http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/05/23/dietman-taizo-sugimura-an-idiot-after-all-at-least-he-is-an-admitted-plagiarizer/ Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:53:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/05/23/dietman-taizo-sugimura-an-idiot-after-all-at-least-he-is-an-admitted-plagiarizer/comment-page-1/#comment-78088 Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » RSS Feeds of Diet Members’ web sites, aggregated Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:38:14 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/05/23/dietman-taizo-sugimura-an-idiot-after-all-at-least-he-is-an-admitted-plagiarizer/#comment-78088 [...] As far as I know, only two members’ websites have earned much recognition – those of members Taizo Sugimura and Hiroshige Seko (site included in LDP Upper House feeds). These two men have had strikingly divergent fates since being elected. Sugimura, who at 26 became one of the youngest Diet members ever when he earned a surprise proportional representation win due to the LDP’s landslide performance in last year’s lower house election. Thing is, he didn’t really have any special qualifications – he was an unemployed college dropout when he applied at the LDP to run for office on their ticket. Apparently then-LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe simply liked the cut of his jib, and Sugimura was sold as a youthful representative of the millions of lollygagging young people in Japan known as “NEETs.” Since taking office “Taizo-kun” has managed to bungle one thing after another, making inappropriate comments like “when can we start eating at gourmet restaurants?” plagiarizing blog posts, and even making a mess of his own marriage proposal (covered here). Thankfully, these all took place during a time when a young DPJ member was screwing up on an even grander scale – formally accusing the LDP of Livedoor-related corruption with forged proof. Currently Sugimura’s site is down (probably on orders from above) and it’s unclear whether he’ll be running with the LDP’s blessing next time around. [...] [...] As far as I know, only two members’ websites have earned much recognition – those of members Taizo Sugimura and Hiroshige Seko (site included in LDP Upper House feeds). These two men have had strikingly divergent fates since being elected. Sugimura, who at 26 became one of the youngest Diet members ever when he earned a surprise proportional representation win due to the LDP’s landslide performance in last year’s lower house election. Thing is, he didn’t really have any special qualifications – he was an unemployed college dropout when he applied at the LDP to run for office on their ticket. Apparently then-LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe simply liked the cut of his jib, and Sugimura was sold as a youthful representative of the millions of lollygagging young people in Japan known as “NEETs.” Since taking office “Taizo-kun” has managed to bungle one thing after another, making inappropriate comments like “when can we start eating at gourmet restaurants?” plagiarizing blog posts, and even making a mess of his own marriage proposal (covered here). Thankfully, these all took place during a time when a young DPJ member was screwing up on an even grander scale – formally accusing the LDP of Livedoor-related corruption with forged proof. Currently Sugimura’s site is down (probably on orders from above) and it’s unclear whether he’ll be running with the LDP’s blessing next time around. [...]

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