
AI-generated summary
There is only a 1.2% difference in support between KMT Taipei mayoral candidate Chiang Wanan and his rival Shen Boyang in the polls. KMT Taipei City Councilors questioned the fraud of the polls supporting Chiang Wanan and criticized the expert who conducted the poll, Dai Li'an. Yin Wei, chairman of the Beijing Municipal Research and Examination Committee, cited internal reference polls on the show to emphasize that Jiang Wanan still leads by double digits.
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The Trustees Association released a poll on September 22. The difference in support between Jiang Wanan and Shen Boyang was only 1.2%. The Kuomintang immediately labeled Dai Lian, the expert who presided over the poll, as "Dai Lian". Yin Wei, chairman of the Beijing Municipal Research and Examination Committee, immediately went on the show to announce the internal poll, emphasizing that Jiang Wanan still had a double-digit advantage.
Sahaf's performance during the Iraq War earned him the nickname "Clown Ali" in the international media. Pictured is Muhammad. Sahaf. (Picture taken from Wikipedia)
Faced with the objective facts of the rise of Yang Liu, Yin Wei emphasized that regardless of policy satisfaction or support, neutral voters still favor Jiang Wanan; Kuomintang city councilor Lin Xinger issued an article questioning that the Yang Liu crowding the scene was fake, mocking the scene as work-study students who went to get lunch, and falsely claiming that street sweeping was basically a pre-prepared hello and staged performance, which were all self-consolation; another Kuomintang councilor Wang Zhibing even made inappropriate remarks about Yang Liu. The remarks of Yin Wei, Myolie Lin and Wang Zhibing reflect the "Mohammed Sahaf syndrome" among the elites of the Kuomintang. Sahaf was the information minister and spokesman of Saddam Hussein's government during the Iraq War (March 20-April 10, 2003). At that time, in the face of the overwhelming and rapid advance of the British and American coalition forces, even when the coalition forces were already 100 meters away from the center of Baghdad, Sahaf still kept telling lies with a straight face, such as: "We deliberately let them enter the city, because it will make it easier for us to eliminate them", "We have blocked their retreat", "Without the U.S. military entering Baghdad, the U.S. military will either surrender or be burned to death in tanks."
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Sahaf's performance earned him several nicknames in the international media: the American press called him "Baghdad Bob" after "Hanoi Hanna", and the British press called him "Clown Ali" after "Chemical Ali". After the war, when interviewed by electronic media, Sahaf stated that he had surrendered to the US military and was released soon. This shows that Sahaf is just an insignificant clown and is not even worth being detained.
The difference in support between Jiang Wanan and Shen Boyang was only 1.2%. Yin Wei, chairman of the Beijing Municipal Research and Examination Committee, immediately went on the show to announce an internal poll, emphasizing that Jiang Wanan still had a double-digit advantage. The picture shows Yin Wei. (File photo)
Sahaf has a distinguished academic experience, but unfortunately he does not have the character to take the world as his own responsibility. Instead, he lives under Saddam's despotic power. When the country is in turmoil, he does not think about saving the nation and does not call on the people to resist to the death. Instead, he only talks arrogantly. This is tantamount to gathering the strength of the other party and accelerating his own downfall. Yin Wei, Lin Xinger and Wang Zhibing are the Sahafs of the Kuomintang, and the Kuomintang must die.
(The author is in business)
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The KMT will further conduct internal investigations or public debates on the authenticity of the polls
Likely · Within weeks
Chiang Wanan’s campaign may increase transparency on polling sources
Possible · Within days

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