Double Talk

To be a good politician you must learn to double-talk. You must not only learn to please your supporters, but also the opposition - if you do it well, then you will be a successful politician. Well that may be difficult to do elsewhere in the world when the free media hounds your every word, but much much easier here when Malaysians in general forget easily, and when the 'free' media is actually under your thumbs.

Compare the above to this comment a month ago from our successful politician regarding the 30% Bumiputera programme of the NEP

Little wonder that the New Economic Policy has been called, is now called, and very likely will be called Never Ending Policy...or maybe Old Economic Policy?