Haitians Gonna Hate

Based on the article "Wyclef Jean's presidential candidacy in limbo" found here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/08/18/haiti.wyclef.bid/index.html

(LoL) -- Wyclef Jean, member of the former hip-hop group The Fugees, continues to face challenges in his race to become Haiti's next president.

Ever since announcing his candidacy for the Haitian high office, the people of Haiti have been...well, hatin'.

Even his former musical mate, Pras, has issued public statements in opposition of Wyclef's run for office.  First Lauren Hill leaves the band, and now this?  C'mon, Pras!  What have you done since "Ghetto Superstar"!?!

Exactly.  

Perhaps most damning of all were doubts expressed by Sean Penn, who questioned Jean's ability to lead the devastated nation.  Penn, who is best known for getting 1,743rds on Madonna (and then marrying her!), is a *cough, cough* well-respected political figure *cough, cough* ("Mr. I am Sam" couldn't sniff Bono's jock strap.  I don't know that Bono has a jock strap...I'm not really sure why he'd need one, but if he had one, Penn couldn't sniff it.  And, I don't know why Penn would want to sniff Bono's jock strap.  That's kinda gross.  But, the point remains...if Bono had a jock strap and Penn wanted to sniff it, he couldn't.  I don't know who would deny him access to Bono's jock strap or what other factors would go into preventing Sean Penn from sniffing Bono's jock strap.  But, for imaginary purposes, when it comes to Penn trying to sniff Bono's jock strap, it'd be like Bono's jock strap was in a heavily-guarded underground facility located in Siberia, and the actual jock strap itself would be frozen in carbonite, surrounded by moats that had sharks with laser beam eyes, and the room would be monitored by Jack Bauer, James Bond, Robo-Cop and Chuck Norris, with an alarm system custom programmed to pick up on Sean Penn's pheromones and greasy hair gel, which when triggered would flood the room with lava and acidic gasses.  Penn would seriously not be able to sniff the jock strap.  No way), and when he talks about international politics, people tend to listen.  And by listen, I mean get annoyed.

Jean's lawyer has admitted that the ex-Fugee has received multiple death threats.

Apparently, the people of Haiti do not fully understand the kind of leadership potential Jean possesses.  For example, his reputation for honesty is unmatched.  After all, this is a man whose honesty is so potent it literally can prevent Shakira's hips from lying.  And everyone knows the degree of difficulty in controlling those hips is very high.

Haitians understandably have the right to be concerned about Wyclef's ability to effectively run the country.  After all, things have been going so well for the island nation for the last thirty years or so.

Wouldn't want to mess up a good thing.

Ready or Not, it appears that Wyclef, the visionary pioneer who gave the world the "Stripper Song," will have to realize that his presidential hopes might be Gone til November.