Keeping Those Governing Skills Sharp | The Foreigner in Formosa

[Wrote this one a few weeks ago, but must not have hit the "Publish Now" button. Yeesh.]

But I cannot vote for a proposal I do not wish to see realized. It would be highly… irreligious.
– Marcus Tullius Cicero, Rome

Marcus Tullius Cicero in front of a sepia painting of the Roman Senate. From HBO's Rome.

(Image from HBO.com)

Looked over my last post, and was struck by these few lines:

While it's true that the KMT lost control over the executive for the last 8 years, it DID have effective working control over the legislative branch over the same time frame. So how did it spend its time? Did the KMT spend the last 8 years KEEPING ITS GOVERNING SKILLS SHARP by actually passing into law legislative proposals that would benefit Taiwan?

Then I recalled last year, when Taiwan's KMT proposed putting a referendum question to the Taiwanese electorate about their opinion regarding Taiwan's entry into the U.N. under the name "Republic of China" (or some other "practical name").

Which I didn't have much of a problem with. Until the party reversed itself, and in a remarkable feat of cynicism, called upon voters to boycott THEIR OWN REFERENDUM QUESTION.

Our own referendum question sucks donkeys so bad, the KMT said, you shouldn't even bother voting "Yea" or "Nay".

Irreligious? Oh, I have a few OTHER choice words to describe it. But be that as it may, that should have been a tip-off as to how the KMT would govern if they were restored to power.

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