Wyclef to confirm presidential bid

The_Minister

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0804/breaking11.html

Haitian-American music star Wyclef Jean will announce his bid for president of earthquake-ravaged Haiti this week, Time magazine reported late yesterday.

Haiti, which was hit by a deadly 7.0-magnitude earthquake in January, is scheduled to vote on November 28th to elect a new leader to replace president Rene Preval, whose term ends in February.

"If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything," Mr Jean said in an interview with Time.

There has been widespread speculation that the musician would seek the office. Last week in Haiti he said he was taking the necessary legal steps toward running for president, including having his fingerprints taken by the judicial police. However, he said last Thursday in Port-au-Prince that he had not made a definite decision.

Many analysts predict Jean - who at 37 is very popular among Haitians, particularly the young - would easily win the presidential election.

A three-time Grammy award-winner, Jean was a founding member of the hip-hop trio The Fugees and won wider fame for his collaboration with Colombian pop star Shakira. He released a song two years ago called If I Was President .

Jean established the Yele Haiti Foundation in 2005 to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti. He said after the January 12th earthquake which killed up to 300,000 people that Haiti's future rested on education, job creation and investment.

"If not for the earthquake, I probably would have waited another 10 years before doing this," Jean told Time . "The quake drove home to me that Haiti can't wait another 10 years for us to bring it into the 21st century."

Jean emigrated to the United States aged nine, but has maintained his Haitian citizenship, a requirement for running for the presidency.

Just 'cause he runs ho-ho, that don't make him a politician oh-no..

General Zod

Fair play to him, you feel he's doing it for the right reasons.

biko

Hopefully he'll be able to do something good.
Just him being president will bring attention to the poorest country on the planet.

humanji

I was really expecting this to be about the Cornish detective.

ShooterSF

Silly idea. With the money he has he should just buy the place and make himself King or Emperor. I bet that would be much more fun!

Sanjuro

He'll be gone by November.

Nodin

General Zod wrote: »

Fair play to him, you feel he's doing it for the right reasons.

Well.......
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/wyclef-jean-charitys-funny-money

mikom

More refugees!.......... I think Haiti has enough, thanks.

gustavo

No Fighting is one of his policies

Cypher_sounds

Fair play to him Mr Fugee himself ah the good old days...

wes

I like the Man's music, but I don't think thats quite enough to run a country. Best of luck with him, hopefully I am wrong, and if he win's he can help fix Haiti.

starbelgrade

Who does Wyclef Jean think he is..... Dana?

Wheelsonthebus

Lets hope his supporters only vote for him 1 time

Cookie_Monster

wes wrote: »

I like the Man's music, but I don't think thats quite enough to run a country.

thats alright though, there's not really much of a country there to run these days

genericguy

Wheelsonthebus wrote: »

Lets hope his supporters only vote for him 1 time

that's it, you're fcuking barred.

mojesius

genericguy wrote: »

that's it, you're fcuking barred.

It's okay. there are no more songs left.

Kasabian

Sean Penn reckons he is never in the country

mojesius

Kasabian wrote: »

Sean Penn reckons he is never in the country

Don't listen to that little b*tch.

El Siglo

This is only going to give the Bob Geldof/Bono coalition the idea now.

starbelgrade

What is it with pop stars & their meglomaniac tendencies?

Bono & Geldof and their "Glamour Aid" - somehow they believe that just because they can pen a tune, that it means they can tell Africa how to go about it's business.

Dana ran for President here. F*ck!

Sting with his tax-dodging, money laundering Rainforest b*lloxology.

Now Wyclef Jean.

When will they learn that using their popularity to play political games, is a dangerous thing? Most of them haven't the foggiest notion about it...

Take Lee Ryan, who, in the wake of 9/11, said ""Who gives a f**k about New York when elephants are being killed?".

Or Eric Clapton, who at a gig, said, "Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out. Keep Britain white."

Or Geri Halliwell who said, ""Margaret Thatcher was the first Spice Girl, the pioneer of our ideology."

Or Snoop Dogg on Obama.. "The KKK gave Obama money... They was one of his biggest supporters... The media won't tell you that. They don't want you to know that. They just want you to know that this n****r befriended this other n****r who be threatening your values."

POPSTARS... keep your noses out of politics & do what you are good at. Writing songs.

Chuchoter

I think if you vote in a rapper with 0 political experience you lose your status as a country....

El Siglo

crayolastereo wrote: »

I think if you vote in a rapper with 0 political experience you lose your status as a country....

Well it's fucking Haiti, they lost their status as a country when this freak was made a president.

Kasabian

mojesius wrote: »

Don't listen to that little b*tch.

Ok

Kasabian

starbelgrade wrote: »

What is it with pop stars & their meglomaniac tendencies?

Bono & Geldof and their "Glamour Aid" - somehow they believe that just because they can pen a tune, that it means they can tell Africa how to go about it's business.

Dana ran for President here. F*ck!

Sting with his tax-dodging, money laundering Rainforest b*lloxology.

Now Wyclef Jean.

When will they learn that using their popularity to play political games, is a dangerous thing? Most of them haven't the foggiest notion about it...

Take Lee Ryan, who, in the wake of 9/11, said ""Who gives a f**k about New York when elephants are being killed?".

Or Eric Clapton, who at a gig, said, "Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out. Keep Britain white."

Or Geri Halliwell who said, ""Margaret Thatcher was the first Spice Girl, the pioneer of our ideology."

Or Snoop Dogg on Obama.. "The KKK gave Obama money... They was one of his biggest supporters... The media won't tell you that. They don't want you to know that. They just want you to know that this n****r befriended this other n****r who be threatening your values."

POPSTARS... keep your noses out of politics & do what you are good at. Writing songs.

Maybe one on your list would fall into that bracket

El Siglo

starbelgrade wrote: »

What is it with pop stars & their meglomaniac tendencies?

Bono & Geldof and their "Glamour Aid" - somehow they believe that just because they can pen a tune, that it means they can tell Africa how to go about it's business.

Dana ran for President here. F*ck!

Sting with his tax-dodging, money laundering Rainforest b*lloxology.

Now Wyclef Jean.

When will they learn that using their popularity to play political games, is a dangerous thing? Most of them haven't the foggiest notion about it...

Take Lee Ryan, who, in the wake of 9/11, said ""Who gives a f**k about New York when elephants are being killed?".

Or Eric Clapton, who at a gig, said, "Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out. Keep Britain white."

Or Geri Halliwell who said, ""Margaret Thatcher was the first Spice Girl, the pioneer of our ideology."

Or Snoop Dogg on Obama.. "The KKK gave Obama money... They was one of his biggest supporters... The media won't tell you that. They don't want you to know that. They just want you to know that this n****r befriended this other n****r who be threatening your values."

POPSTARS... keep your noses out of politics & do what you are good at. Writing songs.

Kasabian wrote:

Maybe one on your list would fall into that bracket

I was thinking the same thing.:pac:

Kasabian

El Siglo wrote: »

I was thinking the same thing.:pac:

Snoop Dogg ?

Hazys

starbelgrade wrote: »

What is it with pop stars & their meglomaniac tendencies?

Bono & Geldof and their "Glamour Aid" - somehow they believe that just because they can pen a tune, that it means they can tell Africa how to go about it's business.

Dana ran for President here. F*ck!

Sting with his tax-dodging, money laundering Rainforest b*lloxology.

Now Wyclef Jean.

When will they learn that using their popularity to play political games, is a dangerous thing? Most of them haven't the foggiest notion about it...

Take Lee Ryan, who, in the wake of 9/11, said ""Who gives a f**k about New York when elephants are being killed?".

Or Eric Clapton, who at a gig, said, "Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out. Keep Britain white."

Or Geri Halliwell who said, ""Margaret Thatcher was the first Spice Girl, the pioneer of our ideology."

Or Snoop Dogg on Obama.. "The KKK gave Obama money... They was one of his biggest supporters... The media won't tell you that. They don't want you to know that. They just want you to know that this n****r befriended this other n****r who be threatening your values."

POPSTARS... keep your noses out of politics & do what you are good at. Writing songs.

Just maybe some people are good at doing two things?

HavingCrack

To be fair, you'd have to be an evil genius to make Haiti any worse than it already is so fair play him.

starbelgrade

Hazys wrote: »

Just maybe some people are good at doing two things?

Most of the popstars I mentioned aren't even good at one thing, let alone two.

bleg

Wy would he do this?

FlutterinBantam

I'm going to vote for Wy.

Fcuker deserves the gig:cool:

callaway92

Ready or not, here he comes, you can't hide,,,he will become president of Haiti

FlutterinBantam

And rightly so.

Yakult

Read about this when it was just a rumor. Great to see him actually going for it and hope he gets it!

starbelgrade wrote: »

POPSTARS... keep your noses out of politics & do what you are good at. Writing songs.

lol Wut?

qz

I really think we should Celebrate the candidacy of this Perfect Gentleman. As to his lack of political experience: It Doesn't Matter. The people of Haiti will heed his Words Of Wisdom. I just pray the populist Carnival surrounding his election doesn't turn into a Riot. Hopefully, The Next Generation will be able to look back on his presidency, and Celebrate the end of Low Income. Mr President: We [in Ireland] Wish You Were Here.

The_Minister

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Wyclef-Jean-Disqualified-As-A-Haiti-Presidential-Candidate-Singer-Is-Disappointed/Article/201008315701215?f=rss

Wyclef Jean has been disqualified from the running.

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The_Minister wrote: »

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Wyclef-Jean-Disqualified-As-A-Haiti-Presidential-Candidate-Singer-Is-Disappointed/Article/201008315701215?f=rss

Wyclef Jean has been disqualified from the running.

How many times has something like this happened?

one time?

two time?

Gordon

I preferred his brother, 501 Jean, for the running.

gogo

Nothing about the fact that he can't even speak the national language, but reckons he'd get by on his 'basic' creole alone, even I have bog standard french ffs, imagine the irish president not being able to speak irish.
.

Edit: He hasnt really got a grasp of the english language either for that matter

Celly Smunt

he'll kill this election softly with his down with the kids words