Fukuda Fucks Off

[Tsuru]

I like this FIST guy. Can we keep him?

All in favor say aye!

[Midwinter]

All in favor say aye!

Aye! He knows how to put Takechanpoobreath in his place.

Oh, and too bad about the PM. I'm going to open a betting pool on how long the next one lasts.

[Charles]

All in favor say aye!

QUACK!

[TFG]

Koizumi is NOT coming back and even if he did, the public are wise to his deception and how his policies created the "Working Poor" while relieving corporate taxes. Koizumi would NOT win an election anymore.

[pheyton]

Koizumi is NOT coming back and even if he did, the public are wise to his deception and how his policies created the "Working Poor" while relieving corporate taxes. Koizumi would NOT win an election anymore.

Agreed. Every person I talked to in my wife's hometown, the sticks, loved Koizumi at first. After a few years of him though, they figured out he didn't give a shit about rural areas.

Greji, Aso had a chance to be PM last round and the party told him to go fuck off didn't they? Why wouldn't they do it again?

[Greji]

Greji, Aso had a chance to be PM last round and the party told him to go fuck off didn't they? Why wouldn't they do it again?

There's a bit of a story circulating that Aso was to be the man, but party protocol decided on Fukuda to be the guy and since they were expecting a bad run with the opposition and economy, they let Fukuda go up front to take the heat. I don't know how true this is but I do know that Aso was well regarded and a lot of people did want him instead of Fukuda at that time, but the decision was apparently made for those reasons.

It sounds logical in the wilds of the polical circus, but there were people who said that Koizumi was a stop-gap PM when he was elected and look how long he stayed in power.

I have had the opportunity to meet Aso on several occasions, the last at one of our company related functions while he was still Minister of Foreign Affairs. I have to say that he is quite impressive. His English is not too shabby. He comes across as honest, interested in all opinions and forward looking, but then again he is a politician, so you never know. But I can say in person he does not resemble the "shoot your mouth off" guy like he is often portrayed in the media and on the net.

The word on the street, obviously, is that he is the only one in the LDP to be considered, although there will be some "favorite son" type eye candy tossed around for candidates, but in the end it will be Aso.

[dimwit]

Aso is a buffoon of Morish proportions and I don't believe for a second that the media will give him a free ride as they did with Koizumi as I seem to recall one of the weeklies publishing pictures of him coming out of a love hotel earlier this year.

As for Fukuda, I never minded the guy. He seemed to be far more pragmatic than most and did about as much as could given the situation that thrust upon him by Abe.

[Takechanpoo]

After all Daisaku Ikeda als mde ths chmp fck ff s he dd Abe.

Only just when election, Souka believers transfer their certificate of residence to the towns of electoral district of specific jimin-to's candidates.
Jimin-to just cannot win election without Souka believers' votings.
It is so easy for Daisaku sensei to make J-PM kneel in front of him whenever he want. And it seems that Minsyu-to, too, already have started to be taken in by Souka.

[Mulboyne]

"Thank you all very much. This is Yasuo Fukuda."

Thank you all very much. This is Yasuo Fukuda. In the old days, some Japanese people were fond of the expression "the eternal now." "People despise past things by saying that such things are old and they praise contemporary things by declaring that they are new. However, if today's novelty is truly new, that novelty must surely persist through time and remain forever new."

The people of ten thousand years ago saw the same sun that we see today. There are no old waves, not a single one, lapping at the seashore -- every wave we see is a new wave. The always-new Ise Shrine, which has not changed since ancient times, has been seen by both the Japanese people in centuries past and today's Japanese. The sun, the sea and Ise Shrine -- although there are differences among them in that they are respectively a star in space, a part of nature, and a man-made artifact, all three are parts of the eternal now.

I often used to think of "the eternal now" when drawing up policy. We should retain policies that show compassion to all. For the wellbeing of everyone, new policies must constantly be introduced. We must not neglect to take care so that our policies never grow old and stale but stay new and fresh.

These thoughts are based on my belief that I must never forget that an ensemble is playing "the eternal now" when it comes to policy. In my capacity, I am frequently asked what politics is about. My answer is always the same -- "To pursue ordinary things sincerely in an ordinary way." The policies presented to the people and implemented are those that are rich in immediate results that are required now, those that will be useful in the near future, those that will contribute to Japan and the people in ten, 100 years' time, and those that deeply take into consideration not only Japan but also its relations with foreign countries.

Policy requires an ensemble -- I believe this is a requirement. On Monday of this week, I made the decision to resign from the post of Prime Minister. I did so because I believe that a new system should be put in place in order to proceed even more powerfully with policy for the people.

Over the past year, I have received many frank opinions from the readers of this e-mail magazine. When I look back now, all the opinions I received each week -- whether they offered severe criticism or warm encouragement -- added up to a major driving force for me to promote policy. I am just filled with a sense of gratitude toward you -- the readers of this e-mail magazine. I would like to thank you all very much for paying me the courtesy of reading my words over the past year.

[Iraira]

"Thank you all very much. This is Yasuo Fukuda."

Oh, shit, I thought I was the only gaijin who subscribed to the "This is (insert whoever is the Japanese PM this week)" . Whew...that relieves a great amount of potential embarassment.

[Marked Trail]

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You know nothing. FIST! From today this country is mine. The emperor shall be taken out and shot, and I shall rule this country with an IRON FIST! You shall all know me by my balls of steel, manly as they are covered in hair and the sweat of whores. FIST! There shall be only one.

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[TFG]

The all new Asshole cabinet.