to the promise or concession if VW is the candidate proposed. If JJ is not the candidate offered, and SDP offers VW, WP will yield. Both sides will walk away with great amount of goodwill. I don't see any other scenario being played.

The rest can wank themselves silly.

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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;">Wan Bao has always been
quite supportive of Workers Party (WP) all this while and it is exceptional for
it to be so. This could be seen from the reports on WP since the Hougang
By-Elections held earlier on. It is indeed rare to have a mainstream newspaper
to be so supportive of an opposition party under Singapore’s unique political
consrtruct.&nbsp;</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">However, it should not
be biased by its support to WP so much so that it would go that extra mile to
use reports with twisted angle to attack those who have very different stance
from it! (I am of course referring to myself!)</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Just like the report
shown above, it uses a very definite tone to assert that “majority of netizens
feel that there is sourness written between the lines”; it would be totally
misleading to those who don’t really know the fact at al! Well, I have checked
through this comment posted on my FB and I have found there are over 20 FB
friends agreed with my comments and have clicked “Like” while there are just
only a handful of those usual suspects of hardcore WP people raising
disagreement. How could that be considered as “majority”? Maybe the Chief
Editor of Wan Bao should help the reporter to get a new pair of spectacles or
that send the reporter to a couple of Statistics classes! Such gross
misreporting could damage Wan Bao’s credibility and reputation (that is, if
there is any left)!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Well, I am a straight
talker and will not try to beat around the bushes. Some feel that this is REAL
while more feels that this is just “ignorant” or even “idiocy”; this is just a
matter of perspectives. Nevertheless, many people feel that as “politician”, it
is better to be “slick”and have a “glib toungue”, must be more “politically
correct”. However, isn’t that asking politicians to hide their real thoughts
and replace them with sweet talking? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>I
don’t concur to such hypocritical pretence!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">As for my comment, that
is serious matter. There are a lot of people disappointed with WP’s performance
since last General Elections. Even the so call “political observer” whom Wan
Bao interviewed has to settle with the assessment of “WP’s performance is so
so”. That is basically just a civil way (politically correctly smooth) of saying
“mediocre”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It is a fact that there
isn’t much commendable performance.&nbsp;</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Right from the start, Chen Show Mao has
conceded to PAP to become the great fearless Wei Zheng who will speak the
truth, in all honesty with their criticisms. That basically means that PAP has
become the Emperor while WP becomes the loyal court officials. There is
basically nothing wrong to concede to the victor as it is a common practice in
ancient history. But Wei Zheng is one who will speak up fearlessly (well, isn’t
that as ignorant and idiotic as I do? LOL!) of the truth and facts and isn’t
one of the fearful silent coward. However, just after one year plus, why has
our Wei Zheng become the silent one on the policy front?</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">WP walks into parliament
with the slogan of “Towards First World Parliament” but once in parliament, why
are they bringing up such inconsequential questions on cats, dogs and bird
droppings? Is it true that there isn’t any other important National issue to be
brought up in parliament for debate? Why didn’t they bring up the issue of AIM
in parliament earlier on?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Even for that “sure
score” issue of ministerial salary debate, WP has screwed up so badly that it
was mercilessly mocked by PAP. Not to mention about being exposed of plagiarism
right in parliament. My little criticism of WP in my FB is really nothing
compared to be shamed in the hall of parliamentary debate. How embarrassing!&nbsp;</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Just when we thought the worst is over, WP exploded with the Yaw Shin Leong
scandal. The ultimate shame lies in how clueless WP was in handling such
scandal. It has dragged the scandal for nearly a month before it was forced to
tearfully sacrificed YSL. Apparently this has put a lot of doubt on the crisis
management ability of WP. After the dust settled, we thought we could just
close the chapter with a by-election. However, the WP candidate’s credibility
was again put to doubt by a leaked minutes of its CEC meeting. Finally, the
by-election has a happy ending with the magnanimous support of Hougang voters.
But just as we thought all the storms have passed, residents under WP’s wards
exposed that WP has used lucky draw to buy votes in support of HDB upgrading!
This is the greatest ironic blow to opposition as a whole as we have been
attacking PAP of using HDB upgrading to buy votes during elections! This is
simply the pot calling the kettle black!</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Our hearts are bleeding
with all these missteps of WP! All these mediocre performance has absolutely
nothing to do with the lack of confidence. I have thought through rigorously
but I just couldn’t figure out how “confidence” (or the lack of it), as
mentioned by the political observer, has to do with WP’s mediocre performance.
However, I would say some of the incidents have to do with the over confidence,
complacency and arrogance.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">It is unimaginable that within such a short period
of one and a half year’s time, WP has been making such fumbles in such high
frequency and how is WP going to survive for the next 3 to 4 years before the
next GE! Confidence can never solve these fundamental problems!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">It is inexplicable for
the Wan Boa’s political observer to assert that we should give WP one more seat
so that they will have the confidence to perform better! This is really absurd!
When did we become a country that abandon the core principle of meritocracy
while rewarding mediocre performance?&nbsp; We should insist on meritocracy and
reject mediocrity.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">If we lose this
insistence on meritocracy, Singapore
would definitely and eventually end up with a political slimy m&d filled with
mediocrity instead of becoming “First World”
class!</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">If WP chose to contest
the by-election due short term political interests considerations, before it
rectifies, consolidate and make adjustment to its present team of MPs, even if it
managed to win another seat, it will face the greater risk of having further
mediocre impact that would cause even more blunders. This is especially so when
it is obvious from Hougang By-election that WP is pretty dry on its talent pool
now.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">&nbsp; </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">WP should stop and
reflect upon itself, bides its time in reconsolidation before it starts afresh
again. Only in doing so, it would be able to meet the high expectations of its
supporters to accomplish and fulfill its mission of creating the “First World
Parliament”.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Nothing is absolute in
this world. More may not be good. We should have quality MPs instead of just
quantity. If the slate of MPs are still lacking in quality, it should just give
them closed door training to perfection. WP should get its house in order first before
it move forward to win any other seats.In short, it is best for WP to give it
a pass for this by-election.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Goh Meng Seng</span></div>
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[brocoli]

Sis, LHL will never be confused when it comes to intel on opposition parties. Trust me on this. Many are paid to service the interest of the MIW. Of course our learned PM always confused when it comes to most other matters.

you sure he is not confused?