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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (77550)	1/17/2010 1:32:32 PM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224755

MJ..hey maybe hussein obama has plans for Haiti to become his first socialist state and the USA's 58th state...like the hussein obama administration said..never let a crisis go to waste. Clinton: Haiti relief, Dem politicking are 'two sides of the same coin' By: Byron York Chief Political Correspondent 01/16/10 8:42 AM EST washingtonexaminer.com Some observers have questioned why former President Bill Clinton, who is the United Nations special envoy for Haiti, took time away from earthquake relief efforts to travel to Massachusetts to campaign for Martha Coakley, the Democratic candidate for Senate. Clinton appeared at two rallies Friday in an effort to shore up Coakley's faltering campaign and stop the momentum of Republican opponent Scott Brown. Haiti was on Clinton's mind as he began his remarks to Coakley supporters at Boston's Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel. He explained the status of the disaster aid work and offered "good news," which is his belief that, once the present crisis is over, the perennially-beleaguered country "has the best chance to escape its history in my lifetime." With enough money and a good development plan, Clinton said, Haiti can develop into "a modern, humane state." Then Clinton turned to his decision to come to Boston. "Somebody asked me today, 'Well, why are you going to this political rally?'" he began. And I said to them, this is just two sides of the same coin. You have to bear with me. I have friends killed there. I've worked with this country for 35 years. Hillary and I had a good cry on the phone because the cathedral that we sat in the pews 35 years ago was totally destroyed. But it reminds you all over again of the importance of good governance. Now, good governance would not have prevented this earthquake, but if we'd had decades of it, there would have been different buildings there, and less deforestation, and a sustainable economy. I mean, the whole thing would be different. So what I want to say to you is, I'm here today because I believe in Martha Coakley… The tie between Haiti relief and the Coakley campaign, for Clinton, is "good governance." It's not clear whether Clinton meant that a victory for Brown would mean the decline of good governance in Massachusetts, or whether he meant that if the Democrat Coakley is elected, she would support more U.S. aid to build a "modern, humane state" in Haiti. In any event, Clinton claimed the two issues are entirely connected and said he did not see his time on the stump in Massachusetts as time away from the Haiti effort.