tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post114790712625175749..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Chen approval at 5.8%?Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1147998914960581122006-05-19T08:35:00.000+08:002006-05-19T08:35:00.000+08:00"Are you on crack? Who said anything about not inv..."Are you on crack? Who said anything about not investigating or not having democratic oversight? I gave four different reasons for the fall in Chen's popularity. (1) the pan-Blue strategy of paralyzing governance (2) the recent corruption charges (3) structural changes in the economy (4) the weakness of the ROC presidency. I separated them out as unrelated reasons. I have no idea where your "analysis" is coming from..."<BR/><BR/>Michael:<BR/>please refrain from insulting your readers on your own blog with such phrase as "are you on crack?"....we've been loyal to you since the 1900Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1147996553721935572006-05-19T07:55:00.000+08:002006-05-19T07:55:00.000+08:00"Despite all that's bad about the current DPP admi..."Despite all that's bad about the current DPP administration, one must not lose touch with the fact that the alternative is much much worse."<BR/><BR/>Oh yes, we are Chinese and bunch of losers, but vote for us anyway!!<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR81WkUJaOc<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjhH2v-pvCM<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j46zm6i_-hg<BR/><BR/>Haha... I vote for Mongolian!!<BR/><BR/>Iron_Jackal_TWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1147962936971199982006-05-18T22:35:00.000+08:002006-05-18T22:35:00.000+08:00Why? So do you mean that the corruption charges in...<B>Why? So do you mean that the corruption charges involving his staff member and family members could be "justified" or even "pardon" from investigation because its a part of your so-called "pan blue strategy"? And is that mean he should be immune from the monitering system of the public in a democracy system? Michael, please look beyond the colors and start thinking rationally when it comes to politics.</B><BR/><BR/>Are you on crack? Who said anything about not investigating or not having democratic oversight? I gave four different reasons for the fall in Chen's popularity. (1) the pan-Blue strategy of paralyzing governance (2) the recent corruption charges (3) structural changes in the economy (4) the weakness of the ROC presidency. I separated them out as unrelated reasons. I have no idea where your "analysis" is coming from...<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1147955828151819062006-05-18T20:37:00.000+08:002006-05-18T20:37:00.000+08:00Why? So do you mean that the corruption charges in...Why? So do you mean that the corruption charges involving his staff member and family members could be "justified" or even "pardon" from investigation because its a part of your so-called "pan blue strategy"? And is that mean he should be immune from the monitering system of the public in a democracy system? Michael, please look beyond the colors and start thinking rationally when it comes to politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1147953775119601502006-05-18T20:02:00.000+08:002006-05-18T20:02:00.000+08:00Yes, that's what I said. "the recent corruption ch...Yes, that's what I said. "the recent corruption charges."<BR/><BR/>MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1147943439055190802006-05-18T17:10:00.000+08:002006-05-18T17:10:00.000+08:00Sure, and the string of corruption scandals involv...Sure, and the string of corruption scandals involving his close associates and family members play no role in impacting the President's public image...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1147917053604125382006-05-18T09:50:00.000+08:002006-05-18T09:50:00.000+08:00The survey is stupid. They just chose a bunch of ...The survey is stupid. They just chose a bunch of civic groups (how do you take a random sample of that?! do you weight by size of the groups?) and basically probably the heads of the groups gave responses. The sample size is also ridiculously small. There is no validity to the test.<BR/><BR/>That said, Chen's approval rating IS probably only around 20% these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com