>Wijeysingha’s gay orientation played up again – by Straits Times

>It is said that there is more than one way to skin a cat. How true.

So Vivian Balakrishnan gave his word that he’d drop the video issue implicating Vincent Wijey’s gay orientation and his intention to promote the gay cause in Parliament. That effectively not only zips his mouth, it also zips the mouths of his team mates contesting Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. For that matter, it also zips up the mouths of whole of PAP team.

>Vincent Wijeysingha – Vivian plays dirty, SDP and gay community play ignorant

>My usual introductory yakking -

Aw, come off it! As if you don’t know that sooner or later Vincent Wijeysingha’s gay orientation will be a political issue. How naive are you fellas?

I, on my part, have also been “suppressing” such news from my blog because I do not want to distract the real issues like housing, cost of living or even incompetent PAP candidates like Chan Chun Sing. But since it is already out, I have to let this off my chest.

>SDP has to drop Vincent Wijeysingha

>Much as I hate to say it, I feel SDP has to drop Vincent Wijeysingha. Yes, it was an underhand move by Vivian Balakrishnan, but that was to be expected, wasn’t it? What I really cannot understand is that Wijey had all along thought this would not be “opened” to the public, such that he (foolishly) dared Dr Bala to say exactly what the video was all about.

>PAPpy has chosen its scapegoat – Wijeysingha

>It is expected that the PAP will launch attacks on candidates’ background. That has been their trademark. PAP will choose a candidate and keep stressing the character of that candidate. We had Francis Seow, the womanizer. Tang Liang Hong, the Chinese Chauvinist and anti-Christian. We also had James Gomez the Bully who threatened a civil servant pertaining to nomination papers.

This election, Vivian Balakrishnan made an implicit statement pertaining to SDP’s Wijeysingha “unknown video”. He was also implicitly referring to SDP’s newest finds Ang Yong Guan and Tan Jee Seng, citing SDP is made up of “strange bedfellows”.

Wije is of course gay, while Yong Guan and Jee Seng happen to be a staunch Christians. That’s probably what Vivian is implying about “strange bedfellows”, alluding to the Aware Saga, where the gays allege that the Christian community was pushing their agenda. As it turned out, many parents of schoolchildren saw the Aware saga as gays introducing gay lifestyle into schools instead.

Jee Seng and Yong Guan are definitely heavy weights. Having them around will surely lift the image of the party. So why not attack a man from the party, Wije, and imply that SDP did not do a good background check (on Wije).

In my opinion, the problem with SDP’s image is that it is that more concerned about foreign ideals like Human Rights, Capital Punishment, Min Wage, and even gay rights. Dr Chee himself seems to be bathing in the limelight, giving talks overseas.

Vivian Bala is no novice in politics. He knows how to capitalize the situation. He has four children. Surely he knows as a parent, what were the emotions and concerns of parents in schools, during the Aware Saga?

Some gays may say that it is unfair for PAP to pick out a gay candidate. Hey, the true-bred Chinese didn’t make a fuss when Tang Liang Hong was branded Chinese Chauvinist for his promotion of Chinese ideals. That’s politics in play, fellas.

In my opinion, I think it is more of SDP’s open over-display of over promoting foreign ideals instead of showing more concern for domestic issues that has slowed down much support for SDP.

The gay community didn’t help their own image either, when they made a big fuss after the S377A repeal attempt in Parliament was not approved. Worse still, their open high handedness and direct attacks on Christians during the Aware Saga has now been etched in the minds of many. And Vivian Balakrishnan, an experienced politician, is capitalizing on that boo-boo made by the gay community for all it is worth.

It is not that the general community is not open to the gay community. It is that the gay community has blown these two issues (S377A repeal attempt and Aware Saga) out of proportion. If you recall, years before the S377A repeal attempt, Parliament passed a bill that allowed those who have changed their sex after an op, to marry someone of their ex-gender. There was no uproar from the general community, was there?

It is now left to be seen if heavyweights Tan Jee Seng and Ang Yong Guan would be able to overshadow the scapegoated Wijeysingha.

But such attacks by PAP can cut both ways. If the PAPpies put too much effort to knock Wije out, they would be paying less attention to other candidates. And we know that Jee Seng and Yong Guan are not the only heavy weights around. Don’t we have Tony Tan, Hazel Pao, Chen Show Mao and even new kid on the block, Nicole Seah, who may give Tin Pei Ling and Kayu Goh a run for their money. Not to mention Steve Chia, one of the highest ranking losers in past GEs who have made PAP candidates missed a heartbeat or two, when they barely scrapped through.

Unlike past elections where there was only one heavy weight where the PAP can simply offload their attacks on one candidate, this elections has a very different landscape and that old stale tactic may not work.

This year’s election is gonnna be a whole new interesting ball game altogether.