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.
古往今来，为何“大家都爱汾酒”？******
从古至今，酒都是中国人节礼之时不可或缺的重要一份子。无酒不成席、无酒不成礼，酒几乎见证了中国人一生中所有重要时刻。作为“中国酒魂”，汾酒始终是中国酒文化的见证者，一脉清香承载了历久弥香的时代记忆和历史记忆。在春节即将到来之际，汾酒发起了一场“大家都爱汾酒”的互动传播活动，开启了消费者与汾酒的双向奔赴。
在2022年的最后一天，汾酒联合网易哒哒共同推出《新年狂想计划·你是什么热爱型人格》H5，与数万网友开启美好心愿，共迎2023。而在春节来临之际，汾酒也将联合抖音平台进一步开展“大家都爱汾酒”抖音挑战赛活动，力邀消费者分享自己与汾酒的岁月往事。据悉，该活动将从1月25日持续至2月6日，参与方式：1月25日到2月6日期间抖音用户搜索#大家都爱汾酒话题，可通过手指比心手势触发“新年萌兔”贴纸，随机抽取“漂亮兔”“发财兔”“幸运兔”“快乐兔”，拍摄成短视频并发布即有机会赢取奖励。希望在春节元宵双节期间，重温汾酒与消费者的甜蜜回忆。
千百年前，汾酒是备受君王宠爱的宫廷御酒
作为中华五千年文明进程的同行者、见证者、记录者，汾酒的酿造史延绵千年而未断，从中国最早酿酒器具——小口尖底瓮，到首批国家非物质文化遗产——杏花村汾酒酿制技艺，汾酒一路见证了中国白酒的起源与发展。
产于山西省汾阳市杏花村的汾酒，早在1500年前就已经是宫廷御酒。只不过当时的它，还被称为“汾清”，在《二十四史》中，武成帝高湛劝饮汾清的故事被认为是汾酒1500年名酒史的最佳例证。而这也不仅是汾酒迄今为止最早、最明确的文字记载，也是中国白酒在史书上的最早记载。
从武成帝高湛缘起，汾酒开启了称雄酒坛千百年的辉煌历史。在唐代，汾酒更是迎来了自己的高光时刻，唐太宗李世民不仅在起义前选择用陈年汾酒祭祀天地，激励出征勇士，还在重返龙城后再次用汾酒大宴群臣；一代女皇武则天在饮过竹叶青美酒后，即兴作诗“酒中浮竹叶，杯上写芙蓉”；晚唐诗人杜牧挥笔写下的“借问酒家何处有？牧童遥指杏花村”为汾酒创造了绵延千年而不绝的美誉……
可以说，皇宫贵族、名人雅士们的追捧，构筑了汾酒长达1500年的名酒史，也成为“大家都爱汾酒”的最早起源。
百余年前，汾酒是畅销中外的中国名酒
汾酒从“旧时王谢”飞入“寻常百姓家”，可能要再往后细数百年。历经宋、元、明、清几代传承与发展，汾酒确立了“清蒸二次清”，“固态地缸分离发酵”的酿造工艺，也就是入选“首批国家非物质文化遗产”的杏花村汾酒酿制技艺。
依靠这一技术，汾酒人酿造出了在1915年一举夺得“巴拿马太平洋万国博览会”国际甲等大奖章的山西汾酒。由此，汾酒声名从中国传至海外，再次开启了属于自己的名酒时代。
在1952年的第一届全国评酒会上，经过上层人物钟爱、解放前全国市场及百姓口碑、风格纯正和品质稳定性及悠久传奇的历史文化等“四大影响力”考核，汾酒成功被评为四大名酒之一。而后，在历届中国名酒评比中，汾酒均蝉联该称号，成为名副其实的“国酒之源、清香之祖、文化之根”。
从1952年至今，逐步累积的市场口碑、经久不变的酿造工艺、愈加深厚的历史底蕴，不断为汾酒的发展筑起了牢固的护城河，让汾酒成为一代又一代消费者心中无可替代的存在。
这个春节，汾酒希望借助一场“大家都爱汾酒”的互动活动，号召消费者勇敢示爱，积极讲述属于自己与汾酒的故事、热爱汾酒的理由，希望以此拉近与消费者之间的距离，共同创造出属于彼此的新春回忆。
关于汾酒，你又有着怎样的记忆呢？(来源：中国新闻社微信公众号)
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