tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post148314007435045568..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Voting for PunishmentMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-19868560007540587782009-08-30T00:07:28.132+09:002009-08-30T00:07:28.132+09:00Wait. Only one party for whom not being the LDP is...Wait. Only one party for whom not being the LDP is not enough?<br /><br />Have you forgotten the Smile Party? Or how about good old Matayoshi Jesus's "party"?Garretthttp://www.transpacificradio.com/2009/08/29/details-for-sunday-nights-live-webcast-of-election-results/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-24597980944702126192009-08-21T22:41:20.340+09:002009-08-21T22:41:20.340+09:00Derek, I think the point is that regardless of whe...Derek, I think the point is that regardless of whether or not the Japanese public blames the LDP for the economy going bad, they blame the ruling party for not doing anything to meaningfully address problems that the country faces. Instead, the LDP sits on its hands and hopes that somehow things will go back to the Bubble Era.<br /><br />And the electorate is finally sick of it.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-54218332303552825682009-08-21T21:30:13.410+09:002009-08-21T21:30:13.410+09:00If you blame the LDP for the bad, your rationale r...If you blame the LDP for the bad, your rationale requires that you give it credit for the good.<br /><br />For example, you claim that the LDP drove the Japanese economy into the ground recently. This fits with your preferred explanation for all the bad in Japan, but the world economy surely had as much or more to do with it than Abe, Fukuda and Aso.<br /><br />You would also have to credit your beloved Francisco with the 3.7%-of-GDP-pace at which the Japanese economy is now growing, which is in reality also hardly attributable to his genius.Dereknoreply@blogger.com