Hoisting himself up on a step ladder above the noisy elbow-to-elbow crowd, he gave a rousing speech laced with his trademark wit and intriguing brand of Republican populism ("I'm a conservative, but I'm notmad at anybody, " he likes to say).
Mr. JOUN-YUNG SUN (Former Ambassador to the United Nations, South Korea): I'm not so sure whether Kim Jong-il is mad and extremely irrational, but he is absolute dictator.