January 12, 201214 yr I am sure it has been said many times, the country got the government it deserved, too many people with short memories believed what the PTP said, now they have 4 years. In 4 years time will they remember all the broken promises or give them one more chance. I suspect that in some areas if PTP put up a bag of bullshit as a candidate it would get in and who knows maybe become Prime Minister. Assuming they last 4 years and another coup doesn't arise in the meantime. I was talking with a customer today, a young educated Thai girl. Her parents are from CR and, suprisingly, were more Yellow than Red. However, they voted PTP because they viewed Abhisit as having done nothing in the two years he was there. Now they regret their choice. Their rationale was that "this new lot" may be different and to give them a try, now they believe all their promises were lies and they are only interested in bringing back Thaksin and paying out millions to Red helpers (she cited the paying of 7.5m baht to each of the families of the 91 dead Red Shirts when large tracts of BKK are flood damaged and people displaced). Not everyone (even up north) that voted PTP did for handouts or for the return of Big Brother, some wanted to see a change and are feeling betrayed now. Their "majority" (yes, mathmatically NOT a majority) may be sliding as fast as the popularity rose before the election as both ends of society gets screwed. I think the theme the red shirts were sold was democracy and to the victor goes the spoils.
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