Comments on: And now the recriminations http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/30/and-now-the-recriminations/ Korea... in Blog Format Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:00:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: wjk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/30/and-now-the-recriminations/#comment-80675 wjk Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:09:19 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/30/and-now-the-recriminations/#comment-80675 ROK politics is still in the infancy of Democracy. HanNara representing the East. The rest is a regional interest coalition simply to counter the East. US politics had such a day and time, too. North and South. Like Kim Jong Pil said about a decade ago, Korean politics has matured a bit into conservatives vs liberals. Quite a bit, but not completely so. When it comes down to it, the heart of the matter is still the people of a region trusting their local party reps and not really a matter of liberalism or conservatism. And why shouldn't they? HanNara poured all the tax dollars into Kyung Sang Do and Kyung Ki Do(any party would have for Kyung Ki Do). Leaving KangWon, Choong Chung, Jeolla, Jeju relatively weaker industrially for decades. Go hyang sa ram deul ee yea, bhop a joo ee so ~ They rewarded their people, handsomely. The only mature voters are of Sudogwon and Choong Chung Do. Choong Chung and Sudogwon are the only places that cast a meaningful 부동표. Based on true weighing of liberal/conservative or $ matters. The rest is 고정표. It's all decided beforehand, because of who came out of that region. This carries some weight in the US, too. Usually, a President candidate from the South will carry the South. Bill Clinton did. Park Geun Hye is simply a rep of regionalism within HanNara. Lee Myung Bak is the new wave, based on political ideology and economic conservatism, the right candidate for Korea. Park is not. Choong Chung and Sudogown, historically the difference makers who choose not based on regionalism, but on whom they perceive will benefit them more. Choong Chung, though, does it because they know they can never have their own strong regional party, because they can't beat the southern 2 in population numbers. ROK politics is still in the infancy of Democracy. HanNara representing the East. The rest is a regional interest coalition simply to counter the East. US politics had such a day and time, too. North and South.

Like Kim Jong Pil said about a decade ago, Korean politics has matured a bit into conservatives vs liberals. Quite a bit, but not completely so.

When it comes down to it, the heart of the matter is still the people of a region trusting their local party reps and not really a matter of liberalism or conservatism.

And why shouldn’t they? HanNara poured all the tax dollars into Kyung Sang Do and Kyung Ki Do(any party would have for Kyung Ki Do). Leaving KangWon, Choong Chung, Jeolla, Jeju relatively weaker industrially for decades.

Go hyang sa ram deul ee yea, bhop a joo ee so ~

They rewarded their people, handsomely.

The only mature voters are of Sudogwon and Choong Chung Do. Choong Chung and Sudogwon are the only places that cast a meaningful 부동표. Based on true weighing of liberal/conservative or $ matters. The rest is 고정표. It’s all decided beforehand, because of who came out of that region. This carries some weight in the US, too. Usually, a President candidate from the South will carry the South. Bill Clinton did. Park Geun Hye is simply a rep of regionalism within HanNara. Lee Myung Bak is the new wave, based on political ideology and economic conservatism, the right candidate for Korea. Park is not.

Choong Chung and Sudogown, historically the difference makers who choose not based on regionalism, but on whom they perceive will benefit them more. Choong Chung, though, does it because they know they can never have their own strong regional party, because they can’t beat the southern 2 in population numbers.

]]> By: Bipolar Mindscrew http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/30/and-now-the-recriminations/#comment-80667 Bipolar Mindscrew Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:07:58 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/30/and-now-the-recriminations/#comment-80667 ...is this the only country that the mainstream parties split the vote so that Independent candidates come up the middle? …is this the only country that the mainstream parties split the vote so that Independent candidates come up the middle?

]]> By: railwaycharm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/30/and-now-the-recriminations/#comment-80657 railwaycharm Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:31:51 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/30/and-now-the-recriminations/#comment-80657 If these guys could stop throwing the bones around for just a tick and join forces, we might have a team here! If these guys could stop throwing the bones around for just a tick and join forces, we might have a team here!

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/30/and-now-the-recriminations/#comment-80642 michael Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:30:44 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/30/and-now-the-recriminations/#comment-80642 Seems like Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak will almost certainly split up the GNP after one of them is annointed the official candidate. Seems like Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak will almost certainly split up the GNP after one of them is annointed the official candidate.

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