The 2-Belo wrote:
> UPI A 7N DA fj.life.in-japan, Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:26:47 -0700 (PDT) (UPI)...
> THREE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT chuckers'S MOTORCADE TODAY IN DOWNTOWN
> fj.life.in-japan... JT 1234 PCS
> 
>> On Aug 31, 5:43?pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sato Yukari, the "hit bitch" they sent to knock Seiko off in
>>> 2005, and failed, was dumped by the voters in her new district, too.
>> I am actually in that district.  
> 
> I have serious doubts that she cared what district she was in. She made a big
> deal in 2005 about "knowing what's best for Gifu", which is what ticked me off
> more than anything else, because goddammit, *I've* been here longer than she
> ever was. And I'd rather die than run for public office.

She _did_ seem like one of those "I can Gi-in, it is my Myboom!"

>> I was actually a bit surprised she didn't make it through on the 
>> proportional ballot. Not that I *wanted* her to or anything. I was
>> just handicapping the election (didn't do so well.) Figured she
>> would have possibly pulled in the the Koumei vote as we seem to
>> have a number of Soukagakkai in the neighbourhood but no Koumei
>> candidate. Lots of Ohta posters ((now) former head of Koumei) that
>> will probably go away real soon.

It appears that a whole lot of Koumei people didn't follow the script 
provided.  We've got a bunch out here, as well, and the Koumei candidate 
did only just a bit better than the idjit from Kagaku no Kangofu (or 
whatever they call that new fake religion).

> There are plenty of Soka Gakkai people (including my next-door neighbors) around
> here, but it didn't appear to influence the vote either way. Seiko was hoping to
> turn some of the former Hit Bitch votes back to her side, but the way I see it,
> those Koizumi Orphan voters are pretty much lost for good.

Sato badly split Seiko's Machine ... the one she inherited from her 
Daddy ... but I doubt they would have left so quickly if Koizumi hadn't 
gone around telling LDP people what to think. Some are independent 
thinkers, some ... well ...

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CL