The face-blind political warrior Lin Jialong is too forceful to govern and lead to Waterloo

Lin Jialong, the DPP's 2022 mayoral candidate for New Taipei City, just changed jobs just before he ran for mayor of Taichung in 2014. He only participated in interviews at the beginning of the election. In a blink of an eye, it has been almost 8 years since he left the party and government line of the government. The past is like smoke. The legacy of the party and government reporters is not clear.

In 2010, Lin Jialong tried to run for the first mayor of Taichung. At that time, senior Lin from the press asked me to analyze the political ecology and faction situation in Taichung County for him.

Entrusted by the seniors, he talked for nearly 3 hours at Lin Jialong's residence at that time.

Later, the DPP nominated Su Jiaquan to run for the first mayor of Taichung. Hu Zhiqiang became the second mayor of Taichung. He was no longer interested in urban voters. Every day in various townships and cities to hold political symposiums, Hu Zhiqiang, who had suffered a stroke and suffered from poor physical strength, was forced to do the same. Hu Zhiqiang once privately said, "No election has been so hard!" The reporters also followed the two candidates every day. , running field.

With a week left in the polls, DPP traders Li Jinxiang and Su Jiaquan are confident they can win the election. Unexpectedly, the night before the vote, Lian Shengwen was shot on November 26, 2010, causing Lian Shengwen to be seriously injured and affecting the election of five municipalities directly under the Central Government.

Voters from the original urban area came out to vote. The citywide turnout rate was 73.15%. Kuomintang Hu Zhiqiang won 730,284 votes, or 51.12%; Su Jiaquan 698,358 votes, or 48.88%, Hu Zhiqiang won by a thrilling victory.

In 2014, Lin Jialong, who had been honing his sword for ten years, finally got his wish to run for mayor of Taichung, and won 847,284 votes, with a vote rate of 57.06%; Hu Zhiqiang, who was seeking re-election as the mayor, only received 637,531 votes, with 42.94% of the votes, and a citywide turnout of 71.93%.

Lin Jialong, who has won nearly 210,000 votes, is high-spirited and invincible. He has become a shining political star. While in charge of the municipal administration, he has grown the faction of the National Congress.

What Lin Jialong and the team didn't know was that the people just felt that Hu Zhiqiang had been in the job for too long. The 9-year mayor of Taichung (one of which was upgraded to a municipality to extend his term of office) plus the 4-year mayor of the municipality, it has been 13 years. , and the political atmosphere at that time was favorable to the candidates of the DPP, so they won so much.

In addition, Lin Jialong has a big disadvantage: he is blind, and he is not very good at recognizing people. Even if he talks for a long time and meets more than 10 times, he still cannot recognize people.

Except in 2010, he had face-to-face chats for 3 hours to analyze the political situation in Taichung County. After the Lunar New Year in 2014 and before changing jobs in September, apart from sitting next to him at the reporter’s dinner party to chat and interact, he met at least 10 times during interviews. However, not long after he took office as mayor, he met at a community event and took the initiative to say "Hello mayor!" His eyes were like seeing a stranger.

All right! Even if I am an unknown citizen, should the citizen take the initiative to greet the mayor, should he nod his head and smile in response? He didn't even look at it, saying that he was really dumbfounded. Chatting with a former colleague, I learned that Lin Jialong is really not good at recognizing people, and the big money owner who has met many times can't recognize it.

Being blind and unable to recognize people is a huge disadvantage for politicians, such as former provincial governor James Soong and front desk county magistrate Liao Liaoyi, who are known for being good at recognizing people, full of affinity, and understanding public opinion.

Lin Jialong works hard, but he is not good at observing public opinion. He often speaks like a scholar eager to tell the public the municipal blueprint and governing philosophy. The smelly and long speech makes people drowsy and lacks the simple concept of the blueprint. Oral communication ability.

I remember a time when a former reporter’s male colleague got married. The male colleague was already the junior director of the newspaper. He was over 45 years old and got married. , pointing directly at the maturity of the bride and groom. The three lines on the face of the newlyweds are so embarrassing, and the guests under the stage showed an incredible expression.

In addition to being blind and unable to speak according to occasions, the biggest problem with him and his team is that they govern too hard, govern too hard and recklessly govern, and attack dissidents by any means.

As a result, when the Hallyu hit in 2018, he only got 619,855 votes, or 42.35%; his opponent Lu Xiuyan won 827,996 votes, 56.57%, and 67.46% of the votes. Lin Jialong lost more than 208,000 votes. One sword, one session, see you again" to taunt.

After losing the election, Lin Jialong entered the cabinet and served as Minister of Communications for more than two years. He stepped down due to the Taroko incident. For 15 months, he has been working hard to find a new stage, but he did not dare to fight Lu Xiuyan again, because if he loses again, his political career will be ended.

Politicians cannot live without a stage. Lin Jialong worked hard to elect the mayor of Taipei, but President Tsai Ing-wen agreed to elect the mayor of New Taipei instead.

In 2010, the DPP recruited Xiao Meiqin to participate in the Hualien County Legislative By-election. In 2014, President Tsai Ing-wen elected the mayor of New Taipei City. The image of "daring to take responsibility" has aroused people's love. Lin Jialong's "taking responsibility" should be trying to create the same effect!

Many citizens of New Taipei City are immigrants from the central and southern regions. I don’t know the characteristics of New Taipei City’s voters. Political warrior Lin Jialong has been tempered by the defeat of the mayor of Taichung and the major traffic accident during his tenure as the Minister of Transportation. How will he fight the election campaign? Woolen cloth? How to convince the citizens of New Taipei? Whether you lose beautifully, look ugly, or win an election depends on how the battle unfolds over the next four months.