Madir Speaks Again.... It's Both Funny and Scary

snippets from his interview in MalaysiaKini...

What do you think led to this defeat?
I think his son-in-law (Khairy Jamaluddin) played a big role. This young man who has no achievements before but apparently the PM listens to him more rather than the police, the special branch and the armed forces, who are closer to the ground. They were so taken up with their own newspaper reports that they couldn't hear anything else. They dismissed everything they didn't like.
(KJ, take tat. ur 5k majority is a shame. ur opponent who raised only 30k to campaign earned everybody's respect)

Do you think that Anwar Ibrahim is still relevant?
I think he is relevant but he is not going to become the prime minister of this country.
(those who didn't sleep will know the answer. Badawi said before he's not relevant, of course no one is relevant when one is sleeping)

If you were in Pak Lah's shoes, would you be in a hurry to form the government?
I would take responsibility. If the people want me to resign, I would resign.
(Badawi can't hear you cox he's sleeping)

Who should succeed Pak Lah?
Najib won by 26,000 votes and this is much more than in 2004 when the BN was very, very popular. On the other hand, Pak Lah - who had a majority of 18,000 before - only has a majority of 11,000 now. The fact is that he lost a number of votes. And there are not many people who have improved (their majority) since 2004.Yes, his son-in-law won but he only won by a small majority, smaller than previously. He was also in a safe seat.
(can you see now what's to come? and mukhriz spoke already, asking Badawi to step down - like cantonese says, old madir still have quite some style of kungfu left....also love his jab take at the SIL. BUT ONE DISTURBING EVENT HERE.... madir seems to be working extra hard promoting najob. well...for me, i dun wanna another DEVIL barter)

Is it time to end racial politics?
I'm going to tell you this (rejection of BN) involves all the races. It's not as if the Chinese reject BN or all the Indians reject BN. Here, you see Chinese, Indian and Malay reject BN except for Sabah and Sarawak.
(ok, yes, EM accounted for >25% of BN parliament share - it's a shame)

Can you comment on Zam (Zainuddin Maidin)?
He won or lost? Oh, he lost. Well, the way he was campaigning was really funny, telling people to look at his face and how it doesn't change. But I think that a face that doesn't change can be very boring. Sometimes you must laugh, sometimes you must cry.He was telling everybody "Ini muka tak bertukar, tak bertukar". Who is interested in his ‘wajar’? If he was Britney Spears, then….
(this is the BEST answer of the whole interview!)

Did BN lose because too many people like Samy Vellu had hung on to power too long?
I think that Samy Vellu played a big part in the defeat. When he was in BN, he doesn't allow any of the MIC people to come up to his level. If they come up (to be) deputy or vice-president, he will knock them down and even expel them from the party.And he wouldn't allow any other Indian party to join BN. (MG) Pandithan tried to join, begged me to allow him and I wanted to agree but we have this consensus in BN that if one party doesn't agree we cannot accept them.
(old Madir is definitely trying to save his own ass; I mean he says Samy didn't bring up Indians' grouses but takkan he dunno about it??? tat's lots of bullsss)

Will you return to active politics?
I won't return to active politics but if they want advice, I can give them. How can I return when once I stepped down they treated me like a pariah?
(now... this is SCARY!!!!!!!!!!)