According to a random interview (read here) conducted by Clara Chooi of Malaysian Insider, the Hulu Selangor residents have high regards for the former MB, aka Mike Tyson. The MI claimed that voters on both camps, BN and Pakatan Rakyat want Muhammad as their MP. and that the faces of villagers lit up with smiles at the mere mention of his name. His popularity did not just end with the Malay community as even the Chinese and the Indians all rush out to greet him when he comes for functions.
Responses like "If it is Mat Taib, the BN does not even need to campaign at all, he will win without question", "even the fence sitters will jump off the fence for him" and "no PKR candidate would stand a chance against a Mat Taib candidacy."
If this is a campaign piece for the BN by Clara, I must admit it will win some browny points. But if it is a genuine and balanced survey, then the residents of Hulu Selangor need to wake up.
That's the trouble with rural folks. They don't bother about the man's intergrity (caught with his pants down in Australia), they don't bother about his image in the world stage (cannot read English, so cannot speak as well) and they don't bother about the corrupt party he represents and how he accumulated his wealth as long as they are given little crumbs. Helping the rakyat in any form is not an option, whether you are a CM, Adun or MP. It is more important to be a man of intergrity, to fight for justice and to uphold the rule of law.
But I suppose that is the kind of Kampong mentality that is prevalent among the rural folks. Let the outside world, including matters outside Hulu Selangor, roll on, as long as the people of Hulu Selangor get some left-overs. If only these simple minded folks can add up the figures and realise what they are getting is but a drop in the mighty ocean of umno wealth.
So the people of Hulu Selangor are in favour of an Umno/BN candidate, thereby forgetting all the injustice, selective persecution and prosecution skilfully manipulated by the tainted police, macc and even the judiciary. So they are going to forget and maybe even forgive Perkasa for calling the non-Malays sh*t 3 times and further claimed that they have sacrificed a lot. So let them get away with accusing the Chinese as prostitutes and the Indians as rubber tappers and labelling us as 'pendatangs'.
Before you put the cross on the ballot paper, think of these. Hold up your head high, don't be satisfied with crumbs and think of your future generations.
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