tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post8334316751203704161..comments2023-10-20T18:03:01.821+09:00Comments on GlobalTalk 21: Ozawa and the DPJ Stimulus PackageJun Okumurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-48519897002273100082009-04-17T11:18:00.000+09:002009-04-17T11:18:00.000+09:00Janne: Many other people had been thinking of an O...Janne: Many other people had been thinking of an Ozawa departure even before the Nishimatsu scandal broke out. And it’s not like Prime Minister Fukuda hadn’t done something similar by bowing out in favor of Taro Aso. (Things, needless to say, didn’t quite turn out according to expectations.) We’ll see. But the longer he waits, the less effective a switch will be, in my view at least. A quick, clean resignation would have made the DPJ and its leaders look decisive, while a malingering Ozawa casts them in a not-ready-for-primetime light. And an opposition leader has far fewer opportunities to get into trouble than the Prime Minister and his Cabinet, so there’s less risk of doing an Abe.<br /><br />Tor: You have a funny blog. I read your post on marijuana. I wasn’t in a position to take the risk when I was in the U.S., so I have no personal knowledge of its effects ;) but from all I’ve read, it appears that it’s less harmful than alcohol. (You rarely if ever see, say, a headline about a marijuana-fueled bloodbath.) It’s Andrew Sullivan’s latest crusade, one which I think will eventually prevail, state by state, usage by usage.<br /><br />Those of you too young or too un-American to know what Tor’s comment is talking about please google <I>Paladin, business card</I>.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-41550775052402157052009-04-16T21:56:00.000+09:002009-04-16T21:56:00.000+09:00Will eat for food - wire TorWill eat for food - wire Torhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037704048671379868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-56628015991916405172009-04-16T21:37:00.000+09:002009-04-16T21:37:00.000+09:00My suspicion is that everybody seeing Ozawa as a g...My suspicion is that everybody seeing Ozawa as a goner will become self-fulfilling - and Ozawa knows it. It just might be that he is being the kingmaker again, and waiting for the right time (when Aso announces an election date perhaps) to turn the tables and anoint the True Heir To The Throne, whomever that will be. In a way trying to do what Aso tried, perhyaps, and make sure there won't be time for too much negative publicity to drag down the popularity of a fresh face.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.com