“Little Hot Pepper” Can’t Take The Heat

Get thee to a nunnery: KMT presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu goes to ground, placing her ill-fought campaign on hiatus.

When I first heard of Hung's bid, I regarded her warily. She wasn't one of the KMT's heavyweights – but then again, Bill Clinton wasn't a Democratic heavyweight back in '92. And, similar to Clinton, there was something admirable in her willingness to throw her hat into the ring against near-overwhelming odds.

But within a week or two, she astonished everyone by stating that she couldn't rightly say that the Republic of China actually existed.

A baffling admission, from one wishing to be president of that supposedly non-existent country!

Since then, her campaign has descended into a clown show – her 15% approval rating testifies to that. Apparently, a sharp tongue ≠  political smarts. 

Look, it was always going to be an uphill battle for the KMT after the misrule of President Ma Ying-jeou. A competent Kuomintang candidate might have managed a close (but face-saving) loss. Who knows what a brilliant one might have done?

If there's any lesson in all of this, it's that competitive party primaries are indispensable for discovering who party nominees truly are. Because had Hung Hsiu-chu been tested in debate with other KMT presidential hopefuls, her gaffes would have been made and pounced upon.

And she would have been quickly winnowed from the field.

Hung Hsiu-chu Irritated That Presidential Campaign Cuts Into Her Busy Litigation Schedule

The KMT's candidate for the Taiwanese presidency files yet another lawsuit against a media critic.

Perhaps if Hung Hsiu-chu hadn't flunked her bar exam she'd realize court cases suck up time and psychic energy – things she may need in her battle for high elective office.

So you just keep on stamping out those brush fires, Hung.

LMAO.

Christians Launch Civil Disobedience Campaign In China

Guess they don't approve of the Chinese Communist Party tearing down their crosses and blowing up their churches.

In an online campaign, church leaders in the eastern province of Zhejiang have called on Christians to craft hundreds of small wooden crosses, paint them red, and display them at home or on their cars.

The CCP's persecution of Falun Gong started in much the same manner, if I recall correctly.

Image of Joe Hung of Taiwan's China Post: Christians are engaging in passive civil disobedience in China? Are there no coliseums? Are there no lions? Are there no organ-harvesting penal facilities?

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Hey Kids! Can You Spot The Difference Between ISIS Islamofascists And Chinese Communists?

ISIS and the Chinese Communist Party remove crosses from Christian churches.

Trick question.

Say, when will Taiwan's China Post publish paeans to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's wisdom? Because he's clearly emulating the wise and farsighted policies of the Post's beloved President Xi Xinping.

Not to mention Joseph Stalin. Let us not forget Comrade Joe Stalin.

Demolition of Christ The Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia in 1931.

Big cathedral go boom.

"…autocracy can work, sometimes, under wise leadership."
— The China Post. Democracy and autocracy each have their merits. July 25, 2015

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Should Hung Hsiu-chu Take The China Post’s Advice And Become Taiwan’s Dictator-For-Life?

I think the living would soon envy the dead:

Picture of KMT presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu with captions: '...autocracy can work, sometimes, under wise leadership.' -- The China Post. Democracy and autocracy each have their merits. July 25, 2015. and 'If coronated president, I promise to rule cruelly (yet wisely!) during my 38-year term.' --Hung Hsiu-chu

Long-time observers of Taiwanese politics will note this marks a logical progression from her predecessor's 2012 campaign slogan:

Image of man beaten bloody during Sunflower protests against Taiwanese president Ma Ying jeou, with caption: 'Rah rah, Obey Ma, Respect his, Authoritah.'

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With KMT Poised For Defeat In Taiwan’s Next Presidential Election, Its Supporters Extol The “Virtues” Of Dictatorship Once Again

The aura of Loserdom is strong with this one:

Taiwan's China Post declares that autocracy works under "wise" leadership

The paper's argument rests upon three examples: Singapore, China and South Korea.

With regards to the first country, it must be asked: If autocracy in Singapore works so well, why do over half its citizens wish to emigrate? Is it possible there's something Singaporeans know about Singapore that the China Post does not?

Perish the thought. The people can NEVER know more than their would-be masters.

As for China, it's telling that the Post omitted any defense of the wisdom of the Chinese Communist Party's Nazi-like policy of exterminating religious minorities for the purpose of organ harvesting. (But how splendid though, that the Butchers of Beijing make the cattle cars to their ghoulish death camps run on time.)

Lastly, we come to South Korea, which represents a full third of the author's defense of autocracy:

South Korea is another case in point…The free economic zones promulgated by the government have won support from the public majority, and are en route to attracting more foreign investment.

That would be an admirable achievement for autocracy…if indeed it was an autocracy that had conceived and implemented it!

(The facts however, show that the first of South Korea's economic zones was set up in 2003. At which time, Korea was a democracy…)

Welcome back from your operation, Joe Hung. It's good to see the quality of your columns has not suffered despite your convalescence: rest assured, they are as error-riddled and badly-argued when their author ingests mind-altering pain medication as when he does not.

This Message Is Brought To You By The Chinese Communist Party…And The Committee To Elect Hung Hsiu-chu

CCP releases computer simulation of Chinese invasion of Taiwan to lend "support" to KMT presidential candidate

That Was A Long Time Ago. I’m Sure They’ve Forgotten All About It By Now.