Sore loser

So Lien Chan has refused to concede defeat, telling the nation that the shooting raised too many questions about the legitamacy of the election. In other words, the conspiracy theorists within the KMT think President Chen had himself shot at to win the election.

To be fair, to lose by only 30,000 votes out of 13 million cast might tend to make one bitter. But at least, unlike the U.S., Chen actually won the popular vote. No electoral college here.

Somehow, though, I imagine that if Lien Chan had been shot the day before the election, he still would have lost. Everyone would be thinking, "Damn, that old man had it coming." But that's just me. So for now, I promise, no more talk about killing presidents, since I'm sure The Man is trawling the net looking for just such a phrase.