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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.
“水墨移情”作品展开幕 呈现香港当代水墨多元风貌******
中新网香港1月27日电 (记者 索有为)“水墨移情——香港当代水墨中国画学会香港2022会员作品展”1月26日在香港中央图书馆开幕，25位香港知名水墨画家的百余幅佳作亮相，呈现出香港当代水墨画的多元风貌。
展览分为“跨山越水”“家国情怀”“心系香港”“象里象外”四个主题，20世纪70年代以来的25位知名水墨画家，在艺术思潮、生活环境的转易中，凭借传统水墨媒介、技巧来演绎个人感怀、艺术表现和家国情怀。
香港美术家协会主席林天行在其画作前。 索有为 摄在以“跨山越水”为题的画作中，画家们或从传统笔墨求索，或以写实、现代、抽象手法表现自然山水、天地万象。
在“家国情怀”部分，画家以其独特技法和风格，描画祖国名山大川、郊野庭园以至新兴城市风貌，表现其对国家的情感。王无邪、沈平、林天行、司徒乃钟、潘振华、麦罗武、黄孝逵、高杏娟、熊海等以其擅长的笔墨技法描画其游历所见所感，呈现祖国胜景不同风貌特质；益行、周晋、派瑞芬、马达为从画家的体验和精练线条、构图绘画江南景致、山川溪流、庭园村居；王秋童、韦劲敏以雄浑恣纵笔触和强烈色彩塑造内地现代城市的五光十色、蓬勃生机。
香港著名画家黄孝逵介绍其画作。 索有为 摄“心系香港”部分，香港独特的风景地貌、繁嚣纷忙的生活场景、广厦林立的城市空间、秀逸清丽和奇石耸立的西贡景色、维港两岸的云烟雾霭及华灯璀璨，均通过画家们独特的表现形式、风格和笔墨设色纷呈纸上，反映了画家生于斯、居于斯的深挚感情，以及对本地人文生活的体会。
“象里象外”的部分画作则糅合中西技巧，在构图处理和运笔、敷色施墨方面各辟新貌。
策展顾问邓海超称，香港水墨画在其发展过程中形成了多元化面貌，近年来香港画家更趋向个人化发展，并结合多媒体、跨媒体、数码、装置形式，重塑传统，缔造当代语境，也印证了香港作为糅合中西文化艺术的国际都市，正是与时并进、兼容并蓄的文化精神特质。
观众观展。 索有为 摄中国画学会香港执行会长马达为接受记者采访时表示，中国画学会香港发展会员从严从精，聚集了20多位香港知名画家，他们和内地水墨画家一样根植传统，在画作的选材上则表现出多元面貌。
中国画学会理事、香港美术家协会主席林天行有13幅作品参展，在其以西藏为主题创作的八条屏里，画家以俯瞰的视角、重彩设色描绘出西藏的四季光影。林天行在接受记者采访时表示，是次画展既有传统意象、又体现香港特色，展现了香港当代水墨画的最高水平。(完)
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