He was a spokesman and executive chairman of the "Grand National Party" and confidant of Park Geun Hye. During the 2012 "presidential" election he released a book saying that "Park Geun Hye is not qualified to be president."

After the "presidential" election he was branded as a traitor and forced to quit the political camp for disclosing Park's ignorance and incompetence.

At the press conference on the "Park Geun Hye-Choe Sun Sil scandal" on Oct. 30 he upheld his earlier assertion, saying that had Park modestly accepted advice she would have not been thrown into the present difficult position.