While Patrick has very good edges and transitions/in between elements, he's not exactly the best skater in everything that the Canadians make him out to be. The things he does well would be very easy for the judges to ignore if he came from a less powerful federation. Look at how S/S have gotten treated this year. As soon as a team from a powerful federation came along that could come close to them and the Russians got better.
And just which male skater do you feel is the best in everything, if such skater actually exists or existed? I can tell you with absolute certainty such skater doesn't exist or existed whether it's male or female. Is Yu-Na Kim the best in everything, nope, not even close. There have been female skaters who are either better jumper, spinner or quicker on their feet than Yu-Na Kim ever did. Jumps = Midori Ito. Spins = Lucinda Ruth Footwork, SS and Transitions = Yuka Sato. See, Kim is not even the all-time best in any of the category but that doesn't mean she is a bad skater or that she doesn't deserve what she has accomplished. What you have done is you asked the impossible and that demand that Chan meets such impossible standard whilel simultaneously inflated Kim as though she is perfect, which she isn't and nobody is anyway. The S/S example is quite untrue. Pang/Tong were competing last year and they haven't changed country as far as I am concerned, your whole argument almost sounds as though the nation of China was in hiding last year and only came out of hiding this year. Seriously, that's totally baseless. S/S's troubles stem from their inability to stay on their feet. They made tons of errors this year, whether it's bombing the LP in TEB or average of one fall per competition, if not more. Their mistakes were quite glaring this year whereas they were mostly clena last year. That's why they struggle, not because China suddenly emerged politically, that's totally BS - China has been a powerhouse in Pairs skating for years.
And the Korean federation certainly has more power than lets say the German federation. Considering the HUGE amounts of revenue the tv rights bring. And the fact that the Koreans dominate short track skating.
Sorry, this is again pure speculation on your part. German economy is at least 3~4 times the size of Korea and the German market is much larger and the EU's biggest economy. While the Koreans' enthusiasm about an elite athlete is trully impressive, Germany has always been a powerhouse when it comes to sports. They consistently rank among top 3 in both Winter and Summer Olympics in both medal counts and gold medals. The Germans invested a huge amount of federal money in their sports associations and Germany has a much longer history and infrastrcutre in palce as far as figure skating is concerned. As far as skating is concerned, short track and figure skating, while all governed by ISU - the two sports don't mix or else we could also claim the Netherlands is a powerful skating nation in figure skating on the basis of short track using your poorly constrcuted logic - but the fact is, Netherlands is absolutely nobody in figure skating, they didn't even send anyone to these World Championships and they have no ISU judges on their roster - they have absolutely nothing. Yet, in short track, Netherlands is absolutely powerhouse, on par with South Korea. If Yu-Na Kim were to retire tomorrow, Korea would soon forget about figure skating but if S/S were to retire, Germany will continue to produce figure skaters and the country won't be any more or less enthusiastic about this sport because of one person or team. Who do you think the ISU Figure Skating would care more in this case, an established country who has one of the largest membership of skaters in Europe or a country whose enthusiasm in figure skating is soley dependent on one individual? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
I'm not saying Patrick doesn't do somethings incredibly well because he truly does. His edges and skating skills, and ability to do hard transitions in between jumps is to die for. But he's not the most wonderful artist on ice right now-he could like Kozuka work on reaching the audience more (for one thing) and more expression. While his blades are great, I don't think he's the best at really expressioning the music with his whole body (including face) like Daisuke/Lambiel. And Patrick's jumps aren't exactly the best of the men, and while he's a good spinner, I think Kozuka is better. I'm just tired of hearing from Canadians that Patrick is the beeesst at everything else. I'm sorry I just don't agree. And Patrick is done no favors when he's told this.
That's your opinion and I won't try to argue with you since this is your personal viewpoint. Keep in mind though, many people don't share your viewpoint and clearly the judges disagreed so it is what is. But I also think it's unfair for you to insist that politics is the main reason why Patrick Chan is where he is simply because you disagreed with the results. You can disagree with the results but it's unfair for you to try to erase an athlete's accomplishment by claiming it's all due to his powerful federation without any evidence to back up your claim yet plenty of evidences indicating otherwise. Just think about it, how would you feel if someone insists that Yu-Na Kim got to where she is because of Korean money and then proceed to say she isn't the best in everything?