Comments on: 9 takeaways from 2012 election

By: yhsiew

yhsiew — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:36:38 +0000

Only the racists will deploy the race and religion card to win an election.

By: waterfrontcoolie

waterfrontcoolie — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:31:47 +0000

Whoever win the Presidency has got big problem to solve. Obama has bashed Mitt on saving the car industry in the US. Yea! but at what cost? Some economists indicated that the us$25 billion practically paid the wages of the GM workers! They are paid us$52 per hour. or us$416 per day. This might be the salary of a Chinese auto-worker for a month! Surely, they cannot be only 4% as productive!!! Today with automation, the West will demand their rights to higher income without giving a damp to productivity! Two years ago, when the China Shipping boss assured the Governor of Marylands on taking over their port that he would commission the quay crane maker to design the most productive one capable of lifting 8 TEUs, the President of the longshoremen vehemently objected! Of course, he was shocked to hear the longshoremen insisted that every container being loaded/unloaded should be TOUCHED by 4 of their members at us$25 per hour each! That is INHERENT RIGHTS to earn their living! What happen to their steel industry today when the Gomen slammed duty on import a few years back?? It is NOT sustainable! Maybe as long as black gold flows freely!

By: monsterball

monsterball — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:20:33 +0000

Obama and Romey had 3 debates.
In Malaysia..Najib dare not debate against Anwar.
Simple to understand.
In USA…both candidates talk about healthcare…insurance…electricity…defense..etc etc etc.
In Malaysia…it’s all about corruptions…religions and race issues…where Najib have no answers.
His lips will turn pink and eyes blinking like an idiot.
He cannot afford to let Malaysians see that.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:26:38 +0000

The American experience underscores the effects & impact of demographic changes which have made her become a majority-minority nation. The increasing and greater “pendatang”/ immigrant numbers there (translated to votes) are putting minority blacks/Hispanic in forefront of future candidacy and positions in govt, including presidency, which in turn again help infuse the administration with with more liberal, race/religious blind values & policies. In sharp contrast our case is the opposite from that of the US. The faster birth rate of majority Malays in contrast to non Malays (exacerbated further by emigration and displaced by immigrants who qualify by faith to be constitutional Malays) has made the country a majority-majority country with demographic changes favouring majority as against minorities. In contrast to US where increasing immigrant demographics make her more culturally/racially/religiously plural, we are experiencing exactly the opposite – thanks to UMNO’s clever selective choice of religious criteria in management of who’s entitled to get the Mykad – to become culturally/racially/religiously homogenous, thus making it easier for UMNO to corner (more and more) the majority voting market by race/religious formula and perpetuate power right into the future. This is of course assuming that in relation to this majority voting, market race/religious considerations override governance/corruption issues. As US becomes more liberal, we, the more conservative with liberal talk by Nurul Izzah attacked from all vociferous quarters.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:12:39 +0000

///Given that this is probably the last cycle in which a ticket will be all white and all male, it’s something both sides have to work toward/// – Politico
It’s more a reference to running mate/vice president ticket- both Obama’s (Biden) & Romney’s (Paul Ryan) are white males! However Politico says in relation to 2nd echelon candidates that “decades of candidate-grooming on the GOP side (ie Republican) has been largely focused on black and Hispanic officials at the local and state level. This is preparing to compete more favourably in the future against Democratic Party deemed having the advantage due to rapid demographic changes increasing no. of minorities (not just African American but Hispanics, Chinese etc) Republican Party represents conservative side of the American political spectrum in contrast to Democratic Party which is getting more of minorities’ votes and even got its black candidate Obama elected (first time ever) as US president. Now what can we learn from the US experience that can be applied here?

By: monsterball

monsterball — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:29:02 +0000

Obama will win because he did his job….he is sincere and one lady at Ohio said he voted for Obama because he cares for the women.
I have been watching the events at Sky news and every news reported…Obama is ahead.
I feels he will big.