Friday, August 27, 2010

Wyclef for President!

Wyclef Jean, the rapper/musician/producer, registered to run for the president of Haiti and was recently officially barred from running because he did not meet the 5 year residency requirement.  While the outcome is correct since he did not meet the requirements to run, I'm disappointed that he was not able to run.

The reason is simple.  Wyclef has money.  He doesnt need to be the president of Haiti so he can loot the country and the earthquake aid and line his own pockets.  Without that need or greed for money, I believe he would have made a genuine effort to use the international aid to improve the situation for Haiti and its citizens.  I also believe Wyclef could have brought moderate amounts of foreign investment to Haiti, as he planned.

While unfortunately Wyclef will not run for president this year, and I hope that whoever is ultimately elected does a fantastic job because Haiti and Haitians deserve it, I believe that this sets a model for elections in third world countries.  The reality is that the persons elected to run these countries are not qualified to do so (neither was George Dubya!), so why not elect a folk hero who has a large amount of money of his/her own so that they can at least take away the element of looting, corruption and stealing that seems to be the first item on the agenda of leaders of many third world countries. 

By way of example - Manny Pacquiao (the boxer) is a living legend in the Philippines.  This year, he was elected to the 'congress' in that country.  Manny is filthy rich.  He has also shown himself to be generous to a fault and very very dedicated to his country.  What if Manny was the president of the Philippines?  Would the citizens of the Philippines be better off than they are now?  Could they possibly be worse off?

Wyclef for President....in the next election.

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9 comments:

  1. How could they oust Wyclef like that?

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  2. That was the Road to Reconstruction

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  3. Haiti's got a tough row to hoe. I think if Wyclef were actively working to get people employed doing something else besides cultivating marijuana or whatever, something that might make them money, and benefit the public, start a clothing company, or make tents or whatever the people of Haiti actually NEED, and keep politics out of the entire process as much as possible, then maybe they'd like him better. How about clean drinking water, do they have enough of that? If Wyclef's got money, then he can plunk some of it down, and help build more water purification plants or something, or, help build a school for the kids.

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  4. He was as prepared to be president of Haiti as Levi Johnston is to be mayor of Wasilla.

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  5. Anonymous number 2 is stupid, I'm going by his/her comment .

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  6. Damn what's going to happen to all this...
    http://www.wyclefforpresidentshirt.com/

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  7. I disagree!!! How in the fuck is he going to lead a country whose language he DOES NOT SPEAK!!! Thats like if Obama didn’t fucking speak english. Could you amagine that shit. Yes people on the streets of Haiti speak creole but French is the official language and all official government agencies function in FRENCH!!! Furthermore he hasn’t lived in Haiti since he was a small child WTF does he know what the people of Haiti need? Wyclef is fucking insane if he thinks his dumb ass will save Haiti.

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  8. well if Ronald Reagan can be pres. of the USA then anything is possible. Wyclef would have been a great leader.

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