Ready or Not, Wyclef Jean.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q2F6h_Ap6A"]Nas feat. Lauryn hill- If I ruled the world[/ame]

 

I'm voting for will.i.am so He.Will.Stop. making crap records.

 

I have no idea what kind of president he'd be, except to note that not fucking up massively would put him well ahead of most of Haiti's previous rulers.

 

The bar in Haiti is far lower than California for the Govenator and Minnesota for Jesse The Body. So this will be entertaining if anything.

 

In Haiti? I hope not

 

He's uncorruptible and capable of keeping the world's attention on Haiti's plight. That's a powerful and unique combination. They might not know it yet, but this may be the best news for Haitians in years...

 

If the first part is true, then I agree (no reason to think its not, I'm just ever the skeptic).

He also has true passion for his country which I don't believe past presidents/dictators have had. They just wanted power over an exploitable country.

 

People forget, but you can throw Ronald Reagan into this category as well. When he was elected governor of California, he had no real experience beyond the Screen Actors Guild. He had become an activist in the party in much the same way that you see George Clooney these days. In other words, not necessarily out in front all the time, but truly committed to their principles.

Interestingly, I think all of these people have worked out pretty well.

I've always scoffed at the notion that famous people should keep their mouths shut when it comes to politics. In reality, all people should think first before talking unless they are committed to the point that they can form an educated opinion on issues. When they do that, I have no problem with Dennis Miller or Matt Damon being vocal advocates. They know their shit.

Then you have absolute disasters on both sides of the aisle like Victoria Jackson.

On a side note, my brother still lives in Kansas and HATES Obama. He listens to all of the worst conservative radio and is one big talking point of misinformation. He also is an old school music guy. So, he was all excited to go see original Beetle Paul McCartney a week or two ago but left the Sprint Center fuming because McCartney put some pictures of Obama up on the screen during the show.

 

Fair enough on the skepticism. My thinking was that not only is a successful and rich artist less likely to be tempted by graft, but their high profile image would make them less likely to be approached and more likely to be discovered.

Basically, corruption likes dark alleys. And Wyclef isn't really the dark alley type.

 

That's why I said I had no reason to think he would be influenced, but I still would never write off the possibility that some thug called him and said, "psst, wyclef . . . . I can MAKE you the President of Haiti . . ."

Assuming his cleanliness, the other problem is that a clean president can be completely ineffective in a corrupt system.

 

That is the much more likely scenario.

 

This is the same person that couldn't keep track of his own charity and may have even raided it? I'm sure Wyclef's a nice guy (OK, I'm not even sure of that), but running a country and raising awareness for its plight are not the same thing.

 

It will be interesting to see how he meets or bypasses the "constitutional requirements, including having lived in Haiti for five consecutive years leading up to the election".

 

He is incorruptible? He owes like $2 million in back taxes and was caught using his charity's money for personal expenditures!

 

How about if the president doesn't speak the same language as 90% of his countrymen?

 

If we elected George W. Bush, I don't see how that disqualifies him.

 

That's practically grounds for Haitian sainthood isn't it?

 

A musician head of state? Next we will have actors running.

EDIT - Late to the party.

 

I wasn't aware of his dodgier issues until this thread. Given his past, I'll give it a coin flip: Savior McDogooder vs El Capitan Musical Has Been lookin' for a lucrative career change.