Damn!
We were so close!
The coup was just around the corner. The mathai shops had stocked up, this wretched, corrupt government was going to be booted out and Zardari would wipe that cheshire cat smile of his face.
Ex-military, ex-civil service pundits were on the ready.
TV hosts had their hair gelled.
Qadam barhao General Kayani, hum tumharai saath hain status's were being liked and RT'd.
Sadly, it wasnt to be...yet.
Eventually however:
Zardari and the PPP government will be gone.......rejoice!
Its easy to imagine the streets filled with jubilation, as opposition party's and their electoral machines go into overdrive. Eventually, whoever you consider your saviour will come to power (if you are lucky). And all will be well again! ........Not!
This is perhaps the kind of reaction we should look forward to, when overzealous Pakistani news reporters shove microphones into the faces of celebrating voters.
Yep! She thinks that Obama electoral win means that she can start binning her bills! No need to worry about the gas, electricity or mortgage.
Well, we now know how things turned out.
This is the flip side of political campaigns heavy on passion and emotion.
a) Politicians make grand promises and raise expectations
b) Their failure to manage expectations leads to impossible demands and expectations
c) Those demands are not met, in which case, we are back to point (a) for our next saviour to take charge from.
We have evolved into the next stage of political theatre. Leveraged by an easily excitable news media, social networks, the internet etc. So now the promises get even grander, the expectations rise even higher, and yet despite all the tall claims and blunt accusations, we still have no one that offers rational analysis, policy proscriptions or a healthy debate.
Sigh.
Anyone want to take bets on how quickly the post-Zardari regime's ratings fall through the floor?
We were so close!
The coup was just around the corner. The mathai shops had stocked up, this wretched, corrupt government was going to be booted out and Zardari would wipe that cheshire cat smile of his face.
Ex-military, ex-civil service pundits were on the ready.
TV hosts had their hair gelled.
Qadam barhao General Kayani, hum tumharai saath hain status's were being liked and RT'd.
Sadly, it wasnt to be...yet.
Eventually however:
Zardari and the PPP government will be gone.......rejoice!
Its easy to imagine the streets filled with jubilation, as opposition party's and their electoral machines go into overdrive. Eventually, whoever you consider your saviour will come to power (if you are lucky). And all will be well again! ........Not!
This is perhaps the kind of reaction we should look forward to, when overzealous Pakistani news reporters shove microphones into the faces of celebrating voters.
Yep! She thinks that Obama electoral win means that she can start binning her bills! No need to worry about the gas, electricity or mortgage.
Well, we now know how things turned out.
This is the flip side of political campaigns heavy on passion and emotion.
a) Politicians make grand promises and raise expectations
b) Their failure to manage expectations leads to impossible demands and expectations
c) Those demands are not met, in which case, we are back to point (a) for our next saviour to take charge from.
We have evolved into the next stage of political theatre. Leveraged by an easily excitable news media, social networks, the internet etc. So now the promises get even grander, the expectations rise even higher, and yet despite all the tall claims and blunt accusations, we still have no one that offers rational analysis, policy proscriptions or a healthy debate.
Sigh.
Anyone want to take bets on how quickly the post-Zardari regime's ratings fall through the floor?
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