Mike Tyson said something right

Stranger things have happened. I was surprised, pleasantly surprised to read Mike Tyson coming out with a frank and bold admittance as to why UMNO-BN had lost badly.

Mind you, he was reported as having said such by the Star Online in Wrong message sent out, says Mat Taib, and we all know that we need to read the Star with a grain of salt - BIG grain! Nonetheless, even if not wholly true, it's quite refreshing to read an UMNO leader saying a factual political truth. Read on ...

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The arrogance and complacency of some Umno leaders after Barisan Nasional’s landslide victory in the 2004 polls sent the wrong message to the other races in the country.

And that was among the reasons Barisan lost votes to Pakatan Rakyat in last month’s general election, said Umno information chief Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib.

“Knowingly or unknowingly, some of the decisions by Umno leaders hurt the feelings of other races, especially the Chinese and Indians, in peninsular Malaysia."

“Some of our Umno leaders ... when they speak ... here Malay ... there Malay ... tenders for Malays, hoisting and kissing the keris (Malay dagger). Out there, when they (other races) see our leaders speak, they get scared."

“We appear arrogant to them,” he said when speaking at an information and dialogue session with Petaling Jaya Selatan Umno division members here on Friday night.

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Compare Mike's admittance with as Kelantan Crown Prince 'slapped' non-Malays in face! which I blogged in my other blog KTemoc Konsiders based on a Malaysiakini news article.