Meanwhile, on the other side of town...

For many of you, this year's presidential debate has been a very interesting one. With the democratic nominee still up to contention it's been one roller coaster ride. I recently went back home and found my parents deep into politics. Not whether Obama was experienced or whether Clinton could actually implement any change... no, it was about the scandals in the tiny island of Formosa (aka Taiwan... aka Republic of China).

The recent New York times article captures the type of politicking that we've all come to love.

a spin on the modern watergate scandal:

But an unusual fracas last week has lent resonance to the Democratic Progressives’ warnings to voters against giving too much power to the Nationalists. It started when four Nationalist lawmakers roamed through Mr. Hsieh’s campaign headquarters in an attempt to document whether the building lease complied with election laws.

Mr. Hsieh’s aides trapped the four in an elevator, accused them of trespassing and called the police. A crowd of Democratic Progressive Party supporters formed and smashed the windshield of one of the police cars that rescued the four.

Mr. Ma has apologized for the incident repeatedly since then, and the lawmakers, dubbed “the four idiots” by the Taiwanese media, bowed low in apology at a news conference as well.