Najib vs Obama
It may not be completely fair to compare Najib and Obama for obvious reasons, but the following differences should be interesting enough for Malaysians to ponder although it is very much insignificant to the Americans.
- Obama will report for duty in Jan 2009 while Najib will assume the premiership post in March 2009.
- Obama won the presidential candidate fights in both within his own party as well as between Democrat and Republican while Najib sort of inherited the prime minister post given to him on a silver platter…. virtually un-challenged within his party by virtue of being the no 2 man in UMNO Baru
- Obama’s win proved that anyone can be the President of the United State of America while Najib’s win proves that only UMNO Baru’s top man can be the Prime Minister of Malaysia although Pak Lah commented that anyone can be the Prime Minister of Malaysia after Obama was declared the winner.
- Obama’s victory gives hope for better things to come for all American while Najib’s inheritance of power gives some sort of a gloomy future for all Malaysians.
- Obama’s personal credibility is very clean while Najib’s personal credibility is nothing to shout about, thanks to many unanswered allegations against him
- While Obama’s victory are congratulated by many leaders the world over, Najib’s ascending to the most powerful man in Malaysia received lukewarm responses from even his own party members while congratulatory messages from foreign leaders are unheard of, may be they are waiting to do that only in March 2009 when the actual swearing ceremony finally take place
- Last but not least, while it is very unlikely that any American college dropout will be able to secure any appointment with Obama’s office for some assistance to get a scholarship, a Malaysian university drop-out could still managed to drop by at Najib’s office to ask for assistance in getting a scholarship.
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