On Thursday, Wyclef Jean announced on CNN’s Larry King Live that he would officially be running for the presidential position in Haiti. His decision has sparked some debate, and even actor Sean Penn is speaking up on the contentious issue. The Oscar-winning performer, who has spent the last half-year in the island country, criticized Wyclef, saying that the musician is a “non-presence” in the country.
“What the Haitian people need now is a leader who is genuinely willing to sacrificed,” Penn told CNN. “I haven’t seen or heard anything of him in these last six months that I’ve been in Haiti.”
Wyclef later responded to Penn’s statements via the Miami Herald. “I feel that it is irresponsible for him to attack my character like that without proof of talking to me. Because everything he is saying is pure speculation. Because he is in one little area…He can’t let that be judged for nine million people inside of a country. That’s very unprofessional. I look forward to having a fas a fas with him.”
Since the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, which is estimated to have killed 300,000 people and displaced 1.5 million people, several candidates have registered for the president position, including Wyclef’s 78 year-old uncle, Raymond Joseph, who acted as the U.S. Ambassador for five years.
This motha fucka cant be no president. Keep playin ya fuckin banjo Wyclef
can someone plz tell sean penn’s ole self righteous ass to stfu. what the fuck he know about what haiti needs? can’t stand these fuckin actors who get all self important cuz they donate money. fuck sean penn
yes! DAMNSONSON
A washed up rapper who spent the donation money on his music videos and album budget, who can’t even pay his taxes who shows up to Haiti for photo ops and goes to Grammys red carpet doing his hollywood shit 2 days later is much better huh?
Maybe he can be president and record WE ARE THE WORLD part 3 = problem solved.
i can see how my post could be confused for defending wyclef…HELL NO. the extent of me likin clef stops at the fugees. who knows what he did wit the money, the fact that theres speculation is suspect enough. all this shit is ill advised, BUT.. who the hell is sean penn to criticize? how do we know he’s down there goin thru the rubble? cuz he says he is? he could be doin the same thing, just down there showin his face. fuck em both. Let’s get somebody qualified down there plz
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seriously dx. i mean seriously. is the best you can do when you set out to manipulate users comments. try harder
ps. i thought we were over that by now. sensitive ass bitches
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Wyclef’s uncle is Raymond Joseph, The Haitian ambassador to the United States.
What does that mean? It means Clef’s uncle works for all your favorite douche bags like the Bushes, the Clintons, and the Obamas while Clef plays the front man.
Also John Forte was pardoned by George Bush right before he left office, hmmm….
But F*ck all that, where did all the money go Clef?
It went to finance a new fugees album
dude, sean penn is kinda right. what does wyclef actually know about running a country. does he actually know how the legislative process works in haiti? does he actually know in detail all of the issues regarding the situations there.
You cant just snap your fingers and say lets get rid of corruption or lets get better exports. there are a lot of things that need to happen for this to occur – what does wyclef know about running a country.
but with that being said, maybe wyclef can bring a fresh set of eyes and ears to the situation and maybe he will be able to make some good decisions.
im sure his intentions are good but in reality, HOPE can only get you so far.
We have seen that in obama. no disrespect to either him or wyclef, but obama has yet to fully implement health care, eliminate pork barrel politics, close guantanomo bay, figure out what the fuck he is doing in the middle east etc. but he still may have been the right choice.
but anyway, wyclef, good luck to you. i hope the best for you and your country as it appears that you will win in a land slide.
I’m not upset with Sean Penn for stating his opinions. I myself am sort of skeptical as to what Wyclef can accomplish as a the president of an ailing country in his initial foray into politics.
What I can say though is that Wyclef won’t be invisible to the world like many of the previous Haitian Presidents have been. Poppa Doc, Baby Doc, and almost all who have come before Wyclef were almost invisible to the world as they destroyed Haiti and it’s people. Wyclef on the other hand is a world renowned musician and his bid for the seat is already drawing critics and hopefuls. He’ll be heavily scrutinized because of his fame. That may be a good thing for Haiti because most other countries and their leaders have previously turned blind eyes to Haitian leaders’ ill doings. I’ll support Wyclef for the good of the Haitian people. Hopefully he can do them some good.
…and there’s always that one nigga, the dumb nigga, quick to jump up, criticize, and straight fuck the good-doing nigga up.
right on time too.
FUCK SEAN PENN! HES NOT EVEN A GOOD ACTOR!
Who is then dumbass 50 Cent?
fuck this faggot role playin bitch sean penn… closet fag played this gay dude in the last movie cuz he can relate
Thanks for that intelligent, enlightened comment. It’s blind, ignorant hate just like yours that created the KKK and the Nazis. Great job, dumbass.
White man attacks black man trying to improve life for other black folks and…
Cowardly negroes who themselves haven’t done anything co-sign.
CRABS IN A BARREL.
Take a look in the mirror fam.
your comment is the result of a racist outlook. Its pretty clear that Sean Penn is doing more for Haiti than most people, yet you all turn on him because he realises that Wyclef shoudnt be the country’s president. Thats not racism, thats common fucking sense, so shut your preaching ass up.
the white guy was in haiti helping out
i knew this man was a good guy when he supported LINK TV a non commercialized TV station that says no to any sort of advertisement or corporate interfernce!
Meanwhile Clef asking us to give his fraudulent charity money and he wasnt putting in work
it has nothing to do with the “white man”
it has to do with the classes and socioeconomic poor!!!
Haiti is shit. The country has been fucked up for years. Blacks are the ones who fucked it up, not the white man. Fuck Haiti, dumbass niggaa
Another thing, stop beggin the white man for money than calling us racist. Don’t take our money.
haha whowho
u r ridiculous
what da fuckkkk are u doing on this site?
Who who is here for the eminem articles. He hates blacks then dont listen to our music hip hop dumb cracker. What fucked up the world was the white man’s inventions guns and money. Do a history check and you will see no one would have to beg for money if it didn’t exist. For the record no one is beggin your cum colored ass for shit so shut the fuck and go back in your cave devil. You have no money anyway who who.
Some of yall are way OFF point, talkin like you actually been or lived on the island. Haiti is the way it is because of years of disrupted economy and politics, espeically because of US sponsored military coups, which also happens to be another problem with wyclef runnin – for those who aint gassed up enough to keep reading and learning real shit :
http://newamericamedia.org/2010/08/rapper-is-no-friend-of-haiti—-wyclef-opposed-aristide.php
“PAC-MAN!” (For all you youngin’s, that’s from the OG movie “Colors”).
Good luck ‘Clef.
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i dont give a damn if a nigga twist my comment or take it how they want to take it.niggas is always pulling the race card when its something they dont agree with or shit dont go they way.a white man cant say shit about a nigga or its considered racist or judgemental.well im black and im hear to say fuck that its a free country u can say what the fuck you wanna say and if sean penn or whoever the fuck wants to speak there mind there shouldnt be no problem with it.you got good haitian people and you got bad haitians just like every race so dont just call out haiti and spew hate or say sideways shit just cause you got a couple bad apples out there,theres some in all races,especially are people.wyclef can do what the fuck he wants and sean penn is intitled to his own opinion.