Hishammuddin and his keris.

28.4.2008.

How time makes such a difference. Not too long ago Hisham, and  his not-to-be-outdone-won-without-contest deputy  KJ, were brandishing the keris. It must have been an inspiring moment.  Now, it seems to have plunged into a despairing moment.

How easy it is to be wise after the event. What were you thinking then , Hisham ? More importantly, what are you thinking now ? Would you make another about turn any time soon ? Are you thinking at all ? Now poor cousin Najib is also getting into the act. That sure was fast, eh ? He wasn't so fast when everybody was clamouring for his stand on AAB. That's why the Malays have a saying, Hisham, "when you speak in the daytime, look , when you speak in the night, listen". 

You know, you can get pretty emotional sometimes. When you give your speeches you tend to shout, equating, perhaps, volume with quality. When you shout and get emotional you tend to lose reason, too. So, when you pulled the keris, not at one UMNO Convention, but two consecutive ones, as if to dare your detractors, the other idiots also jumped on to your bandwagon, defending you "like nobody's business", as the Malaysians say it.

Now that you've jumped down from the wagon, are they also jumping down, or do you leave them stranded ? We all change our minds, Hisham, because we're also idiots at one time or another. But you're a public figure. You make a lot of noise wherever you go. When you do idiotic things, you really look like a very big idiot.

Come on, man, you're supposed to be the future of UMNO. We can't have another idiot leading UMNO any time soon. There are too many already, starting from AAB. So, where's your conviction ? I'm not talking about the conviction that Anwar got. Are the principles you were supposed to be standing for when you waved the keris around no longer worth defending ? Or did you mistake your urges to be your principles, such as the urge to move your bowels ? Or were they principles that were real then, but phony now ? 

This is no longer the question of the keris and the brandishing of it. This is the grave doubt cast on the integrity and worthiness of the bearer of the keris. You were found to be obnoxious by the Non-Malays. You are now, to me, unreliable to the Malays. Your late grandfather, and your late father, fought for greater things, Hisham. They are turning in their graves right now !

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