Chen Shui-bian tells it like it is
I like this story in the Taipei Times. Chen hs launched on a tirade of calling the oppositions bluff totally. I think it’s about time. Those wannabe emperors have been wearing no clothes for a long time. Chen is now getting vocal about his belief that the PFP is holding the KMT to blocking the arms bill by threatening to let the party assets bill pass if the KMT lets the arms bill pass.
KMT has `evil’ intentions, Chen says
PARCEL OF ROGUES: President Chen Shui-bian yesterday said that the KMT’s election campaign conceals its evil intentions, while the PFP is the `most loathsome’ of the two
BY JEWEL HUANG
STAFF REPORTER , IN TAICHUNG COUNTY
Monday, Oct 24, 2005,Page 3“The PFP is the most loathsome. If they really love the country, why did they obstruct the arms sale bill?”
President Chen Shui-bian
President Chen Shui-bian (陳水æ‰) yesterday said that the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) campaign theme titled “winning Taiwan back” concealed evil intentions, which revealed the KMT’s attempts to sell its stolen party assets for less than their true value, abandon Taiwan to China and restore its “black gold” politics.Chen made the statement yesterday evening at a campaign rally in Taichung County, which was the fourth stop on his campaign-truck tour.
Chen asked voters to support his six reform goals and vote for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) so that the three scenarios can be prevented from happening.
“I believe that everyone knows clearly that Taiwan never loses. How come the KMT said that Taiwan failed?” Chen said.
He pointed out that Taiwan has been ranked tops in the Global E-government evaluation conducted by Brown University for three consec-utive years and that the nation ran-ked among the top five in the Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum this year.
That’s what I keep saying! The lack of economic growth is due to overinvestment in China for cripe’s sake. Anyway, here’s some more of the article:
Chen said that Soong not only opposed the passage of the arms-procurement bill but also threatened Ma not to allow the KMT lawmakers to support the bill, otherwise he would let the proposed statute on the disposition of assets improperly obtained by political parties (政黨ä¸ç•¶å–å¾—è²¡ç”¢è™•ç†æ¢ä¾‹) pass the legislature.
“As a result, Ma was scared to death. The KMT only cares about its party assets stolen from the people of Taiwan and ignore national security,” Chen said.
“The PFP is the most loathsome. If they really love the country, why did they obstruct the arms sale bills?” he said.
Chen said that the arms bill is aimed at enhancing the nation’s self-defense abilities and forcing China to consider the costs of attacking Taiwan, and it was never part of an arms race.

