Monkey business The KMT also mobilized its political heavyweights, including Taiwan Provincial Governor James Soong, who enlivened election rallies all over Taiwan by wielding a puppet of the Monkey King given to him by puppet master Huang Hai-tai. The "KMT Central Committee Election Speaking Group," composed mainly of Executive Yuan ministers, put up an extraordinary showing.
相對於阿扁領銜的「寶島希望助選團」，國民黨也動員黨內重量級政治人物，包括省長宋楚瑜以布袋戲大師黃海岱相贈的一隻齊天大聖戲偶，在全省各地上演助選戲碼；以行政院政務官為班底的「國民黨中央助講團」，也立下奇功。