I try to read all posts in this thread with an open mind. I
sense that most want to see fireworks, regardless of the outcome.
At any given day, I would have joined in and set some off myself.
However, election is a serious matter.
Fireworks are good for any occasion, but they are not going to
shoot down enemy bomber. The threat of sliding down a slippery
slope is cliché but a very real one.
I have grown up. I can do what I want, when I like and how I like
it. This is the freedom enjoyed by any Singaporean. Confuse it not
with the responsibility in voting enjoin by all Singaporeans.
A good politician, to me, is one who can understand my problem, my
anxiety and my needs. He is one who can lead me out of confusion,
provide good and clear policies for me and my fellow countrymen. At
the least, he is a role model for me and my children, at the next
level, he leads a few thousand and at the ultimate, commands a few
million.
Save a rare few, opposition parties candidates pop-up during
election time with no track record. If we do not place our money to
fund managers with poor track record, what is the logic for us to
vote for candidates with iffy background and capability?
Incumbents have the upper hand and opposing candidates are
underdogs. This is true everywhere. Cognisant of an unbalanced
playing field, I am sure, is basic of any politician worth his
salt. Extra effort is thus required of the underdogs. Which brings
me to the question of what PAP underdogs in Hougang and Potong
Pasir have done over the years and what Opposition parties
underdogs have done in GRCs and single wards?
If and when I am called upon to vote, I will be looking for
politician of life (if I may be allowed to paraphrase Minister
Mentor Lee). I will be looking for a politician, with passion and
conviction, who can organise all of us to battle for a better
tomorrow.
