Between allegations that President Chen Shui-bian (
During his first term as a Taipei City Councilor, Chen actually served jail time after Feng sued him for publishing a magazine article accusing Feng -- with justification -- of plagiarism. And how can anyone forget how relentless Feng was toward Chen during the height of the "boy scout" controversy. Feng mercilessly grilled presidential secretary Ma Yong-cheng (
For once, DPP secretary-general Wu Nai-jen (吳乃仁) was right when he said anyone "thinking with his knee" knows that Feng is just fantasizing in his talk about being Chen's secret envoy. Common sense dictates that such envoys must be very well informed, deeply trusted, close companions of the one who sent them. Former president Lee Teng-hui's (
The gullible, such as the 40,000 voters who elected Feng in 1998, might think it not entirely impossible that Chen asked Feng to be his envoy, since Feng is on good terms with Beijing. But let's face it, so many politicians and lawmakers are going on junkets across the Taiwan Strait to smooch the buttocks of Beijing's leaders these days that if Chen really sought a well-connected messenger he would be spoilt for choice.
One thing is for sure. Feng would probably kill for the chance to act as an envoy. It is simply hard for many to resist the power and prestige, not to mention the potential for lucrative under-the-table dealings, that may come with the appointment, especially should "unification" eventually be accomplished through one's hard work in this regard. This is, of course, why "Chinese KMT" and New Party members are so keen to sell out Taiwan, in the hope that largess will be heaped on them for doing so.
The irony is that Feng is far more suited to his present role, acting as China's chief apologist and general troublemaker in Taiwan than representing Taiwan in China. His cringing pro-China position and mindless repetition of his Beijing masters' unificationist rhetoric are antithetical to the stance and the interests of the vast majority of the people of this nation.
Feng's current mission in Taiwan is to put blame for deteriorating cross-strait relations on Chen at a time when China has refused to re-open cross-strait negotiations despite Chen's repeated goodwill gestures. Feng, a known liar of traitorous intent, claims that Chen has reneged on "promises" to accept the "one China" principle and reconvene the National Unification Council and that this has provoked China. Frankly, it annoys us even to mention such stupid claims, but it helps get the measure of this poltroon.
Even if Feng lives up to his promise and produces a tape-recording of his conversation with Chen Che-nan (
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