tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post5624249721815862161..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Presidential Election: The Journalist on AIT Polls and WSJ on the ElectionMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-46372767749469844612011-11-26T13:07:37.321+08:002011-11-26T13:07:37.321+08:00RE: the Annie Huang, AP reporter in Taipei wrote t...RE: the Annie Huang, AP reporter in Taipei wrote the words heard 'round the world now: .....".... the soft-spoken Tsai has been transformed almost overnight from a wonkish intellectual whose privileged background allowed her to study abroad, into a ***Robin Hood-like heroine*** committed to lifting the poor from the hardships of life."<br /><br />AND: by naming the three piggybanks RED for sunshine and GREEN for warmth and BLUE for TOLERANCE......the TOLERANCE idea and naming the last bank BLUE for the KMT blue crowd, this is WHY dr Tsai is going to win the election.<br /><br /> This simple magnanimous gesture of giving BLUE voters a chance to take part in her presidency with a BLUE bank for tolerance and diversity, this was stroke of PR genius and i am sure now SHE WILL WIN the election because of this one simple yet powerful gesture. <br /><br />Watch! <br /><br />- Ellen Gravytrain<br />KeelungAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-24851687521118814022011-11-26T12:32:19.999+08:002011-11-26T12:32:19.999+08:00I'm confused by this statement from the DPP .....<b>I'm confused by this statement from the DPP ..."On the other hand, DPP legislator Chen Ming-wen (陳明文) yesterday acknowledged that the Chiayi County government, during his administration, had received monetary support from Chen Ying-chu, and said that the tycoon “is a good man.”</b><br /><br />Sorry, what's confusing about it? It says that a prominent local "businessman" pays off the local politicians in his area. This is confusing because.....?<br /><br />MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-17268612554241515292011-11-26T09:55:59.486+08:002011-11-26T09:55:59.486+08:00Is 2-3% even outside the margin of error? Realisti...Is 2-3% even outside the margin of error? Realistically they seem to be in a dead heat; which isn't what you would prefer, but which is better than trailing.clazy8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-81909451720458154182011-11-26T09:35:31.144+08:002011-11-26T09:35:31.144+08:00Hello Michael!
I'm confused by this statement...Hello Michael!<br /><br />I'm confused by this statement from the DPP ..."On the other hand, DPP legislator Chen Ming-wen (陳明文) yesterday acknowledged that the Chiayi County government, during his administration, had received monetary support from Chen Ying-chu, and said that the tycoon “is a good man.”<br /><br />Can you please explain?<br /><br />DawoiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-9581213082961838842011-11-26T07:04:57.158+08:002011-11-26T07:04:57.158+08:00That's exactly right, Jon. That's brillian...That's exactly right, Jon. That's brilliant.<br /><br />MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-60872473177864886882011-11-25T21:17:13.605+08:002011-11-25T21:17:13.605+08:00Michael, I've just posted on an issue related ...Michael, I've just posted on an issue related to dirty tricks. One of the most frequent 'dirty tricks' uncovered in my research is how KMT candidates invoke the DPP 'smear campaign' and related imagined DPP skulduggery. In fact one of the outstanding findings in my analysis is how often KMT candidates rely on what I (charitably) call negative strategic appeals. I'll have a more systematic post later; the quick post is at http://nottspolitics.org/2011/11/25/refuting-the-dpp-smear-campaign/ Interested in your thoughts as always. JonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-63057579587951035752011-11-25T15:22:16.853+08:002011-11-25T15:22:16.853+08:00Sure wish commenters would learn to read. No one c...Sure wish commenters would learn to read. No one claimed it was a one-sided affair. <br /><br />But while we're talking, note that this claim about the tape is the only "dirty trick" you can come up with on the DPP side. Whereas KMT dirty tricks are mind-numbingly common. <br /><br />As for the 2004 assassination attempt on Chen being a DPP black op, you'd have to have the political comprehension of a five year old to imagine the DPP planned that one. Not that evidence, reality, methodology, logic, or reason will ever enter into your view of the world.<br /><br />MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-28378911976663015882011-11-25T10:45:54.679+08:002011-11-25T10:45:54.679+08:00You mean dirty tricks like a tape claiming to be t...You mean dirty tricks like a tape claiming to be the his opponents having an affair that turned out to be forgery (confirmed by US examinations) yeah those were awesome. (of course the same guy later came out and said that Frank Hsieh made him do it , Frank sued him and won, so it's obvious that the courts' owned by the KMT.)<br /><br />Or maybe this time they'll make the gunshots even more realistic, instead of just shooting it through someone's face (obviously an easily achievable stunt!) <br /><br />I'm not saying the KMT's hands are clean here, but it's quite dishonest to believe this is a one sided affair.RollingWavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-66877130349514219272011-11-24T19:16:55.749+08:002011-11-24T19:16:55.749+08:00No doubt next week KMT will be putting pressure on...No doubt next week KMT will be putting pressure on AIT not to run it's own polls...lesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-2319921562086680972011-11-24T16:07:14.180+08:002011-11-24T16:07:14.180+08:00shit yeah, cant wait to see the dirty trick on the...shit yeah, cant wait to see the dirty trick on the wayMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-24804875460333409222011-11-24T15:05:30.249+08:002011-11-24T15:05:30.249+08:00Let's not count our piggies before they hatch....Let's not count our piggies before they hatch. Lots of time for dirty tricks.NONEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00312011183953017842noreply@blogger.com