The inconvenient truths. Devil's advocate series.

1. It's painful to admit but UMNO has won the Johor PRN. 

2. Ong Kian Meng and also in lesser proportion, Charles Santiago were right 

3. The former said PH will suffer a crushing defeat. He was right. The latter said there will be an Indian backlash. He was also correct. 

4. UMNO and the few non UMNO hangers on deserved credit 

5. Let me say it again, I have to eat humble pie, congratulations to UMNO are in order 

6. The exceedingly good results are due to UMNO's strategy as much as the assertive and bold decision of Johor people 

7. Onn Hafiz personally deserves all the accolade. 

8. The victory should spur Zahid in deciding to quit the unity government. Quit immediately. Use his Tameng Sari . 

9. Now, having discharged all the compliments,I must attend to the bitter task. 

10. Amiruddin shaari, himself a johorean said it's a wake-up call. 

11. Indeed it is. But the man who ought to stay awake all night is Anwar Ibrahim as the big boss of PH. 

12. The DAP people worked maniacally and Ms Yeoh bee yin was particularly visible. Ms Teoh nih ching worked tirelessly too until she lost her voice. The DAP people as a whole worked hard 

13. But the man who should shoulder much of the blame for PHs dismal performance, is Anwar Ibrahim, boss of PH 

14. Not to disparage or to besmirch him. But to remind him and knock some sense into him. 

15. Much of the venom has been poured to the Johor people by him by his campaign style and the Johor people didn't like it. 

16. That should remind him now, if not already told to him by his comrades, that he should stay out out of the N9 and melaka PRNs 

17. Let the other generals do the skunk work. He, as the genelasimo should appear at the last minute to deliver the coup de grace. 

18. Otherwise people would find him to be annoyingly nauseating and he could come out with unguarded statements. 

19. He must trust his generals to do the necessary work and think of them as capable also to deliver the killer blows. 

20. First, he doesn't seem to trust the other bosses. That could be his undoing 

21. Let me be brutally frank. The DAP people can more than do the job. Hey, dap has more seats than PKR. Mat Sabu can throw the mics. 

22. I have alluded to the fact that Anwar may issue unguarded statements which offend voters 

23. If I may say it bluntly too, it's a case of the mouth being faster than the brain. 

24 . In the Johor PRN it's possible, his histrionics on stage my have been off-putting 

25. He's yelling and screaming and even insulting the goreng Pisang with sambal kicap eating Johor people. 

26. His current demeanor is a far cry from the demeanor of Anwar I saw during his frequent forum participant visits at the UM campus in the late 70s. 

27. Then he was calm cool and collected. Tudung clad girls would swoon over him 

28. Perhaps now he should heed the pious advice of the religious Minister. 

29..it's not a case of you must do everything. You must learn how to delegate, sir. 

30. As to the urge to get into all the thick and thing of things, remember what lord shingen said in Kagenmusha. The mountain doesn't move. 

31. As to the advice given by your minders, pay little attention to the outspoken ones. Instead as Machiavelli said pay more attention to the quiet thinking ones 

32. I am not telling you of ways and tools in the art of campaigning. That will be our trade secret. 

33. I am telling these because I repeat, I don't want Anwar to be a one hit wonder. 

34. As to Adolf Akmal saying he wants to volunteer to draft Nga his letter of resignation, no need to do so. 

35. Instead, at the earliest opportunity, volunteer to write a letter for Zahid to quit the unity government. Now!