OK... here is wat i promised last time... an entry on my take on the Taiwanese Prez Election thus far.
not boasting. but early last sem... in september, when the election just got started. I asked Prof Lieberthal during his bag lunch on how good are the chances of the blue alliance and if they are able to sustain the lead. My doubt was, so far, they seems to have the feeling that they are a sure win, and so till tat pt, nothing substantial is being presented. no policy, no proclamation of future changes, no campaign promises... no nth. Well... Prof onli said something about that current polls have its weightage and they do mean something...
well... from a huge 20% lead then till the 50-50 race now. this was exactly wat i saw coming. taiwanese election at its worst again. scandals, saliva war, great fantastic promises which give ppl no clear idea as to how they are going to be implemented. Same old same old... and it just gets me all frustrated and wanna shout "WHERE THE F*CK ARE THE BEEFS?!?!"
it is really sad too see this kind of thing happening. yeah sure, we elected our prez and everything. but do you call this democracy? the person tat gets elected is the one that is best at backslashing his opponent and manipulating situations and throw dirt on others. is this the kind of ppl that you would want to lead your country? horrible... just plain horrible in my pt of view. blame it on the whole political culture? maybe you can. potential future leaders like Ma Ying Jiu till this pt in time still dare not fully flex his muscles coz he is scare of dirtying his feathers. can he survive at the highest stage? tat remains to be seen. but for now, both the blue and green parties are equally fucked up to me.
the blue alliance simply do not give ppl the impression that it has the power and determination to revamp the economy and bring taiwan back. gives me the impression that they just want to get back to the throne and such. from the fact tat after 4 years out of power and they still can't get rid of their black gold connections, they really dun give me any confidence that they have the po li to change things around...
the green alliance is just as messed up. from the beginning, i said Ah Bien is like a child trying to drive a car. green alliance really dun have the expertise to run the show. their policy forming is just not up to it. being the opposition party all these while really give them no experience in how to handle situations and they are just way to simplistic and naive in the way they handle things. from the worsening relation with US to its inability to revive the economy. i really have no idea what the hell they are trying to do with this country. or maybe they oso dunnoe?! the whole referendum is just one big joke. which in my opinion is just Ah Bien's way of trying to win election. which idiot would want to have a potentially hostile country aiming missiles at himself? do you still need to organise a referendum on this kind of thing? isn't tat silly? or is this just another way to serve your own political agenda in the name of democracy? i can't help but always be reminded that the Nazi Germany govt was elected into office using peaceful democratic manners. to me, Ah Bien is just a career politician. i dun think he eva have the welfare of the ppl at heart and everything he does is just for his own sake.
this is, to me, a case of choosing who is less black... trying to pick a less rotten apple between the two. how sad eh? inevitably, i think i will still root for blue alliance even though i really think they are messed up. at least to me, they have more ability to move this country fwd in the positive step and they are in better position to solve the issues at hand. be it economy, be it with china, or with US. no matter who gets elected, i just pray that the economy will be their top priority. fuck china, fuck US... if we can't even maintain a sustanable economy ourself, you think we are of any use to US, do you think china even need to attack us? Chinese premier Wen Jia Bao said that he gets nostalgic when he think of taiwan. i am PRETTY confident that he aint missing tat place any more than i do. but oh well... here is my take on the situation thus far...
posted by David at 2/04/2004 12:18:00 AM