中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
台公务部门全面禁抖音，罗智强：民进党生怕抖音一响，自己网军白养******
【环球时报特约记者 张若】大陆短视频平台抖音近来成为岛内舆论关注的焦点。
据台湾《中国时报》13日报道，台“数位发展部”日前称，抖音或TikTok(国际版)是危害台湾资通安全的产品，自2019年“各机关对危害资通安全产品限制使用原则”实施后，已限制公务部门资通设备及所属场域使用抖音。12日，民进党“立委”罗美玲质询时称，“数位发展部”禁止公务部门使用抖音，但实际上只有“行政院”及其所属部会适用此规定，并未规范到其他四大院(“立法院”“考试院”“监察院”和“司法院”)，是否全面下令禁止使用？“行政院秘书长”李孟谚回复称，由于每个院有各自权责，“行政院”会持续沟通协调，盼其他四大院比照“行政院”做法办理。“行政院”发言人罗秉成还扬言，公务员若违反规定会加以惩处。他称，目前禁止范围包括公务手机，做法上单用禁止可能效果不够，所以要有一些“更好的方法”，比如在公共区域的网络范围内做一些技术上的处理，让公务员没办法接触。至于未来是否扩大到民间禁用，罗秉成声称，这部分因涉及层面较广，还需要更多讨论。
前台北市议员罗智强13日感叹，抖音全球日活跃用户数达10亿，已是年轻世代的社交新主流，连美国的民主党和拜登总统都在用抖音，民进党败选不知深入检讨，居然把抖音列为“头号战犯”，生怕“抖音一响，自己的网军白养”，索性把抖音打成“中共同路人”。他喊话，“下架抖音？我们先下架民进党”。罗智强怒轰民进党当局召唤“麦卡锡主义”的幽灵，以安全之名无限上纲，制造恐慌。民进党前“立委”郭正亮表示，“你们这群网络白痴，还活在五六年前，根本都不知道世界的网络已经发展到哪里去了”。
《联合报》评论称，要求禁用抖音的理由，有所谓“抖音一响，父母白养”，直指造成青少年沉迷。但禁抖音，青少年改玩网络游戏或频上交友平台，就不会沉迷？不从教育避免网络成瘾着手，只想掐断单一平台。也有人归结于所谓的“文化入侵”，但难道日韩视频就不是“文化入侵”？而蔡英文不也在看《延禧攻略》《甄嬛传》等宫斗剧？就连炮轰抖音的民进党“立委”林楚茵，也被爆有抖音账号，“至于‘散布虚假信息操作认知作战’，难道脸书、LINE就没有这个问题？”文章说，各种社交平台都有来自各方的视频或帖文，那是视觉商业化的网络结晶，混杂一些假信息并不奇怪，但其中更潜藏多少创意及商机，台当局扛着“国安大炮”来轰，莫非真想孤立台湾？
TikTok于2018年初在台湾设立营运团队，在台湾ios免费应用下载排行榜曾冲到第四名。目前其在台湾月活跃用户已达300多万，台湾用户日平均使用时长达38分钟，一段视频互动的平均转发率为45%。TikTok视频月播放量在31亿次左右，且这个数字每月都在快速飙升。调查显示，台湾地区的抖音使用者75%为女性，25%为男性。另一数据显示，台湾北部TikTok用户占50%，而台南和台中则分别拥有30%和20%的使用率。不少网红进驻抖音，比如“台湾表妹”，粉丝已经达170万。有分析认为，岛内一些人对大陆社交媒体的抗拒，正是对台湾边缘化的焦虑，也体现了文化上的不自信。
