He told *Malaysiakini* in a 90-minute interview last week that* *only time can rehabilitate his image.
[image: khairy jamaluddin interview 230209 16]"I'm a realist; I'll have to wait for that," he said. "If I win this contest (Umno Youth chief), then maybe the resuscitation may happen quicker because I have a platform. "But if I don't, I'll just have to wait until somebody knocks on my door and says, ‘Hey, you're still around'." In this second of a five-part series, Khairy, 32, described himself as a product of his generation - one which is not completely divorced from historical baggage and where ethnical identity is still important. *HERE*<http://1426.blogspot.com/2009/03/is-kj-arrogant-kj-describes-real-kj-as.html>
