Coming General Elections- what it means to you

Coming General Elections- what it means to you

  • Not of legal voting age yet, will be more in tune when the time comes

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Very happy with the current politics, will support current politicians

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • We need more oppositions, please

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Sorry- not into politics

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Will support whoever is at the helm

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Current opposition has credibility issues- where's the fight in that?

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on oppositions' credibility- it can be said that the opposition lacks restraint in preventing themselves from getting into disrepute. this taints their credibility well before the election proper kicks in, it's like starting on a loosing note. don't get me wrong, there are opposition candidates who let their commitments do the talking instead BUT there individuals are numbered...
 
Depends how you see it. Credibility - through what you read on the papers? :wink:

Chee Soon Juan, however, is an exception - he wanted to gain attention. To the foreign media - that's the best way to gain attention on particular issues and garner votes. To us, it's a foolish act to say the least.

I guess there's always two sides of the coin there.



Anyway I think the best for the coming election is to see more quality competition, and opposition parties outlining more concrete plans for residents of each area.
 
Goes back to the start where the other softies were arguing about the negative reporting of the opposition by the media.

A discussion like this would be futile if everyone is on the wrong frequencies.

So maybe we should start looking at the definition of credibility to begin with. Is credibility 1) having good reputation 2) saying and getting things done 3) something else or a mix?

And how would one actually measure perceived credibility? I suppose a number of the participants here have never been under the control of more than one party in the area where they live.
 
when one stands for election, credibility is in the eyes of the beholder. if you have winning ways with the voters, you will remain credible.
 
subversion said:
when one stands for election, credibility is in the eyes of the beholder. if you have winning ways with the voters, you will remain credible.
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So you mean Chee Soon Juan is credible to the eyes of his supporters? :?

That sounds weird, but yea, that's one way of looking at credibility.
 
thor666 said:
So you mean Chee Soon Juan is credible to the eyes of his supporters? :?

That sounds weird, but yea, that's one way of looking at credibility.
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i'm not saying it, but at the end of the day, that's how it is. there are others with traffic offences, etc- are these people credible? our perception remains varied.

to put credibility on trial is a rather limited measure for capacity, in fact the government is lobbying on the capacity factor by fielding young candidates this time round.
 
agree.

end of the day though, I think most people will just look at credibility. Let's just see how people vote, especially with the young candidates.
 
I see the vote..More Opposition@35%

You know what? If the oppostion win the election by a narrow margin and form the next government, we'll have the biggest opposition...the PAP :D
 
There's going to be trouble :D The new government can't touch the reserves accumulated by the old government.
 
Maybe those who voted from more opposition either want more competition in the general election or they believed that the oppositions could do a better job or just about the same as the PAP. Or maybe they just felt like pressing the button. :lol:

Alright I think I wanna apologize first because I’m about to go off topic here. So I hope you people don’t mind. Cause I really wanna know what you people think on this one. Is it possible that PAP has done “such” a tremendous job for Singapore on so many occasions over the years that it has lead to the people having a mindset which say, “There is none other like PAP. And without them Singapore is doomed to failed.” Is it done deliberately with an agenda?

So what do you think on that one? Once again sorry for the off topic.
 
Tribalcast said:
Is it possible that PAP has done “such” a tremendous job for Singapore on so many occasions over the years that it has lead to the people having a mindset which say, “There is none other like PAP. And without them Singapore is doomed to failed.” Is it done deliberately with an agenda?

So what do you think on that one? Once again sorry for the off topic.
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I guess there are two ways to answer this..

1st. Say you have an excellent opinion on a certain guitarist and you thinkhe is the greatest. Did he by deliberation do something to make you think that way?

2nd If you pick up a guitar to play, put in a lot of effort to do it extremely well. You may not want to use the word deliberate, but isn't this what you want ultimately...people adore you and thnk that you are the best guitarist?
 
Something interesting. For the first time, an opposition party member dropped by my house to promote his party.

Seems we will have an interesting election coming around this time. And oh, probably I will get to vote.
 
HeartRockSingapore said:
1st. Say you have an excellent opinion on a certain guitarist and you thinkhe is the greatest. Did he by deliberation do something to make you think that way?
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right... but let'ssay it's been 20 years on since your band has been formed, and suddenly you're not sure that he's that good. however, everyone around thinks he's good. but surely you have the right to question his ability being a part of the band and all. but he truly smothers all the other guitarists you've looked at through influence and power.

never mind. i dont think we'll be able to incorporate western liberal ideals in singapore for another twenty years. which by then with the incredible dominance by China, communism would be the 'it' thing and we'd be sitting once again at our hight tech com screens saying why we're still doing that lousy 'democracy' thing.
 
super_punk said:
but surely you have the right to question his ability being a part of the band and all..
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the question to ask yourself is, "Am I good for the band?"

super_punk said:
i dont think we'll be able to incorporate western liberal ideals
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we have all the good, hopefully none the bad.
 
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