As my dear readers probably know, we have an election in Thailand coming on July 3. Whenever there is an election the streets are lined with placards for all the different candidates. This year they are pretty entertaining so I drove around and snapped a few photos of them.
Party #2 has some fun posters. There is that one above with the little kid.
And the dinosaur. Problem is, I don’t know who I’m voting for, the kid or the dinosaur.
Then there is the “Vote No” campaign. I believe that one is sponsored by PAD, you know, the yellow shirts. They don’t have a party or any candidates so they are urging a no vote. Their posters are pretty fun.
There is this one that has a little cartoon of both Thaksin and Abhisit with the words “No No No”. It’s kind of fun because the Thai word “no” refers to a bump on your head. So they have the two cartoon heads with bumps all over them.
Then there are all the insulting animal posters. They are pretty funny because they dress up some animals in suits as if they are the candidates and they have the slogan “Don’t let animals into parliament”. The animals they use are the ones that are considered very insulting if used to refer to a person.
Like a dog.
Or a khwai (water buffalo).
And most insulting of all a tua hia (monitor lizard).
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June 29th, 2011 at 8:14 am
Do political commercials take over the radio and television air as well? Do politicians actually address issues, or is it primarily name-calling, incomplete “truths” and vague generalities?
June 29th, 2011 at 8:32 am
I see some political ads on TV but not that many. Mostly what they do is make lots of promises about big give-aways.
June 29th, 2011 at 8:40 am
“Mostly what they do is make lots of promises about big give-aways.”
Same everywhere, eh?
July 4th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
I was just wandering whether do you know Chitpas Bhirombhakdi, the Singha beer heiress won her seat in Bangkok’s Dusit-Ratchathewi constituency?
July 4th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Not sure, haven’t looked at the election news very close.