Comments on: Send in the Red Guards

By: The Marmot

The Marmot — Thu, 29 Jan 2004 02:36:22 +0000

Plunge — here you go, sir:
http://www.chosun.com/w21data/.....60412.html

As always, be sure to read through the comments section under the piece — there are some good ones up.

Plunge — I have yet to read a more accurate comment on this blog. I did read yesterday, however, that the MDP is planning to focus their attacks on the Uris rather than the GNP. Still, what the observers that you cited say makes a lot of sense.

You know, on a less-than-serious note, with the GNP (with its support base in the Yeongnam region) and the MDP (with its support base in the Honam region) finding at last something they can agree upon (bashing Noh and the Uris), maybe the President, ironically enough, is actually helping to reduce regionalism in Korea.

By: slim

slim — Thu, 29 Jan 2004 01:53:22 +0000

Few things are more disappointing than the infantile, intemporate and indiscrimate rhetoric spewed by the GNP on a daily basis. Rarely a day goes by without them crying “political murder” or “prosecution fascism” or some other over-the-top overeaction to events. I feel sorry for South Korean voters for the unappealing menu before them this election season. The leftish Uri Party embraces a hazy version of “reform” but few concrete policies; they will be complete patsies for the hard men of North Korea and for militant labour. The GNP are not so much conservative as reactionary and if you think the Korean left is unsavory, check out the Korea right. The MDP are the vehicle of yesterday’s man, DJ Kim. Some observers say the Uris and the MDP will paper over their rift during the election and then afterward forge an opportunistic and unprincipled merger to become the ruling party. Expect big-time “migratory bird” action after April 15. I predict that the western tip of Youido will remain the least productive piece of Korean peninsula real estate south of the DMZ for another 4 years.

By: Plunge

Plunge — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 22:41:36 +0000

Do you have a Korean link for this?

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:01:21 +0000

I haven’t paid enough attention on contemporary Korean politicians and such enough to have a feel for this coming election. What do you other guys (and girls if any are out there) think?

I would imagine that if Uri Party does well in the election, it would mean Korean society is much more in tune with President Roh than I would have thought possible…..I have been surprised in the last couple of weeks to see Uri Party seeming to rise up. In Korean modern history, parties have split and merged and what not more in line with individual leaders than politics or agendas…….Is this not the same with the new Uri party? And even with all the missteps Roh has shown over the past year, Uri is still rising????? Makes me worry about Korea’s future, but maybe it will get USFK out faster…..

By: dda

dda — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:31:47 +0000

Destroying the old world
Building a new world

Is what the image says.

By: john

john — Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:58:45 +0000

Maybe this will help? http://andymatic.com/images/hellocthulu.gif