KMT Party Wins the Presidential Election

Ma won the election yesterday. Many have said that what the Chinese did in Tibet last week was a warning for Taiwanese not to vote for the DDP. The message was if you vote for the DDP party (which is in favor of an independent Taiwan), we will squash you, too.

The victory for the KMT party does not mean that they are actually liked. (They are pro-China). From my understanding, as told by Taiwanese people, Taiwanese were just fed up with all the scandal that revolved around the current president from the DDP party.

I think this is democracy at it's best. You don't like your government officials, so when elections come up, give the power to another party. Unlike the U.S., Taiwan is bipartisan. There's no room for an independent/3rd candidate to run. (Although, we know that an independent/3rd party would probably never win...Nadar, Perot, etc...but the point is, they CAN run).

Kim asked about the elections. Well, I said it was insane as a result of their "rallies." It was like unorganized, wild primary election victory parties in the streets. People rode upon the blue trucks screaming as if they were pleading with someone not to kill them. High, high emotions.

It also took me 30 minutes to go 5 blocks on my motorcycle. I almost go hit and almost hit others over 10 times. It was really dangerous. People lined the streets with their flags and banners, but there was no "crowd control." Normal people riding motorcycles would cut others off so they could drive and high-five others standing on the sidelines. People from the sidelines would jet into the street to high-five motorists as they passed by.

Dangerous. Dangerous. Dangerous.

But this is Taiwan...Doing dangerous things is nothing new here.