Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Winner? Mr. None of the Above

This morning, the LDP tossed two names in the ring, one of them being Kōji Tanami, head of JBIC and the Fukuda administration’s latest candidate for BOJ Governor. Problem? Mr. Tanami, like the unfortunate Mr. Mutō, is also a former MOF Administrative Vice Minister. The DPJ leadership is understandably throwing a collective fit. I, too, for a moment wonder, Is Mr. Fukuda nuts? Then I remember that everything exists for a reason, and go back to my default mode: It is part of the setup. They are tossing up one unacceptable candidate after another because they know that it makes the other side look bad…

The problem for the LDP is that it also makes Prime Minister Fukuda look helple…

Aha!

… but who then look crappy themselves…

Do you know who I think is behind it all? Mr. None of the Above, that’s who.

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