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8587: Re: 8585: GOP gaining Haitian voters (fwd)
From: LAKAT47@aol.com
In a message dated 07/07/2001 5:48:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time, leonie
hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com> sends in an article:
<<If you've been to a Broward County Republican Party meeting or fundraiser,
then you've seen Lucy Orlando<<
<< She criticized former President Bill Clinton for giving financial aid to
Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, whom she said has not done enough
to help poor people and reduce violence.<<
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This is not a big surprise. If you are Haitian and side with the elites and
Duvalierists, you will be comfortable in the Republican party even if you are
black. If you want change and a better life for the majority of Haitians in
Haiti, you will not. I have to laugh at the last paragraph, as though
helping poor people is the first thing in Lucy's mind. The Republican Party
is the party of the rich. If you are middle class and below, and are a
Republican, you are just a vote. The party's programs do nothing for you.
In this case of Haitians going Republican, it's just another dividing line in
Haitian society, like speaking French vs Kreyòl.
Kathy Dorce~