After losing his bid for reelection as Taipei's mayor in 1998, Chen said, "Lack of sympathy to progressive groups is one of the hallmarks of a major city." Taiwan's citizens have now doubtless come to the rational conclusion that casting aside Chen Shui-bian, after his corruption and influence peddling disappointed the great hope they had placed in him, also represents a kind of progress.
1998 年底，當時台北市長連任失利的陳水扁曾說，「對進步團隊的無情，是偉大城市的象徵」；如今台灣民眾在理性抉擇下，棄絕曾貴為台灣民主希望、而後卻貪腐弄權大失民心的陳水扁，也是一種進步的表現吧。