26618: Fouche (comment) RICHARD MORSE for President (Lifetime job placement not necessary...) (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Rachel Fouché" <rfouche@verizon.net>

Unfortunately, only being of Haitian ancestry precludes my ability in actually 
putting my two cents into the upcoming Haitian elections.  And I won't lie to 
you that trying to get all the major players straight in my mind has not been 
an uphill battle for myself -- if I could only remember names better, I too 
could be an academic intellectual.  The list for President of Haiti is long, 
but I would like to proffer one more name for the list. 
There is one person we on the Corbett List know -- dare I say love? -- that I 
feel should be elected as President of Haiti purely on the basis that this man 
is sane enough to reject such a job position.  But as I have dutifully done 
every four years since I could vote and penciled in the name of "Jimmy Carter" 
as my vote getter for President of the United States, I think we on the Corbett 
list should start a "Richard Morse for President" campaign for our beloved 
Emerald of the Caribbean.

Why Monsieur Morse, you may be thinking?  Let me count the ways:

1)  Richard Morse makes really cool Haitian roots music, and as President of 
Haiti, I'm sure he would be integral in the continued growth of Haitian art.

2) Unlike many of the politicos vying to get their hands on the governance of 
Haiti, Mr. Morse has held down a steady job as a hotelier in a volatile 
third-world country, thereby contributing to the coffers of the government 
instead of taking from it.

3) By successfully maintaining a piece of Haitian history (see #2), Richard has 
shown his reverence for historical landmarks and their upkeep.

4)  Mr. Morse seems to have a complete understanding of the modern Haitian 
experience -- a Haitian American living in the country of his ancestors.

5)  I don't think he would want the job as President of Haiti, which could 
really bode well for the country.  That rejection points to a high level of 
sanity, a component often missing among Haiti's long history as a free 
republic.

6)  Being American born, I am sure Richard Morse is aware of the level of 
English needed to speak to the current President of the United States  -- 
you've been to Texas before haven't you, Mr. Morse?

Well, I could go on, but to me there is only one solution to the Haitian 
quagmire -- besides praying for supernatural intervention in the whole, sordid 
event -- and that is to make the person who would want the job least take the 
job, just like ol' George Washington.  Of course I mean no disrespect to Mr. 
Morse by nominating in this valiant effort, but Haiti has tried so many 
different methods of management over hundreds of years... why not enforced 
presidency, non?

With Tongue Planted Respectfully in Cheek,

Rachel Fouché