THE BN SOUL: Fear & respect me & I'll give you crumbs, otherwise it's May 13, OK!

It is becoming crystal clear from all the ceramah circuits that between BN and the PR political coalitions, the stark difference is while one is telling the voters that they should just take what is given to them and vote accordingly or lose everything, the other camp is promising to work to return what rightfully belongs to all Malaysians.

Voters are all beginning to see this distinct difference between BN and PR. To what extent voters allow their conscience to rule will then determine which political coalition forms the in-coming government.

In the meantime, while every nominated candidate is sticking to the script like a leech, some die-hard loyalists from one camp are even going the extra mile to warn the voters that if they do not choose them, then lo and behold they may never get what the political leaders from that camp can give (not return to, mind you!) the rakyat.

Patronizing mindsets

How sad. If Malaysians continue with such patronizing mindsets, placing free or paid-for dinners and freebies and even cash and kind relief subsistence as important qualifiers for casting their precious votes, then even the angles cannot help Malaysia.

Likewise, if a political party continues to peddle the rhyme that because they can continue to give more handouts they deserve to be returned to power, it is a clear sign that there is a Malaysian audience that are retards. Sorry, but that is the likely truth.

Worse, if politicians can so late into the run-up to polling date continue to scream and threaten and intimidate that if they are not voted back into power to continue to form the government there will be chaos and a complete failure of the nation as a whole, it simply means Malaysians are hopelessly bankrupt emotionally, intellectually and above all in common sense.

Scraping the bottom of the barrel: 'After all it is ours kan' and 'at least dia bagi'

Where in the world – or even close to the region do you get political parties breathing fire and brimstone on their citizens as the voters near polling date? Politicians there know how to respect and fear the voters. In all probability, voters will shun politicians who appear to give free handouts that are suspect of bribery or threaten the audience with doomsday.

But in Malaysia despite all the so-called physical developments, the social canvas remains terribly soiled. We sing a different song: Go take what is given lah, after all it is ours kan. Or in many other cases it is: At least dia bagi.Here in Malaysia and only in Malaysia can such politicians and political parties get away with such undemocratic dispositions.

Why is this so? Let us ask the Malaysia rakyat. Hello, anyone at home to take the question?

MAILBAG