Goshi Hosono, 43, a candidate for the leadership of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, referring to a painting of former U.S. President John F Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis. Hosono likened the pressure of his role as minister for nuclear policy in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns to that of Kennedy in 1962. (Bloomberg)
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nath
Confused as to what he is actually trying to do. Does he really know the history of JFK?
sensei258
Are you kidding me? An obscure candidate comparing himself to JFK? That's a big leap in logic. A power plant meltdown is not even remotely comparable to the possibility of nuclear war between superpowers.
kaynide
With sensei on this; Meltdowns are bad, but global nuclear war is an endgame situation.
Personally, I see this like the fraud composer who was "Japan's Beethoven". It's all in name value- get people to associate you with someone already famous and you can probably skip by on that alone.