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Published on November 26, 2007

According to polls, the favourites are the People's Power Party and the Democrat Party, but most importantly, the polls say the Northeast will be the winning region for the PPP.

Democrat fans should fear a loss in the region. Though people there do not quite understand the new election rules, they are now working hard to remember the numbers of the PPP and its MP candidates.

In this situation, Democrat leaders should watch "Sapha Joke", a clever programme on TITV that mocks the current political scene.

For months the programme has featured a mock Parliament and impersonators of well-known politicians welcoming a new member - Abhisit Vejjajiva. The impersonator recites Democrat policies as supporters jostle around him, clapping and singing to cheer him up. Needless to say, it fits the current rumour that Abhisit was selected by "You Know Who" to become the next prime minister.

The impersonator is so much like party leader Abhisit, with the same facial features, hairstyle and smile, that but for his Northeastern accent and his skills in mor lam, the traditional song style of the region, he could be mistaken for the real Abhisit.

Actually, the Democrats should hire the impersonator for the next political campaign swing through the Northeast. I have no doubt that the phoney Abhisit would garner a huge number of votes there.

Out-of-sight PPP

As the election draws near, many parties are running ads in newspapers to catch as many readers as possible.

Prachai Leophairatana's Matchima Thipataya Party's ad is the most frequently seen, but what I liked the most was the People's Power Party's ad on the back cover of Kom Chad Luek on Thursday.

Many companies have shut down, leaving many workers jobless, it said, but if the party comes to power, all wrongs will be righted. As if by design, the half-page ad was placed above an ad for PowerBuy. What will happen when the two lines of power collide? If the People's Power Party were a rocket, it would have flown out of the earth's atmosphere by now.

achara_d@nationgroup.com