Boy, talk about your dark horse candidates. He's a foreigner. He doesn't speak a word of Mandarin.
So how could he possibly campaign against Taiwan's Chinese Nationalist Party president Ma Ying-jeou to win the office?
On the other hand, Mr. Bolger does bring some unique life experiences to the table. Namely, he's been dead for the past 22 years. Which means that the former "Wizard of Oz" star may be exactly the kind of candidate the Chinese Nationalist Party's been looking for !
Ma doesn't want to run unopposed for KMT chair
The sources said an alliance of young party members within the KMT is expected to field candidate into the election.
In other words, the PRESIDENT of Taiwan is running against some pimple-faced kid from the Chinese Nationalist Party Youth Corps. A straw man. Or make that, straw boy.
And Ma Ying-jeou thinks this makes him look good.
Run, Ray, run. Let's turn this thing into a . . . horse race.
(Ray Bolger image from We Are Brown blog)
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