Isn't this the same fellow the reporter from the
Economist talked about in the item you cited
earlier? The one who was in "erratic form" and had his shirt open to the waist when he was scheduled to be interviewed by one of the most influential journalistic organisations in the world? In retrospect, one has to imagine that "erratic" was being used rather euphemistically, don't you think?
For those of you living in Japan, has this story had any political ramifications yet? I saw it first on the
BBC World News, which almost guarantees it was shown throughout most of the world. I know that if that had been Treasury Secretary Geithner, it wouldn't take long for this story to be ratcheted up to the level of a "-gate" in the American media.* It certainly would be exploited by right-wing radio talk-show hosts just itching to find anything to puncture Obama's Shield of Goodness (+4 Def; +7 MagDef).
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*In 1972, the Nixon Administration arranged for a group of ex-CIA operatives and Cuban emigres to bug the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate hotel. What became known as simply "Watergate" ushered in decades of later "-gates."
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