COMMENT | Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor was recently sworn in as the Kedah menteri besar following the state elections. His politics is a heady mix of provocations, absurd claims, slurs, insults and gaffes - all well evidenced in the mainstream media and the alternative press.

Yes, it's hard to tell failed politicians from buffoons holding high office until it's too late. When in office, the former are ridiculed behind their backs for their actions like declaring a national emergency to suit their own ends or looting the treasury and coolly saying, "Who, me?"

Also, the plans and actions of failed politicians often defy reality like wanting a car industry without having an engineering base or wanting the country to be a world leader in some industry or technology without first going through the hard slog of acquiring knowledge and expertise.

Political buffoons, on the other hand...