tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post7762979838814232152..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Eric Chu running for KMT ChairMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-11806705719608504292014-12-13T12:20:29.753+08:002014-12-13T12:20:29.753+08:00aaaaaaaaahhhhhh chuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Who is this guy a...aaaaaaaaahhhhhh chuuuuuuuuuuuuu<br /><br />Who is this guy anyway? I know his background, but who is he? I live in XinBei and have never heard of anything he's accomplished. <br /><br />Can't believe out of 23 million people this is the best they can come up with. Then again, its bush - clinton - bush - ovomit - bush/clinton/romney (again) banker puppets for our disgraceful leadership. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-29479550689838450202014-12-13T10:32:28.065+08:002014-12-13T10:32:28.065+08:00I'd been wondering for some time whether Yu Sh...I'd been wondering for some time whether Yu Shyu-Kyun's near-upset of Chu would have been enough to knock him out of presidential contention. I'd felt that the DPP missed an enormous opportunity by failing to defeat Eric Chu in that New Taipei election because had they pulled off such an upset, they'd have eliminated the KMT's best presidential contender in 2016. Instead, Yu didn't win, and Chu remains a realistic 2016 candidate anyway.<br /><br />HOWEVER..........even if Chu had lost, maybe the KMT would have run him in 2016 anyway for lack of better candidates, save perhaps Hau Long-bin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-83642558165045091462014-12-13T08:16:37.143+08:002014-12-13T08:16:37.143+08:00Note that Chu announced that his goal as chair of ...Note that Chu announced that his goal as chair of KMT was to (order the KMT legislators to) change ("reform") the country's system, without consulting with KMT legislators first. The will of the new King Chu will be the will of KMT.<br /><br />No word, as chair of KMT, about what he would do to reform KMT, which is the job of KMT chair after a major election defeat.<br /><br />He will not change KMT's system in which the Chair is the monarch.<br /><br />In short, his promise is to "reform" the country, not his party.<br /><br />A failure of "reforming" the country ==> the opposition shares (in fact, will be assigned by mass media with) the responsibility.<br /><br />No promise of "reforming" the KMT ==> no failure on his part.<br /><br />Overall, he set up a formula for him to be absolutely safe.<br /><br />In one sentence, all he said was: "I will reform YOU, not me".SYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-18048891372843651902014-12-13T05:13:32.314+08:002014-12-13T05:13:32.314+08:00It will be interesting to see the resistance to hi...It will be interesting to see the resistance to his proposals from within the party and to what extent he actually implements them. An egalitarian KMT that supports constitutional reform, reaches out to the youth, relinquishes its stolen assets, and changess its slavisly pro-China policy simply would not be the KMT anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com