The Bridgets, the Reformati Folks Etc Not Only Eat Crow But They Are Horribly Confused

 

eat crow [eat crow],  DEFINITION, NORTH AMERICAN, INFORMAL. be humiliated by having to admit one's defeats or mistakes: "the so-called experts will be eating crow tonight"

The following is based on a story in Asia Sentinel that has gone viral.

Losing Power to Dumno
DUMNO  runs things
losing control of gomen 
no potential for democracy and reform
graft-ridden DUMNO routed  
left with only 26 seats 
But Dumno plays outsize role
wagging gomen through long-time friend 
has been indicted for corruption
worst-case scenario both could go free despite massive corruption

coalition can lose three to six states 

peoples' dissatisfaction with gomen
gomen struggling since ...
gomen suffers from naïveté, arrogance, inexperience 
unflatteringly described as Ibarat kera mendapat bunga 
flitting from issue to issue 
generating increasing memes and Tik Tok videos making fun of him

• squabbling coalition and cabinet
• DAP and DUMNO slagging each other off regularly
• Dumno openly criticized DAP 
• calling DAP a liability to regain Malay support 
• No real economic policy emerged despite pressing problems

general lack of leadership 
generally no high marks as administrator or leader 
general lack of direction in gomen 

promise to remove featherbedding officials from GLCs shelved
those ordered to resign have quietly returned to positions

• Za...y considered to be far out of his depth
• Z...d’s goal to keep out of jail
• may be succeeding
• trial repeatedly postponed
• betting is he will remain free

• also declined to replace @G 
• remarkable lack of vigor in prosecuting wrongdoing

• After only five months DAP Minister under investigation 
• Ra..zi sidelined 

Bridget has written: “elite deals, elites compromise ..with former enemies, M'sians being asked to reduce expectations and be ‘realistic’ about reforms”

My Comments :  be ‘realistic’ about reforms?? 

What all this means is that you are getting jack sh_t reforms.

But as I said these pro-reformati folks are terribly confused. Do not blame it on Dumno.  This is not some complex game plan by Dumno. This is the exact game plan of Pintu Belakang. 

The so called naïveté, arrogance, inexperience, ibarat kera mendapat bunga, flitting from issue to issue, squabbling, slagging, no real economic policy, general lack of leadership, no high marks as administrator or leader, general lack of direction, the flip-flopping, the U-turning, the false promises, the lying are not to be blamed on Dumno or on anyone else. These are the fellow's own characteristics. This is exactly him right down to the T.

And there is a much larger but much, much simpler motivation behind all this. And that is the moolah. The dinero, the pecunia or moneta. 

Hello people, note this. Where are the macai fellows? The runners? The bag-carriers. Who are they and what are they up to now. Where are his bag carrier macais? Locate the macais, find out what they are up to and you will see the flow of the moolahs.

You are all being taken for a ride. 

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.