tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post1013119330771842098..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Economist Validates and other Predictions Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-53911865982059919042012-11-21T22:02:48.569+08:002012-11-21T22:02:48.569+08:00Odds of recall are zero. The recall procedures inv...Odds of recall are zero. The recall procedures involve a public vote on it. It's a waste of time.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-58619242124911596302012-11-21T21:04:37.323+08:002012-11-21T21:04:37.323+08:00Michael,
What do you feel are the odds of TSU pul...Michael,<br /><br />What do you feel are the odds of TSU pulling off the recall of Ma come May?<br /><br />The whole of KMT and Ma are obviously trying to pull off what Quisling did in Norway for the Nazis for the same reward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-24965776168463629272012-11-21T16:07:45.446+08:002012-11-21T16:07:45.446+08:00I think it will be good in Taiwan, punching a hole...I think it will be good in Taiwan, punching a hole in his image. Even better, The Economist has now seen how the Ma Administration rewards its supporters. Perhaps their next piece will be more balanced. Who knows? We can always hope.<br /><br />MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-20032304169613662262012-11-21T14:20:51.599+08:002012-11-21T14:20:51.599+08:00.
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From the Taipei Times article, it would seem....<br />.<br />.<br />From the Taipei Times article, it would seem that the Ma administration is completely over-reacting as well.<br /><br />The Economist frames the story as mainly a "PR" problem. It is best summed up in the closing line...<br /><br />"Nothing suggests Mr Ma’s main policies will change (or that they should), but his credibility is draining by the day." <br /><br />The Economist author, in parentheses, explicitly suggests that PandaMa's policies are, indeed, good. It is the "image" that he has to manage better.<br /><br />However PandaMa, the true "dimwit" that we all know he is, is now criticizing a friend in full bumble mode. Not only did they have to engage in damage control with the notion that they were lodging a formal protest, but their rebuttal arguments are not even germane to the point the Economist (wrongly) was trying to make. <br /><br />If the pan-greens can't get it right, they should just shut-up. Ma, will get the job done.<br /><br />I give up trying to gauge how the Taiwanese will absorb this, however.<br />.<br />.<br />.skiingkowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381159852660053893noreply@blogger.com