SDP disappointed with WP's IBA comments

• Atobe

  26 Oct 07, 04:04

  Originally posted by Daddy!!:
  
  hello, you just said Singapore (external force) helped Mymama and Singapore has its own agenda. So isn't it the same tone i was singing?
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  The same song can be sung in the same tone; and when sung to a different tune - it can convey a different meaning.
  
  Which tune were you singing to ?
  
  
  

  [quote]Originally posted by Daddy!!: - 25 October 2007 - 10.13 AM
  
  common, do you think that external forces come here for you and me? get real, if they are here, they come with their own set of agenda. Primary school education.
  
  SDP's frame of thought is anti whatever our fore-fathers have built for us.
  
  WP would get more support and votes from singaporeans. SDP will be extinct because they will get lesser and lesser votes.
  
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  What do you think will be the agenda of all those helpful countries to help the Maymar Citizens to regain democracy, or does each country have their own agenda ?
  
  Perhaps, Singapore's agenda is to regain the good name of MM LKY - as he had said there were many investors who listened to him, and had placed heavy investments into Myanmar on his advice.
  
  Beside MM's good name being on Singapore's agenda to help Myanmar - could the other item on the agenda be the Singapore weapons sales agenda ?
  
  If you believe that altruism do not exist in this world, you are most welcom to the world of cynics.
  
  

• Rock^Star

  26 Oct 07, 11:25

  Originally posted by GPSg:

  Get real, SDP!
  
  That is the problem with Dr Chee and the SDP. Always shooting the wrong target. Go out there and ask Singaporeans: "Do you support foreign intervention or interference in our domestic affairs?"
  
  What do you think the result will be?
  
  Sylvia did the right thing with just one sentence:
  
  1. She understood what majority of Singaporeans don't want.
  
  2. She distanced herself and the WP from the extremism of the SDP.
  
  3. She articulated a sensible position.
  
  Well done, Sylvia!

  I won't say that very very very few Singaporeans support SDP. Not that poor but not even average either.
  
  Your points 1, 2 and 3 are certainly reasonable thoughts.
  
  Chee has never won any seat on his own since his debut in 1992. And since his animosity with Chiam began, they lost all three seats that they have held since 1991 in the 1997 elections.
  
  Anyone remembers Chee running after Goh Chok Tong with a loudhailer and shouting, "Where is the money?" That was when many called him a 'siao lang'. Even I, who was so impressed with the rise of SDP in the 1991 elections, was shocked and astonished at this demonstration of impulsiveness.
  
  Average results of SDP in elections:
  
  1991 - 48.02% (Highest poll - 69.64%)
  
  1997 - 33.47% (Highest poll - 38.67%)
  
  2001 - 20.66% (Highest poll - 20.25%)
  
  2006 - 23.06% (Highest poll - 22.81%)
  
  Source: Elections department
  
  SDP's focus is more towards democracy activism. Their speeches in the last election reflect this.
  
  Contrast this with WP's speeches, which focused more on constructive criticism on domestic issues and providing viable alternatives. Which one brings about more credibility?
  
  Perhaps we should conduct a poll here in SGF on whether CSJ is needed by Singaporeans in "the fight for democracy".