Why Political Coarrestpondents So Like Dat?

Straits Times political senior correspondent Lee Siew Hua wrote on Saturday, November 15, 2008, "Goodness gracious me! A tip for Singapore - US politician shows how rivals can reconcile for nation's good"

Anthony Yeo wrote, "Obama’s win: Lessons for local politicians" on Friday, 14 November 2008, at The Online Citizen.

The difference in what's written by Mr Yeo and Ms Lee is astounding!

Mr Yeo wrote about attacking personality or issue? Surprisingly, that's the issue.

Lee Siew Hua wrote: "In his post-election news conference, then prime minister, Goh Chok Tong said PAP MPs would withdraw services from opposition wards.

Two months later, he appeared to moderate his tone when he said he would give more weight to the views of those who supported his policies. He would try to win the rest through their hearts and by using logic. His consultative style, he reiterated, would continue.

Memorably, the late Workers' Party chief, J. B. Jeyaratnam refused to cede the stage in 1997, after the PAP was declared the winner in hot-seat Cheng San GRC".

Goodness me, just what's the insinuation here? JB less gracious than GCT?

Please give Mr J. B. Jeyaratnam a break. Let him rest in peace.

The continuous "Kua tio ter thai, kua tio Xin pai" roughly translated from Hokien, " see pig kill, see God pray" attitude and hubris of people in ST's political desk is getting nauseous. It's atrocious to kick a non PAP politician like Mr J. B. Jeyaratnam who passed on recently just to suck up to the power that is. Why can't political writers in mainstream media be more gracious and try a little kindness?

We've read Chua LH, Chua MH and now another Goodness Gracious Me Senior Correspondent from ST! They never let up. Do they?

Thank Goodness for alternative views in The Online Citzen and Singapore Daily

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ps: As much as I'm prepared to be fed to the fish when I'm dead and gone, I was shocked by the demise of Mr Nordin Montong who fed himself to the white tigers in Singapore Zoo. What does it take to make a person do what Mr Nordin did. What does it take to jump into an oncoming MRT train?

The pain and hopelessness of being?