PAP’s distastrous election campaign hits rock bottom
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The PAP’s campaign for the 2011 election is a castastrophe right from the very beginning, plagued by incoherent messages to the voters, contradicting statements made by leaders and an outright dissociation from the reality on the ground amidst fast rising public disgruntlement at opprobrium.
For the last one week, the PAP’s disjointed campaign was dominated by two former prime ministers instead of the incumbent. PAP ‘walkover’ MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC Lee Kuan Yew used his trade-mark ‘knuckle-duster’ style to intimidate Singaporeans from voting for the opposition, in particular residents of Aljunied GRC who were told to ‘repent for five years’ if they voted for WP. Then Goh Chok Tong, who had earlier promised not to comment on candidates from other constituencies shot his own foot by making disparaging remarks about his former subordinate and now SDP candidate for Holland-Bukit Timah Tan Jee Say.
The PAP has adopted the same modus operandi it employed so successfully in previous elections by harping constantly on its ‘track record’, handing out goodies like ‘Grow and Share’ package to woo voters and using the state media to smear and fix the opposition.
It appeared to have panicked when it realized that the same old tactics aren’t working on Singaporeans anymore, especially the young who are widely read and have no affiliations to the PAP.
The oft-repeated message of ‘good governance, political stability and economic growth’ now sounds like a stale old record repeating itself to a wall especially when life is indeed getting tougher for ordinary Singaporeans facing increasing competition from the relentless influx of foreigners.
The hundreds of dollars handed out to Singaporeans are too little to help them cope with the rampant inflation while the usua smear tactics which have worked so well in the past now backfired one by one in the age of Facebook and Youtube.
Like an over-confident student who did not bother to study hard for his exams only to realize in the last minute that the format of the papers have changed and doing last-minute revision now, the PAP is changing gear with only three days to go to salvage a disastrous campaign so far.
The format of this election has indeed changed, revolutionized by the new media which the PAP has failed to incorporate into it campaign.
All of sudden, Lee Kuan Yew who had dominated the headlines for the last few days has all but disappeared from public view altogether with Goh Chok Tong whose infamous last words were – “The majority of Singaporeans are not concerned by the high ministerial pay.”
PAP leaders suddenly remember to engage Singaporeans instead of talking down to them. George Yeo made a desperate appeal on a Facebook video to young Singaporeans to support the PAP, promising to “change and improve” when he said in 1995 that ordinary Singaporeans have no right to discuss about policies with the government.
[From Temasek Review]
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I ONCE SAW A CABBAGE N A LETTUCE AT A SUPERMARKET. THE CABBAGE WAS BIG N STABLE BUT SLIGHTLY EXPENSIVE. THE LETTUCE WAS SMALL BUT CHEAPER BY $1. BUT BY WEIGHING THEM I FOUND THEM TO BE ALMOST THE SAME SOMEWHAT?I WAS IN A DILEMIA AS I HAD ONLY STORAGE PLACE FOR 2 VEGETABLES.AND BOTH SEEM TO BE MORE OR LESS THE SAME.IN THE END I GORT 1 LETTUCE AND 1 CABBAGE.WHY>? BECAUSE THE CABBAGE MIGHT NOT HAVE MUCH TASTE ALTHOUGH ITS BIG AND THE LETTUCE MIGHT BE TOO SMALL FOR MY LIKING ALTHOUGH BEING DELICIOUS TO ME.THATS WHY I CHOSE THE 2 OF THEM. ONCE I GOT HOME..I DUMPED BOTH OF THEM IN THE POT...AND THAT WAS THE BEST VEGETABLE MEAL I EVER HAD IN LIFE.
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Don't know why they have been so blur this election.
Times are bad.
For them.
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PAP is like shit in this elections.
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Too much complacency.. they don't realise today's opposition is not the same opposition of yesteryear.
So they stuck to their tried and true tactics which turned out to be ineffective. Upgrading is not so important when you are losing jobs or promotions or school places to foreigners.
Disgust over the attempts at gutter politics.
Some of the most senior PAP political figures helped torpedo their own campaigns with their mindless utterances. Thank god for them!
Some inane ex-general talking about SE Asian civilisations in such a cocky, low EQ tone. If he ever speaks like that in the private sector, he'll be out of a job in months.
That young girl who couldn't think on her feet and responded badly to impromptu questions, and who towed the party line that cost of living and education is low. Is she really the best in the land to qualify for political office in our country's highest body?
A comedy of errors.
The opposition in the meantime were disciplined and stuck to their plan and kept their messages simple.
They have fielded candidates which were credible; a world apart from the crackpots we used to see. I think a lot of SIngaporeans including myself attended the opposition rallies because we wanted to see whether these guys had the quality to represent us, and many of us went away with the feeling that they can.
And you cannot help but be inspired by people like Chiam See Tong and Low Thia Kiang, who are standing up for this to serve the people better and to improve democracy in our country. Chaim See Tong especially - campaigning so hard even after he had a stroke - how many PAP ministers will do that?
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time to increase salary more to attract the "best talent" ........
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That would be a great excuse! They need to "increase it so that they can attract people from the private sector"
Btw Chen Show Mao, how much does he need to get paid to convince him to join WP to run? $0 if he doesn't get elected and $15k per month if he does? So on a probability weighted basis is less than $10k a month? That's a great deal!
We need to show the PAP what "better, faster and cheaper" means in politics. They really need to know the meaning.
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Originally posted by Keen on u2000:
That would be a great excuse! They need to "increase it so that they can attract people from the private sector"
Btw Chen Show Mao, how much does he need to get paid to convince him to join WP to run? $0 if he doesn't get elected and $15k per month if he does? So on a probability weighted basis is less than $10k a month? That's a great deal!
We need to show the PAP what "better, faster and cheaper" means in politics. They really need to know the meaning.
i always said... give mi the PM job.. i will do it for 3 bowl of plain rice with luncheon meat per day lor -
Originally posted by Keen on u2000:
That would be a great excuse! They need to "increase it so that they can attract people from the private sector"
Btw Chen Show Mao, how much does he need to get paid to convince him to join WP to run? $0 if he doesn't get elected and $15k per month if he does? So on a probability weighted basis is less than $10k a month? That's a great deal!
We need to show the PAP what "better, faster and cheaper" means in politics. They really need to know the meaning.
Any individual with Chen Show Mao's calibre and standing would easily command wages well in excess of a hopeless minister's. For someone with Chen's credentials, his wages (had he chosen to remain an active part of Davis Polk) would very well dwarf the President's.
Do you really think Chen is even in this for the money? Let's be honest, SGD16k/month, while well above the median income in this part of the world, is a far cry from the world he left. And here you're talking about someone (nevermind his strong interpersonal skills) whose tangible credentials (be they education or professional ones) would put every single fascist to shame.
As a matter of fact, to even compare credentials is an insult - to Chen.
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Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
i always said... give mi the PM job.. i will do it for 3 bowl of plain rice with luncheon meat per day lor
Too much luncheon meat no good hor, can cause cancer
How about abalone?
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And to top the whole disasterous campaign off, we have the PAP's very own TPL sending out messages on Facebook during cooling off period!
Surely, the best and brightest across the land that the PAP could attract!
LKY must be fuming!
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Is it possible that the mentor minister might bequeath Singapore back to the people after his demise? He has done wonderful things for Singapore has he not and this would be a wonderful gesture on his part.
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Originally posted by Keen on u2000:
And to top the whole disasterous campaign off, we have the PAP's very own TPL sending out messages on Facebook during cooling off period!
Surely, the best and brightest across the land that the PAP could attract!
LKY must be fuming!
For all you know, this could have been the escape of the century.
Knowing full well that the PM is not safe even in his own GRC, they came up with the idea of sacrificing Aljunied and Marine Parade GRC to the opposition parties by throwing all the attention on these 2 GRCs with their feet stomping candidates, below the belt antics and Academy Award winning performances.
The winners? The rest of the GRCs and some say, their own people.
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Originally posted by MissZ:
Too much luncheon meat no good hor, can cause cancerHow about abalone?
it's ok lah.... i die early also ok lah.. i promise i wont stay in power till 87 yrs old one.. dun worry.... -
Where do they find these people?
Is it a crazy conspiracy theory to think that TPL could be a mole inserted by the opposition into the PAP camp to wreak havoc from the inside??
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Originally posted by Vote PAP OUT to Save SG:
PAP is like shit in this elections.
some still very happy they won. but this election we see what the results will be like when they really face tough oppositions. percentage over at Nicole's loss still look promising for someone who is vey new, and immature lightning candidiates like TPL is only going to cost taxpayerrs more money donw the drain. ask her to go one on one against nicole she will stand no chance. next leceltion if the boundaries are noit changed hippos really stand a chance to win more seats. but i am sure they will start shifting things here and there again. -
Every minister in the marginal seats promised to work harder, but not West Coast GRC's Lim Hng Kiang. Is is because 66% is still a comfortable margin for him?
PS: There might be some dirt on Lim Hng Kiang from his time as HDB minister. Read more about it here.
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http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_680107.html
It looks like they are still very clueless about why they did so badly for the elections.
They still think it is because of the new media or that they did not engage the citizens better or that they did not explain policies well enough.
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Will we see something similar like this in the next election 5 years from now?
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Extracted from Stomp : Foreigners shoo family away from Botanic Gardens landmarks because they "booked it"
Comments by one person I found require attention.
By SophiaRosieHart
1. if Foreigners weren't in singapore singapore would have heaps of poor people or heaps of people in jail
2. if we werent here singapore would of been run to the ground singapore cant live without Foreigners because they the ones who are bringing all the money in and they the ones who are building all your malls like if i wasn't here also mbs wouldn't be up and running like it is now
3. singaporeans race is mostly chinese and malay mixed
4.everyone is a Foreigner to singapore because singapore doesnt even have its own real race
5.my own real race is maori and english
and mbs is the only good looking building in singapore but crap inside sadly hahahaha i got here to late when it started flooding because these dumb *****s dont know anything about building6.@Darn walk out on a job i get paid 30 grand a month for mate you must be joking,found a job like that in new zealand nope because they all taken and i would rather travel the world i've been to most of asia i must say singapore was the worse place i ever landed in and i cant wait in till i get to move
7.and u see i already have another job lined up thats mine if i want it and most of the new zealanders here get moved around by the same company they dont keep them here because they know they dont like it just like my boss knows i hate singapore thats why next is Bangkok or Dubai or Aussie.
he probably worked his ass of an lied to get the job thats why he cant move anywhere because he sucks and no one wants him ouch that must hurt hahahahahahahahahaa like no one wants youI guess our Governement is not aware of all these. Keep talking about about "talent". The Government need to have a system to weed out such Foreigner.
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To fight back the people's trust, pap must indeed pull up their socks. Not just talking but actions. Right now, transport cost increases, electricial cost increases, what next? I am sure there will be more to come. So how are they going to stop all those from increasing? And push some to decrease the cost? Did they do that?