Re: GE Predication- Close Fight in 9 GRC
Even if you think the WP is overhyped, if it is PAP vs WP it should be a vote for the WP, no hesitation.
Even though I am new here. I have read this forum for years. So, you and a few others are the ones whom I have respect - for your intelligence, reasoning, wit, humor etc.
I agree with you, that if it is PAP vs WP, it should be a vote for WP. That is reasonable.
However, do you not agree with me that if we keep saying that WP should have a first right to contest in a particular GRC or SMC simply because it has better chance to win, then it will keep on being a self-fulfilling prophesy?
How do we know that if the WP has not bulldozed into the MP GRC this coming election, that if it is one to one NSP vs PAP, that more oppo supporters would vote for NSP?
My main concern is that, if we are really objective, the WP has not really proven themselves during these last five years.
Their performance in the Parliament is below par, why put all our eggs in one basket and not give a chance and try out the other oppo too?
Frankly, the Bedok hawker center cleaning saga, the AHPETC CNY trade fair saga, the AHPETC town council financial management issue, if one is really objective, the WP is at fault too even though the PAP is also not right. Why not just let the WP improve themselves before they take in more GRCs and SMCs than they can chew. I personally think it is too big a risk to take by voting in too many WP MPs until they have proven themselves.
It is not as if we have no other good candidates in the other oppo parties that we can vote in. In my opinion, CSJ, Dr Paul, KJ, TJS, Hazel, Jeanette can definitely do a better job than some of the existing WP MPs. But if the WP supporters keep insisting that the WP has a better chance of winning, then these other good ones may not have a chance of winning if they are all forced to take on the difficult GRCs.
If you have visited the NSP facebook wall these last few days, you will understand what i mean. These "sickening" WP supporters were all over there threatening the NSP not to contest in the MP GRC, so much so that the NSP decided to withdraw.
It was exactly the same scenario two years ago, the WP supporters were all over the SDP facebook wall threatening and harassing the SDP to withdraw from the PEBE. I am not sure if it is what the general population want or just what the WP supporters want. Frankly, is Lee li lian the best we could have had at that time?