YOURSAY 'Mahathir is God-sent. How else can he be made to spout this much of nonsense to convince Malaysians that this regime must go?'

Dr M: Soros wants to install puppet as PM

your say Pemerhati: Umno is using several crooked and despicable methods including blatant lies to influence the electorate and win the forthcoming elections.

They already have the gerrymandered constituencies, the foreigners who have been illegally given MyKads so as to secure their votes and other crooked devices to obtain votes with the help of the equally crooked lackeys in the Election Commission.

To make absolutely certain of a win they are using the monopolised media to spew their usual lies to influence the Malaysian electorate.

In the past, former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Umno - in addition to the above mentioned crooked methods - had also used the fear tactic (May 13 bogey), trumped-up sodomy charges against Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, the communist bogey and any other outrageous lies their crooked and evil minds could think of.

Now true to his despicable character Mahathir has come up with the ‘Soros wants to install puppet as PM' lie. It is not worth spending any time analysing his obvious lies.

Alicescat: International financier George Soros wants regime change in Malaysia? Are you serious? Soros does not give a hoot. Malaysia is nothing special to Soros.

But Malaysia is everything to us. And we are the ones who want the change. We have had enough of the corruption, lies and manipulations, the scare mongering, the stealing, the waste and the destruction you and your buddies are intent on perpetuating.

So please, please no more. Give us back our dignity, allow us to be what we can be.

Absalom: Wow! It is this kind of brilliance in uncovering such sinister plots by inside and outside evil forces that has kept him PM for 22 years.

It would be difficult to find, in the history of any country (i.e. other than Malaysia) a leader who is so dedicated and protective of his country, he would tirelessly lead the nation for so long and even after retiring continue to dictate what is right and detect conspiracies.

We wish he will live up to 150 years and make sure that Malaysia is protected from evil and is always under the safe hands of people with the utmost integrity and character, such as Najib Razak, Chua Soi Lek, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Abdul Taib Mahmud, Mohd Khir Toyo and Ibrahim Ali to name a few... and of course, his sons.

Pakman: The devil has spoken. Now, where can we summon the angel to save Malaysia from this evil?

LittleGiant: It's a real pity that Mahathir thinks that politics and political administration in today's world is the same as what it was some 30 or 40 years ago.

Political perception and formation of governments have undergone major and significant changes since the 1980s when Mahathir took premiership and was prime minister for more than two decades.

Puppet regimes are no more and it is not possible for any billionaire, including Soros, to 'buy' or 'sell' countries as they deem fit. Massive advancements in information and communications technology have made it possible for today's electorate in any country to be equipped with fingertip knowledge about mismanagement of democracy and abuse of power.

A bad government which forever finds excuses to blame the opposition for all its blunders will eventually be kicked out by its own people. The BN government is digging its own grave. It is not necessary for Soros to waste his precious time and money to do that job.

Abasir: Mahathir is God-sent. How else can he be made to spout this much of nonsense to convince Malaysians that this regime must go?

Anonymous_3e2c: The people of Malaysia should read more about the work Soros' Open Society Foundations around the world, especially in Eastern European countries where majority of them were previously under the communist Soviet bloc.

It is easy for Mahathir to fool the many Malaysians who have not been to Europe but today, information is readily available on the Internet for people to read.

Starr: It's ridiculous for Mahathir to demonise Soros just because he supports civil societies across the globe to promote freedom and democracy.

He accused Soros for the Asian financial crisis in 1997 but failed to admit there were fundamental weaknesses in their economies, including that of Malaysia. Clearly, he blamed the crisis on Soros to deflect public attention and hide his own failures.

For Mahathir to speak ills of Soros now shows that he has hidden agenda. We would do well to take it with a pinch of salt.

Changeagent: So what if Soros really wants to install a puppet as the next prime minister of Malaysia? He can try all he wants but ultimately, it will be decided by the estimated 12 million Malaysians who make up the voting population.

Mahathir too can try to install his own choice of prime minister like Muhyiddin Yassin or his son, Mukhriz. And whether he agrees or not, the voters will still get the final say.

Retnam: Mahathir was so proud when he met Soros in Kuala Lumpur. He was so proud to go to United States to get an award. He paid so much money to American lobbyists to have a meeting with then US president George Bush. Is there anybody in the world who is a bigger hypocrite?

Mirror On The Wall: I wonder how many regimes Soros has managed to change? In fact, we should be grateful that there those out there willing to provide token sums to fund democratic channels and mediums for the people to vent their views.

For far too long, the views of Average Joe has been self censored or ignored. Now, with Malaysiakini and others, and with the shield of anonymity against a vengeful regime, the powers-that-be have a barometer of the political climate to gauge voter sentiments.

But they seem to be ignoring this weather wane instead of intelligently taking cognisance of the groundswell - all at the peril of another good whacking at the polls.

Ncsb899: Yes, one of Mahathir's sons is among top 20 richest man in Malaysia. If you want to become billionaire in this country, the important things is which party you are from and which father you have.

Alitstar: Change the headline instead - ‘Dr M wants to install puppet as PM'.

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