Arrivederci Mr Khir!

Most politicians care about money and nothing else. Some do it for power whilst some would do it in order to make a change in this world - or at least the nation. In my mind though, all of the above are inter-changeable. One can have a proper purpose at first but then discards that for power, or money. While a person may at first do it for money, but then change for the better. Power however is always certain.

Teng Chang Kim (the Selangor assembly Speaker) had gone on record to say that he is earning less now than he did when he was a full practising lawyer. A Speaker gets about RM16k monthly compared to a lawyer than can gather RM30k at least, per month. Nizar yesterday said, he could easily get RM40k per month as a businessman, but is earning RM16k per month by being an MB. So money is probably not a factor for these people.

Some however had never been as lucky. Some who were lucky enough to get thousands before wants millions after becoming a politician. It's never enough for these people.

Recently, there has been series of accusations about money politics, corruption and also cows that it's only a matter of time before someone actually blows up. That person is the always calm -- borderline annoying, actually he is already annoying -- Khir Toyo.

Who would've guessed? Last year he was the king of allegations. No one from Selangor was safe. Even the makcik that sold him tempe probably could've received a beating. He'd be like, "I've got sources that says your tempe is way overpriced. The whole community in Puchong petitioned against you makcik, so I'm just doing my job by reporting it. If you're innocent then you have nothing to be afraid of. But the 10cent difference between the one you're selling and the one in the supermarket is mightily suspicious".

Now allegations of the Mecca deal, land scam, Rovers and Disney trips are just flying all over the place. It makes me wonder why he would challenge the current MB in the first place? With petty accusations of cows and car services. Surely if there are any wrongdoings, something bigger than just cows and car services is more convincing.

His act of accusing others when he knows his can easily be exposed is mind boggling. Probably he thought, as the state administration remains quite for a year, he is now safe. That, as Simon Cowell would say, is a bit dim-witted. In fact if Simon were to judge an American Idol-like show I would so brilliantly call Political Idol, he would probably comment Khir's performance as, "a drunken lounge singer who yells out whatever that comes to his head without ever thinking of the consequences. A stupid move that would eventually blow up in your face. Very disappointed in you" (with a snobby British accent).

Yesterday, Khir had had enough and asked one assemblyman to "watch out". Apparently suing and going to court is not an option anymore and allegators (is this right?) should now "watch out". This is how the Selangor UMNO youth go about confronting the other party nowadays. Previously 22 UMNO youth members from Selangor confronted Karpal in more or less the same manner.

For them it's as simple as, if you do any wrong to us, whether rightly or wrongly, the best thing for you to do is "watch out". Isn't that slightly thuggish? As far as I know, sportsman do that. If you get 2 boxers in a match, yes one could say watch out. Or a footballer who got tackled hard, if he's not injured (or just simply play acting ehem Christiano Ronaldo ehem) then he would get up and say watch out. But politicians? That's a new low.

See, with Khir, all the 3 elements mentioned above are in existence. He cares about money (I'm sure of it), he wants power -- he even got power before and now so desperately want it back -- and he's doing it also for the "change", hence the handing out of a broom.

Now with all the fingers pointing back at him, it is only typical for him to claim "sabotage" and "people are out to get me". The fact is, that is what he has been doing all along to others. He may have a calm exterior, but I'm sure with serious allegations made by the current administration and with evidences to support them, on the inside he's trembling with fear.

It won't be long until we see the last of Khir, unless of course he wins the chief youth position. But that too is in doubt. He may have the widest media coverage now but they are all for the wrong reasons. His ability to win back his constituency is also in doubt for the next GE because the can of worms which he has been holding tightly, has holes in it apparently.

So let me be the first to say, au revoir Mr. Khir! And take your broom with you.