me still remember the first day me joined SBF after voting in AJ-GRC in May 06. 58585 valid votes if me remembered correctly. 真是塞翁失马
Not an auspicious number - 58585 (cannot prosper). No wonder they lost! Maybe I should buy this number next day.
me still remember the first day me joined SBF after voting in AJ-GRC in May 06. 58585 valid votes if me remembered correctly. 真是塞翁失马
GD,
Well, PAP has found the cover they needed for the present scandal in the civil service. However, there is a distinct difference between civil service and party candidates. It is yet to be seen how this will play out. Hopefully they are not that smart. It also depend on the expected 3 or multi-corner fight scenarios.
As far as I know, now the editors of SPH are telling their reporters to go for an angle of how bad the WP leadership's judgment is when it comes to selecting candidates. This will be one level up the notch in keeping the fire of Yaw-gate burning on.
Goh Meng Seng
Actually, it doesn't matter whether other people believe it is true or not. It is the perception of applying double standards and the inability of WP to practice what it preaches that matters.
As for Hougang itself, most of the people either believe YSL is innocent, just the usual PAP tactic in attacking opposition or it doesn't matter to them. Even if there is a by-elections in Hougang, any candidate from WP will still be able to win hands down. It is not a matter of concern at all.
Goddamn, i can't believe i voted for this wanker in 2006
There you have it. You yourself admitted that the general population either don't really care, or they don't believe in the truth of the rumours to begin with.
Doesn;t this validate the silence WP is holding? If people couldn't even be bothered, why speak up and cause even more distrust, confusion, and potential backlash?
By your own admission, I am now even more convinced WP is doing the right thing. Unless the people are now firmly believed that YSL is guilty, AND they are angry about his marital conduct, then WP would have to come forth and be honest about wat happened. As it is, the matter is already fading from peoples' minds and no one really convinced either way about the issue. Why not just then bury it and let us turn our attention to more impt matters like the CITY HALL FLOODING, the minister pay, and so on?
GMS, I challenge you to deny all this and refute me.
GMS,
I will be most surprised if the MIW allows nature to take its course. There are political points to score here and not to capitalise on this matter would be foolish. It is just how much direction and involvement from behind the scene. There are many reporters who won't need any egging on here. They will also seize the initiative for the sake of their career. Don't under-estimate them - they are smart. They have loads of people to do their thinking on their behalf. They are paid to do just that.
If you go through a serious thorough analysis, this is definitely an insider's job. Some people suggest that it may be the work of PAP or some anti-WP opposition members, but this is highly unlikely. The reason is that to know such intimate details about the affairs as well as the pregnancy, you will need someone very very close to both of them or at least either one of them.
Angela has given a very important clue by mentioning "the other woman". Now, if the one who wrote to TNP or TRE to "expose" the affairs in a self righteous way, why would he or she only mention ONLY Angela's name and not the other woman's name? If this "Whistle blower" felt so strong about the whole thing and try to whack only Yaw, WB should not even mention Angela's name but just mention TWO women. Apparently the WB is trying to target BOTH Angela and Yaw together selectively while trying not to mention "the other woman".
One possibility is that the WB is Angela's husband but this is quite unlikely now. First of all, by mentioning Angela's name, it would implicate him as well, putting him in the spotlight. Not many man would want the whole world know that his wife has an affair with another man. He could have only mention Yaw's name, full stop. On the other hand, if its Yaw's wife who is the WB, then she would have mentioned both Angela and the other woman's name.
The only conclusion is that whoever this WB is, he or she has an axe to grind with BOTH Angela and Yaw. It is highly possible that "the other woman" is the WB.
There is also a political motivation behind this plot. Apparently if you want to destroy both of them, you won't just send anonymous emails to the press and TRE without any concrete evidence like photographs and such. You would make sure that you can take a photo of them holding hands and such and send it straight. But there is a restrain here, apparently to control the level of damage to WP while shaming both of them. Thus it is unlikely to be the work of anti-WP or PAP people.
Thus it would imply that this is an insider's back stabbing and with that, it is a more worrying incident than the scandal itself. PAP doesn't really need to do anything because if they do, it would be seen as "bullying" and took the attention off from the scandal and the internal strife.
Goh Meng Seng
There you have it. You yourself admitted that the general population either don't really care, or they don't believe in the truth of the rumours to begin with.
Doesn;t this validate the silence WP is holding? If people couldn't even be bothered, why speak up and cause even more distrust, confusion, and potential backlash?
By your own admission, I am now even more convinced WP is doing the right thing. Unless the people are now firmly believed that YSL is guilty, AND they are angry about his marital conduct, then WP would have to come forth and be honest about wat happened. As it is, the matter is already fading from peoples' minds and no one really convinced either way about the issue. Why not just then bury it and let us turn our attention to more impt matters like the CITY HALL FLOODING, the minister pay, and so on?
GMS, I challenge you to deny all this and refute me.
One critical lesson from Yawgate - unless you are a MIW, all opposition members, especially elected to parliament or a high profile chap, better not have any character 'weakness' coz only a matter of time it will get exposed. If MIW, no problem. Look at CST and LTK. So far, so good. No skeletons.
I also don't keep skeletons in closets. Next morning, I'd tell the girls nicely, please go home.
One critical lesson from Yawgate - unless you are a MIW, all opposition members, especially elected to parliament or a high profile chap, better not have any character 'weakness' coz only a matter of time it will get exposed. If MIW, no problem. Look at CST and LTK. So far, so good. No skeletons.
How can you be so mean to Drifter's pits?
Well, everything is possible. You zoomed in on the human aspect. May not have come from human beings! Many secrets of individuals came the non-humint way.
Maybe I should buy this number next day.
if Low drop YSL... I CHOP!!!
I can tell you this, people who get into affairs don't really stop at one. It is a habitual tendency which is like drug addiction. If the report is true, you will have a problem, big problem, a big potential time bomb ticking. Ignore it once, fine. It may just blow up on your face again.
If you go through a serious thorough analysis, this is definitely an insider's job. Some people suggest that it may be the work of PAP or some anti-WP opposition members, but this is highly unlikely. The reason is that to know such intimate details about the affairs as well as the pregnancy, you will need someone very very close to both of them or at least either one of them.
Thus it would imply that this is an insider's back stabbing and with that, it is a more worrying incident than the scandal itself. PAP doesn't really need to do anything because if they do, it would be seen as "bullying" and took the attention off from the scandal and the internal strife.
Goh Meng Seng
You may be right, all these come from the insects. On the surface, these insects may pretend to be totally loyal to WP but deep down, they are scheming at those people they dislike or not in their clique.
By merely analyzing Angela's responses, we could conclude many things. It is really inconceivable for a woman in such enstrangled situation to reply in such a way, neither deny nor confirm. Apparently, she is reserving the rights to confirm the rumor. She may be hoping for Yaw to take responsibility of the situation, especially if there is a baby involved. Apparently, she dropped the hint that another woman is also involved. Not only that, it may be a subtle warning to that woman not to go any further. The most intriguing part is about letting the party decides. What does that mean? Decide on disciplinary actions? On who? This is after all, her affairs with another man.
If my deduction is right, this WB or the other woman most likely is from the Church as well as WP. She thought that she is smart to use this little trick for revenge, thus to achieve whatever political goals she and her clique have in mind. She doesn't know that the damage would be far reaching. Of course, if the rumor is true, Yaw should be blamed as well.
It took opposition more than a decade or two to recover from that situation, regaining voters' confidence again in GE2011. But this incident, if the rumor is true, will put serious doubts on opposition's ability to get good people (without such character flaws) into swing voters' mind again. If the so call best opposition party WP can't even get this right, what about other opposition parties?
The amount of damage the WHOLE opposition movement suffers would be tremendous. Whatever political motivation these insects have in mind will be rendered useless as they will suffer the lost of voters' confidence as well. Insects have no brains, its true.
Goh Meng Seng
You may be right, all these come from the insects. On the surface, these insects may pretend to be totally loyal to WP but deep down, they are scheming at those people they dislike or not in their clique.
Goh Meng Seng
PAP doesn't really need to do anything because if they do, it would be seen as "bullying" and took the attention off from the scandal and the internal strife.