Hi, Thomas,
To answer your recent question or doubt on 「馬習會後，桃竹苗民調下滑？」. I did check it out. Here are some numbers for your reference: 蔡 30 %(minus 17 %), 朱 29 %(plus 11 %), 宋(+5 %). (Source:台灣指標民調)
As seen or read in the article, the reporter skipped and ignored, either intentionally or unintentionally, to bring up the fact that lady Tsuai lost almost 400,000 votes in Tao-Chu-Miao then. 可見，桃竹苗還係毋重要。Pretty bad thought, isn't it?
四年磨一劍
劍身磨到金金金
有冇照出客家心 (人)
四年行透透
臺灣頭到臺灣尾
有冇行遍臺三線
Of course, someone would rebut that she had offered several excellent Hakka policies if she would get elected. They are 「浪漫臺三線」、「客語變成國家語言」、「臺灣客家五大政策」. She personally said this 「客家妹挺客家人」in public. Very terrific, isn't it? She had done all of these in less than a week in my recollection. I really wonder how many Hakka read/knew/heard these news at all. 該陣台三線客家庄旋風後，盡少看到小英桃竹苗偏鄉。This is why 郭正亮 教授 最近問自家，「幾個月下來，小英民調領先，就是無法過半？」他認為桃竹苗客家票還有很大的空間，可以運作，在鄭文燦、林志堅市長幫忙下，小英民調有機會超過50%(指全國)。I strongly tend to agree with him.
選前五十日
多多關心客家庄
踏實行遍台三線
用尚方寶劍
覺醒迷失客家人
救救偏鄉客家庄
雪中送炭行
行出義民台灣魂
忠實客家包感受
民調一過半(more than 50 %)
一定拉高桃竹苗
分區立委會打卵(破蛋)
For your information, 桃園市，鄭運鵬、陳賴素美有機會當選；苗栗山、海兩線，五搶一，吳宜臻、杜文卿應該有機會贏；新竹市，柯建銘應該冇問題。For all of these, before said and done, it would all depends on whether DPP and 蔡主席 will be willing and will have BIG HEART to spend more time and effort in the area in next two months. Haha..
Do I forget something? Nope, it's 新竹縣, correct?
講到新竹縣
老伙心肝槌兩年
槌出心聲嘛儕聽
一個老實客
愛臺入黨為獨立
絕對毋係拍馬屁
To end this email, may I share three short and simple quotes with you all?
1. "Whatever you are, be a good one." (Abraham Lincoln, American 16th President, 1809-1865.)
2. "Be brave, take risks. Nothing can substitute experience." (Paulo Coehlo, 1947- , Brazilian lyricist and novelist.)
3. "The opposite of love is not hate. It's indifference." (Elie Wiesel, 1928- , a Romanian-born Jewish writer, professor, political activist and Nobel laureate.)
Best regards,
Big Ben 大笨 顧門
華府 11/29/2015
