Di bawah adalah respon spontan mantan PM Tun Dr Mahathir mengenai kekalahan besar Be End di bawah pemerintahan Datuk Seri Abdullah yang dipetik dari akhbar The Sun edisi percuma di 7-E bertarikh 10 mac 2008:
“I think he should accept responsibility for this, just as in 2004, the huge victory was reportedly due to him, 100%, and that was said by the then secretary-general of Umno,”
But now also he should accept 100 percent responsibility. He has destroyed Umno, he has destroyed BN, and he should be responsible of this massive defeat.”
“I think the Japanese would have committed harakiri. But I think Malays are not up to this yet. I think he should consider stepping down,”
“Four years after the last election, he has done so many things which were wrong but these people(media) keep on reporting how the people loved him,”he said.
“Datuk Seri Najib has scored an amazing victory, more than the 2004 result when it was the best year for BN. His majority increased while Abdullah’s decreased quite significantly,”
Tun sudah tua. Mungkin kata-katanya cuma sekadar dipinggiran. Tak perlu sangat ambil pusing. Tapi perlu ingat Tun dah perintah Malaysia lebih 20 tahun. Dalam tempoh 20 tahun itu banyak situasi-situasi yang kadangkala menggugat kedudukannya sebagai PM. Macam isu mamali dan pemecatan mantan TPMnya pada 1998 dahulu. Mungkin itu pandangan peribadi Tun. Cuma pandangannya itu memerlukan bacaan politik yang rasional. Pola warna politik nusa kita sudah berubah. Dan rakyat sudahpun bersuara.
