tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post5510489592811543612..comments2023-10-20T18:03:01.821+09:00Comments on GlobalTalk 21: Big Nakagawa Says, I'm His Daddy; Deeply Embarrasses the Prime MinisterJun Okumurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-31253920788462662702007-02-21T09:55:00.000+09:002007-02-21T09:55:00.000+09:00Exactly, Ross. There was an amusing article (Japan...Exactly, Ross. There was an amusing article (<A HREF="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/news/20070220i104.htm" REL="nofollow">Japanese version</A>, <A HREF="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070221TDY03002.htm" REL="nofollow">English version</A>) in the Feb. 20 evening edition of the <I>Yomiuri</I> that showed the political backlash. Particularly revealing is this:<BR/><BR/><I>"Abe had a chat with Foreign Minister Taro Aso as he sat next to him Tuesday. "This is often taken as 'whispering </I>[my translation "small talk" better captures the flavor of "私語]<I>,'" Abe said."</I><BR/><BR/>And <A HREF="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/news/20070220ia22.htm" REL="nofollow">the fallout in the media</A> continued into the night, as Uncle Katayama chimed in.<BR/><BR/>I think Mr. Nakagawa is conflicted, spiritually torn between his loyalty to the Mori faction and the LDP, and his own ambitions. He may not be aware of this. Thus, he was unable to see what he was doing, an extended version of a Freudian slip. All this is conjecture, long-distance, amateur psychoanalysis. But I cannot think of a better reason why he made this gaffe, whose outcome, as you say, should have been predictable.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-44355371743043361832007-02-20T21:46:00.000+09:002007-02-20T21:46:00.000+09:00Sounds like this speech commits the essentially th...Sounds like this speech commits the essentially the same sort of transgression it rails against. Can he be dense enough not to notice that? Well, he is a politician so perhaps that is the case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com