Of wannabes ...

Then they are those like Ibrahim Ali, Hassan Ali, Zahrain, Zulkifeli, Hee YF, who has to warm up to either BN or PR to shore their chance of being nominated again. These people can never make it on their own. Soon they will be in their normal chameleon mood in wooing BN or PR. And those in PR and BN will thinks heaven of them as if neither party can make through GE 13 without these "politicians for hire".


Que sera sera
Whatever will be, will be,
The future's not us to see..
Que sera sera...

Everyone has dreams. Some ambitious whilst majority are not. Politicians have their own and not every politician climbs to their Everest.

Let's start with Awang Adek. Remember him? He was once paraded as the next Kelantan MB back in 2008! Alas, with all his crowing, BN failed to wrest Kelantan from PAS and Awang Adek landed himself in Putrajaya instead. Lately, Awang Adek is messing himself with political fund in his personal account.

It looks like Awang Adek is going to be a wanna-be in Kelantan, more so when Mustaffa Mohamed is not giving in to Awang Adek's wish...

Selangor has its own wannabe... This time around, it is Hassan Ali, the guy who was recently sacked from PAS and decided that he will not appeal his sacking. It is said that soon after tsunami 308, Hassan Ali tried to strike a deal for UMNO-PAS pact to form Selangor state government with Hassan Ali as the MB. PAS central leadership did not endorse Hassan's proposal and instead remained true to PR alliance, and leaves Hassan Ali's salivating on the slipping MB post...

Now with Hassan turning JATI, and Noh Omar in the forefront to head Selangor, if and when BN repossess Selangor, Hassan Ali is practically riding into early retirement and will soon join the likes of Nakhaie as part-time mouthpiece to UMNO...

Perlis has a special type of wanna-be. Shahidan Kassim was the MB before and when BN retained Perlis in GE 12, he assumed that he is still the MB-in-waiting. But what happen next is best kept behind the scene. Raja Perlis did not accept Shahidan Kassim any longer and despite Abdullah Badawi's insistence, BN finally succumbed to Raja Perlis steadfastness and show Shahidan the exit...

Shaidan is a wanna-be of a different kind. The same like Terengganu's Idris Jusoh! The difference is when Idris 'lost' the MB-seat, another wanna-be from the same pack hopes that he is the chosen one. His name? Rosol Wahid. He thought that he was the next-in-line until Sultan Mizan appointed Ahmad Said instead.

4 years on, Ahmad Said is not getting it easy with UMNO's internal bickering. Idris may say that he is ready to make way for new faces whilst Shahidan Kassim openly declares that he is a winnable candidate.

Johor? For a short while Johoreans thought that Khaled Nordin is going to replace Ghani Othman. Unfortunately, a last minute call from one Bukit forced Abdullah to change his mind. Khalid is still a wanna-be in that sense but so far, he lacked something essential to be MB Johor - the Muor connection. Maybe Khaled better sticks to his federal seat.

Now, what about Melaka? Although PR did not win Melaka but one DAP state official managed to get tongues wagging when he "offers" CM post to PAS. Still a wanna-be when it should be known that Melaka, like Johore is UMNOP's last bastion. Do you think Ali Rustam will give up that easy?

Biggest wanna-be? For the moment the award goes to Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar sees himself as PM-in-waiting. He also sees that Sodomy I and II are government attempts to derail him from his goals.

Pre Sodomy I Anwar is different from post Sodomy II Anwar. Back in the 80's and 90's, it's AI but since receiving his Datuk Sri'ship, Anwar will barks you down for failing to address him with Datuk Sri. For the time, Anwar seems to be a better choice than lallang 1MPM6 Najib. The question is how far will Anwar willing to go to achieve his dreams?

Wanna-bes... it does not matter whether you are from BN or PR, it still looks the same to me. And have we mentioned about chameleons? I am not PR big-wig nor do I want to be one. The same as I am not a BN decision maker and again I am not incline to be one. My advise to both BN and PR, especially PR - do watch out who are trying to snuggle up to you. PR should remember how they are bombed in Perak when the three hopped to the other side. PR should also learn from past experience how their friendly independents turn the clock against them like Wee CK, Zulkifeli Noordin and Gobalakrishnan.

Then they are those like Ibrahim Ali, Hassan Ali, Zahrain, Zulkifeli, Hee YF, who has to warm up to either BN or PR to shore their chance of being nominated again. These people can never make it on their own. Soon they will be in their normal chameleon mood in wooing BN or PR. And those in PR and BN will thinks heaven of them as if neither party can make through GE 13 without these "politicians for hire".

Wannabes, chameleons... it does not matter. It is time for them to go... and let us decide our future, for better or worse...

Till then...G'nite M'sia...wherever u are...