TheInquirer
6/23/2012 7:56:00 PM
On 23/06/2012 3:08 PM, baldeagle wrote:
> On Jun 22, 11:01 pm, Piku Choo<pikuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> .> Mr Chen Show Mao isn't fulfilling his full potential as an
> .> opposition MP.
> .> He has been too low key, too 'nice'. Maybe the press
> .> has been censoring him..... By not pushing hard enough,
> .> Mr Chen is basically giving the government a free pass.
>>
> .> We expect more of Mr Chen and his colleagues.
> .> What are they waiting for? The next GE??
>
> May be... he is acting like the old horse in WP...
> After the election, DO NOTHING at all....until the next
> election. This is the reason why PAP has been
> winning ...all the time.
>
> I expect to see Chan as a younger version of LKY...
> but now I don't see him as dynamic as LKY.
>
> When LKY first started out, he did not just give speeches.
> He had plans to unseat David Marshall.. systematically.
> He worked very hard...to become friends of the people...
> with the workers (through Unions), with the students,...
> LKY and Goh Keng Swee met the people personally
> often ( I remember as a kid, often see Goh Keng Swee
> come to Banda Street in China town, the area where
> the folks gathered in the evening for chit-chat.. He spent
> time with us...) Within a year, he was our friend..one of us.
> Almost everyone voted for Goh.
> Now PAP has complete control over the unions, the students,
> the youth organisations and the media....but there is nothing
> to stop Chan and others in WP to meet the people in
> places where people gathered...in parks, in coffee shops..
> among exercise groups....to chat with them...to become
> the friends of the people. (I am sure there is no law against
> making friends with the people)
>
> Society has changed...now the press, unions and
> youth organisation are the only ways to reach the
> people.
> Chan can reach the mass...the people ...using the
> internet chat room, bloggers and internet social and
> culture forums.
> Youths in Poly and colleges and poor workers could
> be recruited ...to start blogs, chat forums...facebook chat....
> about our social problems and how and what they could
> do to make social changes...to improve their lives.
>
> If Chan was to start these actions now to unseat PAP, he
> has four years to build a formidable force which could
> win a majority for WP in the next election.
>
> Of course, PAP will NOT sit back ...and allow Chan to use
> a free pass...to wrestle power from PAP. He must be
> prepared to face all eventuality. ..including being sued
> and going to jail.
why don't you be WP consultant?
also: how to reach out to the daft people, Internet-illiterate (mostly
PAP supporters?)?
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I ask, becos I'm curious.