Campaigning in Hulu Selangor borders on the ridiculous. The issue of alcohol consumption has become an UMNO campaign attack on Zaid Ibrahim’s character. Zaid, himself, has admitted to drinking in the past but has promised Hulu Selangor voters that he is now a reformed man. Even PAS has thrown their weight behind this PKR candidate. But the attack continues.
DAP’s Lim Kit Siang has come up with an intriguing theory that the malicious attacks on Zaid Ibrahim were actually part of a despicable plot to implicate top UMNO leaders such as the Prime Minister and the Home Minister for also being sinful drinkers. “Their objective is to attack Najib and Hishammuddin because Hishammuddin is now dragged in, Najib also dragged in. The people behind this attack, are they going for a larger target?” quipped Lim (Webpage http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/60730-kit-siang-claims-beer-bashing-is-umno-ploy-to-implicate-najib-hisham). Lim’s remarks were made because photos of Hishammuddin allegedly consuming alcohol were being circulated on the Internet. And there were photos too of others indulging in similar behavior. This is what we meant by “gutter politics”. UMNO shouldn’t have started it, but now that this wee issue of Zaid drinking alcohol a long time ago has snowballed – it may even cause a frightful avalanche that may well, bury many others, including those from UMNO. All this talk about drinking has made me very thirsty – if only I can have my chilled beer now!
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