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Japan's Aso leads party to crushing defeat
reuters ^
| August 31, 2009
| Yoko Nishikawa |
Posted on 08/30/2009 8:48:12 AM PDT by george76
JAPAN'S Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) picked Taro Aso as its leader a year ago in the hope he would turn around its sagging fortunes and preserve its five-decade grip on power.
Instead, he led the conservative, pro-business LDP to a historic defeat in a general election yesterday.
Aso said he took responsibility for the loss after media projections showed the LDP had shed two-thirds of its seats in the lower house election, adding the party should pick a successor soon.
After Mr Aso became the party's fourth leader in four years last September
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Japan; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aso; change; dpj; election; japan; ldp
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posted on
08/30/2009 8:48:12 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
How liberal is the party which just won? They may have jumped from the frying pan into the fire.
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posted on
08/30/2009 8:50:17 AM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: george76
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posted on
08/30/2009 8:54:39 AM PDT
by
ASOC
(Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui)
To: george76
"Aso leads party to crushing defeat"Depending on the spelling, this headline could apply to losers everywhere.
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posted on
08/30/2009 8:55:48 AM PDT
by
ex-snook
("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
To: george76
What’s significant about this to us is that they say they will not buy US debt and or want it denominated in Yen, not dollars.
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posted on
08/30/2009 8:56:32 AM PDT
by
MrDem
(From Morning in America to Mourning in America...)
To: george76
Socialist totalitarian party A defeats
Socialist totalitarian party B.
To: MrDem
Good. Getting cut off sucks but we have long since stopped being able to manage our credit card.
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posted on
08/30/2009 9:04:37 AM PDT
by
misterrob
(A society that burdens future generations with debt can not be considered moral or just)
To: armymarinemom
How liberal is the party which just won? They may have jumped from the frying pan into the fire.
Despite the confusing names of the major Japanese parties, the Liberal-Democratic Party which lost is the Japanese equivalent of Republicans and the Democratic Party that won is the Japanese equivalent of the Democratic Party in the US.
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posted on
08/30/2009 9:04:44 AM PDT
by
jamese777
To: MrDem; george76
I was reading about the just-happened election last night at a Knoxville News site, where I was reading about the jury verdict in the horrific black on white crime case that a jury rendered last week. The paper noted that the party which won was running on making the economy “less U.S.-centric.”
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posted on
08/30/2009 9:05:00 AM PDT
by
Canedawg
(FUBO)
To: Para-Ord.45
Socialist totalitarian party A defeats
Socialist totalitarian party B.
WRONG!
The Liberal-Democratic Party (who lost) is pro-capitalism and pro-free markets. It is the party of big business in Japan.
“Liberal” in their title refers to liberal economic policies as in free markets and free enterprise as opposed to planned economies.
To: ASOC
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posted on
08/30/2009 9:09:33 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: armymarinemom
“They may have jumped from the frying pan into the fire.”
Oh, heck yes. That pack of leftards extends all the way over to Japan’s communist party.
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posted on
08/30/2009 9:10:44 AM PDT
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: george76
In other words, he lived up to everyone’s expectations of him.
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posted on
08/30/2009 9:14:48 AM PDT
by
dr_who
To: george76
We have an Aso in the Whine House.
By some trick of irony ours going to cause the conservatives to win a crushing victory in 2010...
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posted on
08/30/2009 9:19:11 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 221 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: MrDem
Sounds like the DJP is intent on increasing Japan's already dangerously large public debt, so it's a given. The next few years are going to be a political roller coaster ride for both of our countries as the fiscal poop hits the fan. One can hope the turnover in Japanese politics doesn't end here, as the DJP sounds like a turn for the worse for them overall.
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posted on
08/30/2009 9:19:20 AM PDT
by
dr_who
To: ex-snook
Depending on the spelling, this headline could apply to losers everywhere. It could also apply to the winner of our last election!
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posted on
08/30/2009 9:26:45 AM PDT
by
calex59
To: Moonman62
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posted on
08/30/2009 9:43:51 AM PDT
by
ASOC
(Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui)
To: dsc
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posted on
08/30/2009 9:49:50 AM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: dr_who
That 0bama administration is really working out well in America... let’s jump off the cliff as well!
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posted on
08/30/2009 10:00:47 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: dsc
Too bad, Japan will turn away from defending themselves against China and N. Korea, B.O.H.I.C. A. !
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posted on
08/30/2009 10:45:50 AM PDT
by
redstateconfidential
("They augur misgovernment at a distance; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.")
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