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Stephen Doss Strenuously Protects Khairy Jamaluddin-A Rejoinder |
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Thursday, 13 November 2008 10:05 |
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Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob
I refer to Stephen Doss’s blog (renovatio) entry dated Monday, November 10, 2008, entitled "Time To Suck Up!!! On To The Mukhriz Gravy Train "
It is perhaps understandable why the writer is preoccupied with sucking up. He has banked his entire career ascent on the political patronage of Abdullah Badawi and Khairy Jamaluddin. In fact, whilst the nation demanded the resignation of Abdullah Badawi amid the political chaos and economic slide-the writer was singing praises for Abdullah Badawi.
The writer wants the Rakyat to ‘Give Pak Lah the credit he deserves’. http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/8222/84/ . This is the epitome of sucking up which is symptomatic of those who lack leadership skills, credibility and foresight. It is on many accounts not surprising why the writer behaves in such a manner. He is after all the Head of Research and Development for Yayasan Budi Penyayang.
The writer states that he has always gone against the tide. Thus, judging from the writer’s public track record it is nothing further from the truth. While the Rakyat was swimming hard and fast against Abdullah Badawi and Khairy Jamaluddin- the writer continued his sprint relay with this faltering administration. Incessantly, the writer talks about everybody who wants to suck up to Mukhriz. This obsession with buttering up is symptomatic of the writer.
The reality for many others however including Mukhriz is that while Stephen Doss was riding high on the tidal waves of Khairy Jamaluddin-Mukhriz was not the most likely political candidate to move forward. Mukhriz had to contend with being the voice on the fringes of Umno. Things became worse when Mukhriz stood up against the prime minister. Mukhriz is the true underdog.
The writer is confused with the meaning of the word underdog. In the context of leadership-an underdog would mean a leader that has been at a disadvantage and expected to loose. Therefore, one can hardly forget how Mukhriz had to beg for his rice bowl to be returned to him from the powerful Khairy Jamaluddin. Mukhriz was sidelined, threatened with disciplinary proceedings and expulsion from Umno. Even today, the mainstream media is under instructions not to cover Mukhriz’s ascent to power. Mukhriz’s Dare to Change! campaign which was a festive affair attended by scores of journalist was hardly reported in the broadsheets while every other headline features Khairy Jamaluddin in bold.
It may be the case that the writer is frantically trying to reinvent his masters as the underdog. This maybe the case because the writer truly believes that he is at a disadvantage and that Khairy Jamaluddin may loose the Ketua Pemuda contest. The writer is entitled to his own opinion.
The writer also vehemently states and waves his credentials as a person who is not afraid of Tun Dr. Mahathir. Who cares? The writer is but a mere digit in comparison with Tun Dr. Mahathir.
What is clear is that the only thing that the writer is consistent in is sucking up to his political masters. The writer should cease from displaying his political ineptitude.
For starters, Gerakan was wiped out in the last elections. If the writer had the Rakyat’s interest at heart and lived by his party ideals that the writer claims to fight for; he would have stood up and not suck up to the powers that be. The writer failed to live up to the struggle of his own party and use his close ties to Abdullah Badawi and Khairy to correct the wrongs and defend the Rakyat. Perhaps then, if he had done something he could have earned the political accolade of being the underdog and consequently saved his party. Alas, that was perhaps too much to ask of our politicians. Jockeying for position is the sole purpose of the game.
The writer fervently launches personal attacks against Mukhriz Mahathir for reasons only best known to him. Even the Umno Youth candidates have refrained from attacking each other.
The writer further defends Abdullah Badawi and Khairy Jamaluddin when he accuses Mukhriz of “trying to make a quick buck from the situation and point the blame to Abdullah and Khairy”. Following the writer’s reasoning, the prime minister and the Umno youth deputy chief shouldn’t be blamed for the worst results for BN in its long history. Perhaps, no one is to be blamed and this is the very problem with our politicians, they want credit for everything but don’t take any responsibility for when things go wrong. So, as the writer demands that we give Abdullah credit-conversely the writer should also take responsibility for BN’s colossal loss, Gerakan’s humiliating defeat, the lacklustre economy, fractured race relations etc...
Come on, be the underdog you yearn to be. Withdraw from politics and resign from your positions. Earn your stripes.
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