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Exit polls: LDP projected to win Japan election
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Posted on 12/16/2012 5:32:39 AM PST by Perdogg
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posted on
12/16/2012 5:33:00 AM PST
by
Perdogg
To: Perdogg
Great, more liberal democrats in power.
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posted on
12/16/2012 5:44:06 AM PST
by
BobL
(Did you know that the Chinese now buy close to twice as many new cars as Americans each year?)
To: BobL
..it’s time to reset the clock back to the good old pork barrel LDP days. But the REAL winners today are the wealthy (elderly) and vested interests (that would be the conservative party of Japan...)
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posted on
12/16/2012 6:00:02 AM PST
by
erlayman
To: BobL
The LDP is the more conservative of the two main parties in Japan and had a monopoly on power for the decades of Japan’s recovery and rise from the fifties on. The Democratic Party of Japan is left of center. I once met their former party head and PM (for less than a year) Yukio Hatoyama. So this election was a turn to the right. Party labels can be deceptive.
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posted on
12/16/2012 6:16:07 AM PST
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: BobL
The Liberal Democratic Party is as conservative as it gets in Japan. Other choices are the Democratic Party of Japan, Tomorrow Party of Japan, New Komeito Justice Party, Your Party, Japanese Communist Party, Social Democratic Party, People's New Party, New Party Daichi True Democrats, Green Wind, New Renaissance Party, New Party Nippon, Okinawa Socialist Masses Party.
It's true democracies tend not to starts wars: because they are bankrupt from socialism and can't afford to.
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posted on
12/16/2012 6:16:36 AM PST
by
Reeses
To: BobL
The LDP is the conservative party in Japan. In Japan “Liberal” has a diffrent meaning than here. My wife is Japanese and she is excited about this election. She says the next Prime Minister is VERY conservative. Hopefully the LDP learned their lesson about spending unlike our squishy RINOS here. At least the LDP won't take any crap from the norks or china.
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posted on
12/16/2012 6:23:04 AM PST
by
Cobraman_SC
(This is the twilight of freedom in America - Get prepared NOW!)
To: Perdogg
“Liberal Democrat Party, or LDP — led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe”
The LDP is Japan’s equivalent of the Republican Party. Is Shinzo Japanese for “honest”? : )
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posted on
12/16/2012 7:09:09 AM PST
by
AuH2ORepublican
(If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
To: AuH2ORepublican
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posted on
12/16/2012 7:11:37 AM PST
by
Perdogg
(Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA4) for President 2016)
To: erlayman
Ah, what do you mean by “conservative”? The dictionary definition of resisting change? Or the political philosophy represented by constiutionalism, free markets, freedom and representative government?
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posted on
12/16/2012 7:46:56 AM PST
by
Jabba the Nutt
(.Are they stupid, malicious or evil?)
To: katana
“So this election was a turn to the right. Party labels can be deceptive.”
Thanks, I’ve followed Japan for decades - I was just having some fun with their party names. I do hope they pull out of their economic mess and get their act together for China, before it’s too late.
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posted on
12/16/2012 8:14:12 AM PST
by
BobL
(Did you know that the Chinese now buy close to twice as many new cars as Americans each year?)
To: Perdogg
Good news. It was LDP prime minister Koizumi who suuported GWB on Iraq and the War on Terror.
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posted on
12/16/2012 8:47:42 AM PST
by
tellw
To: Cobraman_SC
Same in Australia, the Liberal party is conservative.
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posted on
12/16/2012 8:49:34 AM PST
by
Rennes Templar
(Be positive: America is greater than Obama.)
To: Perdogg
Well, Japan will “turn to the right,” in other words choose a government that will do nothing about its huge welfare state.
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posted on
12/16/2012 9:44:50 AM PST
by
struggle
(http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
To: struggle
Pensions will go down for sure and maybe even public work projects. But this was essentially a referendum on whether or not Japan should continue nuclear power. And, guess what? The opposition couldn’t come up with a viable replacement energy source so they chose nuclear power.
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posted on
12/16/2012 9:53:32 AM PST
by
erlayman
To: BobL
“conservative” can mean anything in different countries.
When Tokyo outlaws possession of kiddie porn, I’ll believe they are “moving to the right”
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posted on
12/16/2012 11:28:17 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: GeronL
“When Tokyo outlaws possession of kiddie porn, Ill believe they are moving to the right”
No kidding and not to mention their Animation.
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posted on
12/16/2012 11:40:19 AM PST
by
BobL
(Did you know that the Chinese now buy close to twice as many new cars as Americans each year?)
To: BobL
Yup.
It has had the “desired” effect. U-15 shops are everywhere and youths now think underage prostitution is just another way to earn some pocket money. Mommy and daddy perverts are selling pics and vids of their own daughters (at any age) in the skimpiest thongs and sexual poses for money.
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posted on
12/16/2012 11:58:47 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: BobL
Doesn’t affect us too much. We need to concentrate on ourselves for awhile. That is our problem...worrying about everyone else.
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posted on
12/16/2012 12:13:27 PM PST
by
napscoordinator
(GOP Candidate 2020 - "Bloomberg 2020 - We vote for whatever crap the GOP puts in front of us.")
To: katana
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posted on
12/16/2012 12:39:10 PM PST
by
max americana
(Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
To: AuH2ORepublican
The LDP is Japans equivalent of the Republican Party. Haven't those poor people suffered enough?
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posted on
12/16/2012 1:09:21 PM PST
by
Colonel_Flagg
("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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