Comments on: Hiranuma: Koizumi would have been burned at the stake!

By: Aceface

Aceface — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:07:39 +0000

Like I said,Bender.Ozawa is “Yeltzin”type of a guy.He is there to break the barriers,no less.
I’m sure he can’t keep DPJ in one piece for long.But that’s not the point.The point is to dismantle LDP and topple the rule of the bureaucrats and bring power to the elected politicians.

By: Bender

Bender — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:33:07 +0000

Aceface:

Don’t you think he’ll screw things up with his over-confrontational stance? I don’t see anything on his agenda that’s revealing…well, I don’t from the LDP either, for that matter.

By: Aceface

Aceface — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:26:58 +0000

Back in the 90’s,people called him “Gorbachev of Japan” for he wanted to reform within the power.
Now he is more of a”Yelzin of Japan”.Doing everything and anything to topple the current regime.
With his health problem,I think the analogy completes.

Anyway,you gotta give the man a credit for threatening the LDP twice in 15 years.No one had ever gone that far.

By: ampontan

ampontan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:38:18 +0000

Aceface: Thanks!

BTW, earlier this week, I saw an article in the Sankei, I think, about a compilation of Ozawa’s favorite stories from a particular comic book. He and the creator developed the book together.

The photo of Ozawa used for the cover of the book (it looks like) makes me wonder about his health. He doesn’t look well at all, and he’s got a heart condition to begin with. I wonder if he’s physically up to the job.

By: Aceface

Aceface — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:42:27 +0000

Personally,I,the one who believe that an Ozawa-led DPJ government is the answer to the question of how to bring serious reform to Japan.But put aside that,nice work,Bill.