Why the persistent rumors of a 2008 ticket featuring political corpse Lien Chan for president, with current KMT chairman Ma Ying-jeou relegated to the spot of V.P.?
That’s gotta feel good. Ma claws his way to the top of the KMT pyramid, only to find some folks STILL want the former chairman to be prez. And notice we don’t see Lien working too hard to dispel those rumors, either. You know, like saying he can’t run again because he’s too busy enjoying the time with the grandkids, or having too much fun with his unofficial visits back to the Chinese fatherland.
I can just imagine folks from the centrist Taiwanese independence party burning incense in the local temples, praying, "Oh please, please, let it be true!"
Well, since we’re on the subject, I’ve got another DREAM ticket for ya:
C’mon, Dukakis – Clinton in ’08 makes WAY more sense than Lien – Ma. After all, who’s the more attractive candidate – the guy who’s only lost one race for the presidency, or the guy who’s lost TWO?
(Micheal Dukakis photo from Digitaljournalist.org. Hillary Rodham Clinton photo from Yale.edu.)
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