Dato
Zaid mentioned to me the other day, that he is coming out with an
article rebutting what Dr Mahathir recently wrote on the topic of
change. Zaid's main contention is we should not take Dr Mahathir
seriously. Dr Mahathir is not capable of
forming an objective opinion on Anwar anymore. Zaid Ibrahim has more
credence on that aspect. he has not always enjoyed Anwar's confidence
when he was in the PKR and should be the last to support Anwar. That he
is able to do so, gives Zaid more believability. My own thinking is,
despite what Mahathir thinks of Anwar and despite how UMNO denigrates
Anwar Ibrahim the man, if more people believed in him, there is nothing
all of us , including Mahathir can do about that. whether we like it, or
we don't, learn to love it. As
Zaid puts it in a more colorful way- what do we have against some
people? some do it from the front, some like it from behind.
Tun Dr
Mahathir Mohamad’s lengthy article entitled “Change” has once again set
political tongues wagging. Not that Dr M has written anything new – it’s just
the same, old tirade against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the Pakatan Rakyat.
Whatever Dr
M says however, must never be brushed off as inconsequential. Like Robert
Mugabe and Hosni Mubarak, he has a large following and some rebuttal is
required lest people believe him.
He first
flogged US President Barack Obama as someone who did not deliver on his promises
of change. He forgets that Obama was re-elected with an bigger margin than the
first time he won the presidency. Dr M also ignores the fact that American
citizens are in a better position to judge their President than a wealthy but
old and retired Malaysian Prime Minister.
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