Wyclef Jean Barred from Haiti Election
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 21st, 2010 4:42 am by HL
Wyclef Jean Barred from Haiti Election
Haiti’s electoral council announced that Wyclef Jean “had been disqualified as a candidate for president of his earthquake-shattered homeland,” the New York Times reports.
No official explanation was given but Jean “said he was rejected because he did not meet the requirement of having lived in Haiti for five consecutive years before the Nov. 28 elections. Born in Haiti, Mr. Jean left as a child for the United States and now, based in New Jersey, travels often to his homeland.”
“The statement said his heart was heavy but that he accepted the decision and urged his followers to do the same.”
Obama Buys Books
President Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia went book shopping on Martha’s Vineyard today. Their picks: John Steinbeck’s The Red Pony, Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird for the girls and Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, Freedom, for the president.
New York Times: “Call it a presidential perk, but the store let Mr. Obama buy an advance copy of Freedom even though it is not officially on sale until the end of the month.”
RNC Has Just $5 Million
The RNC “spent twice as much as it raised in July, leaving the committee with just over $5 million on hand with less than three months left before the 2010 midterm elections,” the Washington Post reports.