LOS ANGELES — All political systems are peculiar, each in its own way. This is true of democracy, however defined, as well as of communist systems, more easily defined.
A crowning example of the former has to be the Republic of Korea — better known as South Korea. Recently the good people of that hugely excitable electorate choose a relatively conservative politician as their next president.
The election was not close, and in most known democracies, a newly elected president — especially one with a huge mandate — is granted by the news media and the opposition a graceful "honeymoon period." This is when enemies and critics go to the beach or take a vacation or have a few drinks so that the new leader has a period of comfort in which to ring in the new administration in relative peace and harmony.
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