What Country?

[xoxoxoBruce]

From a web blog. What country is this?

It's a pretty interesting time in XXXXXXXXXX politics. Yes we all know for the most part they are liars and cheats but we're in an election year and that means the cretins are beginning to fire up and get their message out to us - the little people.

That could be anywhere

What I find most annoying about this is the bullshit and it's magnified now as the politicians move into campaign mode. It's shot and counter-shot. One guy says something then his opponent says he's wrong and proclaims "we'll do it better". Someone makes a faux pas, spends the next two days apologising and the other guys use it to campaign on. Okay not exactly anything new... that's how politics works and what it's all about right?

Here's a hint.

It makes me think of the media who have focussed on things such as the AWB scandal or David Hicks where in reality most people don't care. For politicians the same tactics seem to apply... they crap on about issues people should care about - but don't - and in the end misdirect us from the fact they care more about getting or staying in power than serving the public. And what does all this mean? It means they think we're idiots!

Yeah, it's Australia, but change the names and it could be anywhere. Politicians are universal.

[Griff]

I was struck by the same thought when the French Socialist threatened the country with riots if the Conservative won. It sounded a lot like the Bushite claim that the terrorists would get us if the Democrats won.

[Ibby]

Taiwanese politics certainly AREN'T like everywhere else's.

Taiwanese politics are to normal politics as Survivor is to Gilligan's Island.

[TheMercenary]

Taiwan: Recounts, fights, shredded democracy
By Laurence Eyton

TAIPEI - Taiwan is suffering its gravest political crisis in 25 years and on Tuesday three days after the disputed presidential election, this capital city was all but paralyzed by supporters of the losing side, protesting alleged irregularities in voting and demanding a recount. Both sides, while agreeing in principle on a recount, are wrangling over how to organize it, how long it will take and who will do it. Nobody knows. The law is silent: there has never been a national recount.

In a sign of how the situation has deteriorated, a fist fight broke out in the legislature Tuesday after President Chen Shui-bian, narrowly reelected Saturday, asked his governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to introduce a revision to the election laws providing for recount. His proposed amendment would apply retroactively to his own case and would mandate a recount if the margin of victory was less than 1 percent.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FC24Ad04.html