By PoliPundit ~ December 18th, 2002 @ 1:14 pm
Who says only conservatives can put their foot in their mouths? “Progressive” South Korean presidential candidate Roh Moo Hyun will probably lose the election because of his anti-American comments!
The 11th hour political drama left Roh Moo Hyun, who reportedly had a slight edge in the polls, scrambling to try to salvage his candidacy after his remarks tonight that South Korea might be neutral if the United States fought North Korea.Roh’s remarks, suggesting abandonment of South Korea’s long military alliance with and dependence on the United States, prompted the pullout of his official political partner, Chung Mong Joon.
“We retract our support,” a spokeswoman for Chung said in a statement late tonight. Roh’s remarks were a “betrayal” of the agreed policy between the two former rivals, whose political union earlier this month had sharply boosted Roh’s candidacy.
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