[jmc813]

conjured up in the mind of a tin-horn politico like Chen Shui Bian.

You enjoy calling Chen names, but why do I never see you namecalling, say, Hu Jintao?

[zook]

I don't know for sure what kind of a man Hu is, but I do know that he's at least tacitly agreed to keep the status quo between China and Taiwan. Chen, on the other hand, is threatening to rip apart that understanding for the sake of sheer political power.