President of Haiti that is. Apparently, he's for real about taking a run at his native country's top office and is expected to make it official in the coming days...
I wish him luck, because he'll need it. Let's look at the stats, shall we?
President Obama is currently the 44th President of the United States and as a country, we've been kicking for 234 years. Wyclef, should he succeed in winning, would mark the 62nd time someone has assumed the office of the President of Haiti and they've been kickin' it for 206 years. (Oh and and all those Presidents? You can add 2 military juntas, 2 Emperors, 1 Head of State and 1 Governor-General to the tally. Needless to say, this hasn't been the most stable of places.)
So, good luck to Wyclef. Hopefully he can win and if he wins, hopefully he can make a difference in his homeland.
UPDATED 8/6/10: The haters come running from far and wide and at the head of the pack: Sean Penn. I don't know about hating on Wyclef running for Prez of Haiti, but then again I'm not Haitian and neither is Sean Penn for that matter. I think eyebrows were going to be raised, as they were when Soccer Star George Weah ran for President of Liberia. No one doubted that Weah's heart was in the right place, but he eventually lost to Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson and it wouldn't surprise me if Wyclef brings a lot to the table and eventually loses either.
But you can't say that Wyclef's heart isn't in the right place. The guy seems to genuinely want to make a difference, which isn't bad at all.
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