bad, worse, worst

desiderata2000 | ... Three little words was all I responded to a counsellor buddy when he sms-ed me at 6.00pm that Pak Lah had decided "not to contest" for the UMNO president's post come March 2009, which means he must relinguish the Prime Minister's post to his successor as UMNO President, noinations for which will start soon.

It was "bad" that Opposition Leader Sdr Anwar Ibrahim missed the deadline to deliver Merdeka Mission 916 after the successful March 8, 2008 General Elections, and August 26 Permatang Pauh by-election.

It became "worse" when Malaysia Today blogger-editor Raja Petra Kamarudin was arrested under the Internal Security Act -- he was holding the key to upsetting the incumbent Deputy UMNO President now primed to take over UMNO-presidency, and along with it, Prime Ministership of Malaysia.

"Worst" is yet to come if the last card that the Pakatan Rakyat leaders can't come together with a final plan to vote out the current lame-duck PM that Pak Lah has just become after announcing earlier this afternoon (October 8, 2008) that he's NOT contesting the UMNO party number one post.... selanjutnya.