ABU? Betul ke?

Anyway, go attend the ABU launches tonight. Donate generously to show you support ABU. Give a few thousand Ringgit. Then tell those leaders who are going to talk tonight that you want GOOD and CLEAN candidates. Tell them you will vote for the candidate, not the party. Tell them you don’t care what party they represent as long as the candidates are good.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Okay, for months many of you have been screaming ABU! You just want ABU, meaning Umno out of power. You don’t even want the Umno culture in the government eradicated. You just want Umno the political party kicked out.

Actually, it is not enough to just kick out Umno the political party. Umno has less than 80 seats in Parliament. And there are 222 seats altogether. So Umno needs to win at least 112 seats to become the Taiko. Hence Umno can never be the Taiko and in fact never was. The real Taiko is Barisan Nasional, with Umno as the CEO or gang leader.

Barisan Nasional won 140 seats in the 2008 general election (they lost two in by-elections and won a few more when the Pakatan Rakyat MPs became ‘independents’). This means almost half are non-Umno seats.

You may say that MCA, MIC and Gerakan have another 20 seats combined and that if Pakatan Rakyat demolishes these three parties like it did PPP then that is another 20 seats for the opposition.

That is still not enough. Your are assuming that Pakatan Rakyat will win back its 82 seats and added to these 20 it will give them 102. But that would mean Barisan Nasional would still have 120 seats. So Barisan Nasional will still be the government.

And you are assuming that Pakatan Rakyat will win every one of those 82 seats and will not lose a single one. But some of those seats were won with a very thin majority. In fact, both sides won many seats with a very thin majority.

The key is still with East Malaysia. Barisan Nasional won 55 of the 57 seats in Sabah and Sarawak. And, judging by the recent Sarawak State election, what makes you think that this time around the situation is going to be any different?

Screaming ABU is one thing. Achieving it is another.

But then how serious are you about ABU? Tonight there are going to be ABU launches all over Malaysia. (See here: http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/letterssurat/47371-roadshow-abu-transmisi-seterusnya-mutakhir)

Will all of you be going? Can we see one million people from all over Malaysia attending the ABU launches tonight? Or are you merely going to sit in front of your computer and post anti-Malay-anti-Islam comments and not bother to leave your home?

Elections cost money, a lot of money. The opposition will need hundreds of millions. How much money have you donated thus far? Will you be bringing RM10,000 tonight to donate to the election effort? Can you donate RM1,000 every month to the election fund to ensure that the opposition has a chance and so that you can see your ABU?

Talk is cheap, and that is what most of you do, just talk. You never support any programs. You never attend any programs. You never donate any money to any of these programs. You just sit in front of your computer and scream ABU and whack the Malays and Muslims. That is your ABU.

Hell, you are even prepared to close both eyes and tolerate ‘small corruption’ in the interest of kicking Umno out. Why do you want Umno out? Because they are corrupted, evil, racists, and much more. So why are you prepared to close both eyes if the opposition sometimes does the same? Because the opposition does it in small doses while Umno does it big time.

Malays support Saddam Hussein. When Iraq invaded Kuwait, Malays in Kuala Lumpur and in the Malay heartland wore Saddam T-shirts and cheered him on. Malays hate America. Why? Because America supports Israel and Israel is evil. Also, America toppled Saddam.

But Saddam killed millions. The Iran-Iraq war alone took one million lives. He butchered his own people like squatting flies. He was corrupted. He squandered his nation’s wealth. So why are we anti-America? Did America not do us a favour by removing a corrupted, murderous tyrant? Why are we pro-Saddam?

If we can support Saddam who did so much bad things and wasted a hell of a lot of money, why can’t we support Najib Tun Razak? You say that Najib was involved in the murder of one woman and is corrupted.

But that is only one woman. Saddam murdered millions. And what Najib wasted can’t even come close to what Saddam spent. But we support Saddam and we are opposed to Najib.

If you support or oppose someone depending on the degree of evil then Najib is far better than Saddam by comparison. And in that same spirit a slightly corrupted opposition is far better than a seriously corrupted Umno.

Is this the argument?

I know what you are now going to say. We need ABU. We need to kick Umno out. Never mind if the opposition is not that perfect. We get them into power first and then try to change them later.

If someone tells you that the woman you are about to marry is a slut and she has slept with every member of the football team are you going to say that at least she is not a prostitute and you can always try to get her to change later after you marry her?

Anyway, go attend the ABU launches tonight. Donate generously to show you support ABU. Give a few thousand Ringgit. Then tell those leaders who are going to talk tonight that you want GOOD and CLEAN candidates. Tell them you will vote for the candidate, not the party. Tell them you don’t care what party they represent as long as the candidates are good.

Most likely what is going to happen is that Pakatan Rakyat will field far better candidates than Barisan Nasional in the next election. That is the reality of what would most likely happen. Then well and fine. Then you can vote ABU as well as get good candidates.

But NEVER tell the opposition you will vote ABU even if they field monkeys and donkeys like they did in 2008. That is giving them a licence to be complacent and sloppy. Make sure tonight they know that ABU comes with conditions and qualifications attached. And those conditions and qualifications would be: depending on the candidates they field.

Now, stop talking. Stop screaming ABU. Go get ready. You have ABU launches to go to tonight. Show you really mean ABU and are not just a load of bullshit and hot air. You need to go talk to the opposition leaders tonight to tell them what you want. And stop at the bank teller on the way. Take out RM10,000 and give it to the ABU organisers. Ask for a receipt and make sure they send you the statement of accounts so that you know that the money is not being squandered.

I want to see how many Chinese and Indians will go tonight. After all, you are the people making the most noise. If we can’t see a huge crowd tonight and if they can’t collect a few million Ringgit then you guys and gals are all bloody fakes. ABU my foot! Podah!