KMT Puts American’s Life In Danger

Sending jackboots to rough somebody up is so 20th Century.  Much more "with-it" to cynically dupe thuggish supporters into serving as willing cats-paws:

Former American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) chairwoman Therese Shaheen has revealed that she received a warning from US officials and police in Taiwan of potential physical danger to her while she was in Taiwan for the presidential election, possibly from a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) stalwart fearful that she would drop a bombshell about KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) that would swing the election in favor of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷).

The warning came after Taiwanese newspapers and television stations reported rumors that Shaheen would attend an election eve rally for Hsieh and disclose damaging information about the issue of Ma’s US green card, which had been a major campaign topic.

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[Shaheen] cited KMT officials quoted in a China Post story and other news outlets calling the statements they expected her to make a “nightmare” similar to the assassination attempt on President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) on the eve of the 2004 elections.

Bravo, bravo.  Hesb Allah’s got nothin’ on today’s "mellower" KMT and its Ma-llah.  (And no doubt if Shaheen had been injured or murdered, the lovers of the truth at the China Post would have remained true to form by suggesting that this scheming foreigner must have STAGED the assault upon herself in order to win sympathy votes!)

But to be fair, Shaheen also reserved criticism for Taiwan’s main independence party:

“Frank Hsieh should have come out and made a strong statement that ‘We have not spoken to Ms Shaheen, there are no plans for her to speak at the rally, we have never talked to her about Mayor Ma’s green card,’” she said.

Hsieh probably did not “shelve” the story because deep green supporters “would have loved this to come true … because people hoped” Shaheen would be a white knight and save the DPP’s campaign, she said.