Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Circle of life

It's almost two decades since the last contested election but using tactics that play on voters' uncertainties about the future the incumbent government has little to fear.

1) Promise of upgrades (or else, no lifts on every floor for you-hoo heh heh heh...)
2) Progress Package carrots (No, no it's not vote-buying! Really it's not, I promise)
3) Biased media coverage (the only way the OPP is gonna get a big story on the front page of Straits Times is to accidentally forget to submit some election paperwork)
4) Personal attacks against the entire OPP which will repeatedly be covered by the media
5) Disqualification of OPP candidates (You got something to say? Well now you can't. Woo!)

Let's face it, the PAP will still win by a landslide this time around but what goes up must come down in the end. It's just how it goes.

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