Malaysian Candidates Required to Have Blogs

Pioneer Woman writes "Abdul Rahman Dahlan, secretary general of the United Malays National Organization party's youth wing, said all those vying for national youth posts must have blogs to introduce themselves and their programs ahead of party elections in December. The decision appeared aimed at countering heavy losses that the ruling National Front coalition suffered in last month's general elections. In a country where mainstream media is tightly controlled by the government they underestimated the power of online campaigning. In the past, party politicians have said bloggers spread lies and rumors but now even youth deputy Khairy Jamaluddin — who once compared bloggers to monkeys living by the law of the jungle — has a blog."

only a blog ?

[malinha]

They forgot hi5 and myspace, all full and loaded!!

Youth Deputy Troy McClure

[Rob T Firefly]

You've finally made a monkey,
(Yes, we've finally made a monkey,)
Yes, you've finally made a monkey
Out of meeeee!