“
Mahinda Rajapaksa is to some an enigma. His rise to power has been phenomenal. His is an improbably story. That story is an epic.
…
What are the qualities of a great leader? You name it, Mahinda Rajapaksa is blessed with it. In abundance.
…
And yet, he is still a villager from Medamulana; feet firm in his native soil, head held high and proud to inhale the winds that caress the concerns of the most humble and gentle people, conscious of his past, looking to the future and doing that which has to be done right now. For his motherland.
” —About Mahinda Rajapaksa: some quotes from the campaign website. I don’t know who writes it, but this is an improbably copy. And epic. In abundance.