Tag: KMT

That Is Why You Fail, Part Daseot

Inability to recognize reality:

"To this day I am unwilling to believe that the rumors calling for [replacing me at the top of the KMT presidential ticket] are real," [Hung Hsiu-chu] said.

Reality:

  1. "[KMT Chairman Eric Chu] asked Hung to relinquish her role as presidential nominee up to three times in September."
  2. "Hung’s campaign team confirmed that KMT headquarters had recalled five of the seven staff members that the party had “lent” Hung’s campaign."
  3. KMT Chairman Eric Chu helpfully announced he's willing to take Hung's place should the party throw her under the bus.
  4. "…party members yesterday at a KMT Central Standing Committee (CSC) meeting [proposed] an extempore national congress to replace Hung…"

Time to script her "Downfall" parody.

POSTSCRIPT: Hung does have a point however, when she says the KMT will look like it doesn't have its act together if it removes her:

…Hung had strong words for her detractors, saying that her ouster would mean losing the "last bit of expectation that the public has of our party" and that the party's past practices had belied the public's trust.

"What the people despise is the KMT's lack of transparency, its secrecy and its deal making," she said.

I'm enjoying the KMT's dilemma a little more than I should. Keep Hung, and the party goes down in flames.

Drop her, and spark an internecine war within the party. (After which, the party may very well go down in flames anyway.)

The KMT nominated Lady Straitjacket fair and square. Do not go gentle into that good night, Hung Hsiu-chu. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

That Is Why You Fail, Part Cuatro

Some weird paranoia on display from the KMT's nominee for the Taiwanese presidency:

“However, it should be our initiative to unify [with Communist China], rather than being annexed by someone else,” [Hung Hsiu-chu] said.

This observer is not aware of anyone OTHER than Communist China who's expressed an interest in annexing Taiwan in this day and age.

Would Lady Straitjacket be so kind as to reveal the identity of this diabolical enemy hiding so stealthily in the shadows?

The Constitution May Actually Be A Suicide Pact

KMT presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu declares Anschluss with Communist China is the ONLY option for Taiwan:

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) yesterday said that the Republic of China (ROC) Constitution calls for “ultimate unification with China…”

“At the end of the road, it is unification, be it in 50 years or 100 years,” Hung said.

That Is Why You Fail, Part San

KMT presidential nominee Hung Hsiu-chu publicly shames a colleague for providing "insufficient support" to her campaign

[Hung Hsiu-chu] said on a political talk show on Monday night that if she loses by a landslide in the Jan. 16 election “it would not look good for [KMT Chairman] Eric Chu (朱立倫) either.” [emphasis added]

Dale Carnegie book title: How To Win Friends And Influence People

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That Is Why You Fail, Part Deux

The last remnants of the old republic have been swept away:

[KMT presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu] sparked controversy during a meeting with business leaders by saying that if [Taiwan's] legislature could not be reformed, then she would shut it down…

Russian tanks attacking Russian parliament (aka, the 'White House') in 1991.

(Russian tanks firing upon their country's parliament building. 1993. Image from Wikipedia)

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Investment Opportunity For Lien Chan And Like-Minded Quislings

Chinese Communists seek outside investment to fund their military ship-building program

Who knows? For his generous contribution, the ChiComs might even name an aircraft carrier after the old boy.

Cartoon of former KMT chairman Lien Chan wearing a People's Liberation Army uniform while saluting in front of the flag of Communist China.

(KMT chairman emeritus Lien Chan in his new People's Liberation Army duds following his disgraceful attendance and endorsement of a Communist military parade. Image from Holy Mosquito)

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KMT-Affiliated Buddhist Monk Jumps Ship

Master Hsing Yun comes out against the KMT presidential candidate and in favor of Taiwan's main independence party:

Hsing … spoke with Tsai [Ying-wen] and called her “Taiwan’s Goddess Matsu,” saying that Tsai would definitely be elected president.

Sounds vaguely blasphemous to me – but I'm no Buddhist, so what the hell do I know?

Buddhist master Hsing Yun jumps ship, from the KMT presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu's sinking coffin to the boat of Tsai Ying-wen (the DPP's candidate).

(Hsing Yun leaps into Tsai Ying-wen's boat (DPP) from Hung Hsiu-chu's sinking coffin (KMT). Tsai appears thrilled with his endorsement. Image from Holy Mosquito)

POSTSCRIPT: Ha. I take it that's KMT chairman emeritus Lien Chan dressed in a People's Liberation Army officer uniform on Holy Mosquito's cover photo.

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Communist Party’s Preferred Candidate Touts CCP’s Terms Of Surrender For Taiwan

Complying with the Butchers of Beijing's "One China" policy is just "common sense", claims KMT presidential contender Hung Hsiu-chu

Yoda saying, 'That is why you fail.'

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For Enlightenment, Click The “Like” Button

Spotted earlier today on Facebook:

The KMT's presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu photoshopped to look like a Buddhist bodhisattva

This strikes me as a little mean. KMT presidential contender Hung Hsiu-chu's religion is her religion, and if it brings her comfort during difficult times then I can't find it in myself to belittle her for it.

However…

The mandarins of Taiwan's Kuomintang do like to go on about how Confucian agnosticism is the one and only true path to public policy decision-making. So I eagerly await to hear their sneers now that one of their own has abandoned their central article of faith.

POSTSCRIPT: Hmm, well it looks like what's being satirized here isn't necessarily her religious views per se, but her comparison of herself to a type of Buddhist saint as well as a Buddhist warrior-angel:

“Read [the sutras], pray to a bodhisattva, but also be a bodhisattva,” Hung said. “In the face of Taiwan’s populism and hypocrisy, maybe I should also be a Vajrapani [warrior-attendant to the Buddha] that safeguards virtuous values.”

A Buddhist Vajrapani (warrior attendant to the Buddha).

(Vajrapani image from Photobucket)

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Lien Chan Returns After Celebrating The Marvelous Exploits Of The People’s Liberation Army

If the KMT's chairman emeritus wishes to tie his party to the Butchers of Beijing and their PLA stormtroopers, that can certainly be arranged.

The KMT's Lien Chan and Hung Hsiu-chu with an image of bloody Chinese tank treads running over a bicycle at Tiananmen Square.

Welcome back to Taiwan, Lien Chan. Not everyone has a good time at Tiananmen Square, but you enjoyed yourself.

And that's the important thing.

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