Wile E. Coyote vs. President Chen

Taking a page from the clever coyote, Taiwan’s KMT and other capitulationist parties have dusted off their Acme™ Impeachment Rocket©, and taken careful aim at President Chen.

His crime?

Illegally wiretapping the political opposition?  Lying to a grand jury?  Making an illegal $1.88 billion stock sale through a dummy investment corporation?

No, no, much worse than any of that.

He abolished a council with a thirty dollar a year budget that hasn’t convened in seven years.

And so, in spite of The China Post‘s sober words of caution*, Chen’s ever-shrewd opponents press ahead in the certainty that impeaching him over this unpardonable enormity will be a permanent stain on his record, an embarrassment which’ll forever render him a laughingstock.  The coyote, having lost his mind along with his sense of proportion, rubs his hands together in eager anticipation as the roadrunner comes into view…

Please call me when it’s over.  At age FIVE I knew how it would end.

* It is in no spirit of mockery that I describe The China Post‘s editorial, "Impeachment could bring instability" as containing "sober words of caution".  While the paper’s editorial board obviously loathes Chen, here’s one of their thoughts that neutral observers would likely agree with:

"…we should avoid taking extreme measures [ie: recall or impeachment] that could promote instability and wreak havoc on our system of constitutional government."

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