銘記流言板(220) 美國大選 VS 台灣大選

1 月 12 日前後﹐正當台灣第 7 屆立委選戰﹑選情﹑勝負揭曉﹑輸贏哀樂熾熱到頂之際﹐本人卻毫無強烈「感覺」﹐未寫隻字表達「感想」﹐然而卻從來沒有過地﹐在本市寫了兩篇內容完全不以台灣島內時事為主的文章 ( 注一 ) ﹐一前一後還雙雙被聯網納入首頁連結。

本人這種與本市貼文習慣相違的「異常行為」﹐來由有二。

一是﹐選前﹐本人在多篇文章裡一再指出﹐ 按正常健康民主程序﹐民進黨要在 2008 年立委選舉獲勝或謝長廷要在 2008 年總統大選獲勝﹐幾乎不可能﹐除非靠賤招佈局來作弊。如果作弊竟然成功﹐那就是說﹐代表民意多數卻完全沒有智力﹑判斷力﹑戰鬥力的泛藍在野黨是「飯桶仔也」黨﹗而如果是大多數人民在陳水扁政權 8 年的貪腐無能之後﹐還心甘情願繼續選擇民進黨籍的立委或總統﹐那就是台灣人民自作孽﹐天何言哉﹗予何言哉﹗所以﹐民進黨立委選舉大輸 ( 並不一定是國民黨大贏 ) ﹐ 理應如此﹐而果然如此﹐本人何來 強烈「感覺」﹖

二是﹐觀諸美國總統選戰﹐雖然亦有不少令人詬病之事﹐又雖然陳水扁民進黨政權動輒自誇為民主陣營一員﹐然而﹐競選者在競選爭辯過程中顯露出的議題引領﹑思維邏輯﹑言辭理性﹑攻擊分寸以及一旦犯錯後能夠快速認知自省並做建設性修復的智慧等等這些方面﹐比較美﹑台政治競選者﹐相對而言﹐雙方差距實在太大。不客氣地說﹐根本上﹐雙方就不在同樣的等級上﹐大概再 50 年也無法做到齊頭並進。對於台灣社會的「技不如人」﹐本人無限感慨﹗所以﹐為文兩論美國選舉﹐以見差距。

只就「族群議題」一項來看。在美國存在的「種族問題」﹐是真正「黑﹑白」分明﹑種族不同的「種族問題」。 ( 據我個人經驗﹐坦白說﹐許多華人﹐對黑人的歧視﹐不見得會好過於那些歧視黑人的白人﹐甚至有過焉﹗ ) 而在台灣﹐本省人﹑外省人之間的差異﹐根本不是「種族問題」﹐只是同種族內的「省籍﹑地域」問題﹐卻被極端惡劣的政治流氓激化成「種族問題」。

喜萊莉﹑歐巴瑪一白一黑﹐競選全球超強國度的總統之位﹐當事人﹑選民以及媒體﹐都做到極力自制﹐避免碰觸大家都「避之唯恐不及」的「種族問題」﹐而且白人選民不吝大力給予歐巴瑪支持﹐比如愛阿華的選民﹐比如麻州的甘迺迪家族。

一旦無可避免地﹐在 「種族問題」上 「撞出了火花」﹐依比例原則﹐也是可以理解的。如果了解黑人 種族 在美國歷史上曾受到過來自白人 種族 的極端不公平﹑不人道對待﹑剝削﹐ 歐巴瑪與非裔選民對喜萊莉言辭不慎所反應出的不快與怒氣﹐是可以被理解﹑應予同情的。但是﹐喜萊莉﹑歐巴瑪﹐雙方不日立即收口﹐並互相推崇對方一向在人權上所持立場與做出的貢獻。雙方絕不在 「種族問題」上 激化對立 ( 參考下附新聞報導〝 Obama Cools Race Rhetoric, Praises Hillary 〞 ) 。

之後﹐雖然有好一段時日﹐喜萊莉的不慎言辭﹐在非裔選民中仍然繼續發酵﹐而喜萊莉﹑歐巴瑪也互有言辭交鋒﹐但這也是可以理解的﹐而且﹐也並未被當做雙方諸多競選議題的主軸。最重要的是﹐儘管有言辭交鋒﹐喜萊莉﹑歐巴瑪雙方在言辭中的要旨都是防衛性地指出對方在 「族群議題」上 誤解了自己的言論﹐而絕非攻擊性地在 「族群議題」上 加碼火力「乘機追擊」。只要觀看日昨喜萊莉﹑歐巴瑪在洛杉磯做競選辯論的電視轉播﹐真是禮失求諸「野」﹐讓人見識到「 揖讓而升，下而飲，其爭也君子」的「實況」。

反過來看太平洋對岸的台灣總統大選﹐謝長廷在民進黨於立委選舉大敗之後﹐完全沒有一點覺悟﹐仍舊用「族群意識形態」做競選主軸。

一星期來﹐謝長廷眉飛色舞地率領一干綠嘴﹐﹑唾沫橫飛地大打馬英九的綠卡問題。這還是一成不變的「愛台灣」牌﹐跟陳水扁的思路﹑本事完全相同﹐可憐就那麼些﹐何來像一些膚淺政論所謂的「與陳水扁切割」﹖有什麼可切割的﹖連包裝都繼續用陳水扁舊有的﹗﹗﹗「強調」什麼綠卡與「忠誠」相關﹐這不就是「要選本省人﹑不能選外省人」的老套嗎﹖

當初李遠哲回台任中研院院長時﹐不是美國公民也必有永久居留權﹐怎麼就沒有「忠誠」問題﹖不但沒有﹐還「他 X 的」高高在上呼籲全台灣思考「往上提昇﹐向下沉淪」呢﹗

謝長廷陣營﹐一方面大罵馬英九不懂美國綠卡「失效規定」﹐又對馬英九逼問「美國移民法有哪一條規定綠卡會『自動失效』」﹐更嘲笑馬英九連上 AIT 網站看看有關規定都不會嗎﹖另一方面﹐講到「傳聞」馬英九也許去向 AIT 查詢個清楚時﹐謝長廷又質疑馬英九不要為了「圓謊」而跟 AIT 交換利益﹑出賣台灣。馬英九不去 AIT 搞清「失效」規定被攻擊﹐馬英九去 AIT 搞清「失效」規定也被攻擊。

謝長廷陣營的無知﹐真是讓我「失笑」。不論中外﹐雖非百分之百﹐一般來講﹐法律大多只對事物「如何生效」做較詳細規定﹐少對「失效」做詳細規定。

綠營的男女政治打手﹐若自己不曾有過「綠卡」 ( 敢承認有過嗎﹖ ) ﹐對「綠卡」的了解﹐大概就只是在 AIT 網站得到的一點皮毛。當然﹐用心收集﹑研究網站提供的訊息﹐是今日知識﹑消息的重要來源之一﹐不可忽視。但顯然的﹐綠營的男女政治打手﹐不過是為了「打馬」﹐才臨時打鍵盤上 AIT 網站去抱佛腳﹗逼問「美國移民法有哪一條規定綠卡會『自動失效』」這句話﹐不正是給「法律少對事物的『失效』做詳細規定」提供了證明嗎﹖綠營政客﹐不分男女﹐經常如此夸夸其談自己屁也不懂的東西﹐膚淺又粗暴﹐自相矛盾穿幫了都不知道﹗

如果謝長廷愛台心切以致神經過敏﹐真擔心馬英九出賣台灣﹑交換了什麼利益﹐行﹗就要講得出一套邏輯說明有什麼利益可以買賣﹑如何賣出﹑美國如何買進。否則﹐美國不是民進黨政權最好的有相同民主價值的朋友嗎﹖中國專制極權不是民進黨政權最壞的敵人嗎﹖那些到大陸做大生意賺大錢的許文龍以及無數民進黨政權黨政高官家人親友﹐不會出賣台灣﹐美國反而會讓馬英九出賣台灣﹖那麼﹐民進黨政權中那一大票旅居美﹑日﹐卻任職總統府顧問﹑資政﹑僑選立委的﹐不是已經歸化為美﹑日公民﹐就是有居留權﹐也會出賣台灣﹗

謝長廷玩的﹐不就是翻版當年陳水扁替李應元競選台北市長助選時用的「香港腳」嗎﹖因為陳水扁的邏輯是﹐他身為台灣的「大總統」不能去香港﹐可是馬英九卻能夠去香港見了香港特首董建華﹐就一定變成「香港腳」﹐一定會偏向中國大陸。那麼﹐陳水扁更是絕對去不了北京﹐可是李遠哲去北京見到了香港特首的特首江澤民﹐還握手呢﹗是不是就變成「北京烤鴨」﹐更被中國大陸收買了﹖(注二)

這類胡說八道﹐跟去了香港還是去了北京一點屁關係都沒有﹐說穿了就是﹕「因為」台灣人才會愛台灣﹐外省人一定出賣台灣﹐「所以」台灣人才可以當市長﹑台灣人才可以當總統﹗這「因為」「所以」的邏輯﹐就是臺獨政客「獨驢技窮」之後「窮斯『爛』矣」的爛招﹗絕對沒有「邏輯」﹗

處理有關謝長廷以「綠卡的持有」攻擊馬英九的報導時﹐許多台灣媒體記者看不出謝長廷跟陳水扁二者純屬一路的爛招﹐說什麼謝長廷有「不絕的子彈」﹐在對馬英九做「一刀一刀的宰割」云云﹐竟像是頗為讚賞謝長廷的「厲害」﹐就像先前把王世堅的跳海醜劇﹐報導成「兌現諾言」的男子漢大丈夫﹐一路追蹤報導﹐終於把王世堅的跳海搞成熱熱鬧鬧的「喜劇」「收場」﹗﹗﹗

台灣政治文化的膚淺﹑缺乏理性﹑違背邏輯﹐台灣媒體記者助長之力﹐功不可沒也﹗﹗﹗

( 注一 ) 銘記流言板 (216) 美國總統選舉﹑ (216B) 希拉蕊﹑歐巴馬﹐終於撞出了「火花」 https://city.udn.com/1444/2641150?tpno=0&cate_no=0

( 注二) 銘記流言板（63）為什麼李遠哲不是「北京烤鴨」﹖ https://city.udn.com/1444/198139?tpno=9&cate_no=0

Obama Cools Race Rhetoric, Praises Hillary

Posted Jan 14, 08 8:49 PM CST in Politics

Source: Associated Press

(newser) – Troubled by the "tenor of the campaign," Barack Obama cooled off the recent race row with Hillary Clinton and praised her for being "on the right side of civil rights issues," the Swamp reports. But he added that her recent comments on Martin Luther King, Jr. revealed her outlook—"that what happens in Washington is more important than what happens outside of Washington," ABC News reports. • Hillary reacted with a conciliatory statement, saying their recent war of words "does not reflect what is in our hearts. I believe we must seek common ground. Our party and our nation is bigger than this.” Obama's news conference today was so rare that a New York Times Caucus blogger called it a tactical move, giving him the "high road" leading into tomorrow night's Democratic debate in Nevada.

South Carolina Voters React to Skirmish over Race

by Audie Cornish

Morning Edition , January 15, 2008 · There are signs that an ugly spat over race between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama might be calming down.

The two camps have been embroiled in a back-and-forth after Clinton tried to clarify her remarks about the role the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. played in getting the 1964 Civil Rights Act passed. The former first lady was quoted as saying King's dream of racial equality was realized only when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the landmark legislation. Obama took issue with the remark.

Both campaigns, however, seem eager to soften the rhetoric.

South Carolina's Democratic primary is nearly two weeks away, and more than half of the electorate is expected to be African American.

Mac's on Main is a popular soul food restaurant in South Carolina's capital, Columbia. It is run by chef and City Councilman Barry Walker. The walls are decorated with signed, framed photos of blues greats like B.B. King and laminated maps of his council district. Walker is undecided but said he is unhappy with the direction the Clinton campaign has taken.

"I think they are going for broke now, going for whatever they can do," he said.

Referring to an incident on the eve of the New Hampshire primary in which Clinton became teary-eyed while speaking to voters, Walker said, "crying isn't going to help here."

"She can cry all she wants, (but) black people have been crying for years. What's going to help here is addressing the issues that are affecting us," he said.

Joseph Free of Columbia, who was dining at the restaurant, agreed.

"They (are) … getting into the part I was hoping wouldn't happen … (turning) the thing into a race problem," he said.

Free's comments reflect a kind of collective disappointment in the black community, according to Todd Shaw, a political science professor at the University of South Carolina.

"I think that African-American voters are wise in the sense that they know there is more to come. That is the fear," he said.

Shaw said there is particular frustration at the Clinton camp's tactic of having other blacks, such as BET founder Bob Johnson, go after Obama. They are especially disappointed in the role former President Bill Clinton is playing.

Those sentiments were echoed across town at the historically black Benedict College where Kathryn Jones of Columbia, and Brenda Walker of Irmo, work. The women were split about what to make of Bill Clinton's critical comments of Obama.

"I don't hold it against him," Walker said.

Jones said she wasn't planning to vote for Hillary Clinton anyway, but "as a former president, I had high regards for (Bill Clinton) and he lost some points from me."

Hillary Clinton has her first chance to repair relations with the black community Tuesday, when she will join Obama, as well as John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich in a debate in Las Vegas.

Hillary Praises MLK, Gets Tepid Response

(newser) – Hillary Clinton faced a smattering of applause, scattered boos, and a few walkouts at a Martin Luther King , Jr. event in New York today, ABC reports. "Each of us, no matter who we are and where we started from, is a beneficiary of Dr. King ," she told the union crowd, mostly security workers. But the cheers for prior speakers turned to polite clapping for Clinton, whose recent remarks about King and Lyndon Johnson have sparked a heated racial debate. • Hillary recalled seeing King speak as a child, and called him “someone who could not be held back by being beaten or gassed or jailed.” She added that the first viable female and black presidential hopefuls owed their candidacies to King , but listeners gave lukewarm reports afterwards. One called her King celebration " ill - timed ," and another refused to promise a vote for Clinton. "We'll see, we'll see," he sighed.

Source: ABC News