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Date Posted: 05:25:02 10/06/06 Fri
Author: Cara Kozma
Subject: Re: Brazilian Election
In reply to: Clare Tyler 's message, "Brazilian Election" on 09:59:32 10/03/06 Tue

Clare,
I'm so glad you made the comparison between the Brazilian elections and elections in the U.S. on both the local and national levels. I agree with you that it seems political corruption is a pervasive global problem. Nice work on your letter.
Cara

>October 2, 2006
>
>Dear Editor,
>
> This letter is being written concerning the
>reelection of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. I
>am mostly curious as to why he seems to be so highly
>favored regardless of all the negative exposure. Why
>re-elect someone who has not only been involved in
>bribery scandals and kickback schemes, but whose
>proposals failed (I say that regarding the Zero Hunger
>campaign). From what I read in various articles, da
>Silva seems to be a man with big plans and promises,
>but who is very unlikely to follow through. What is it
>about Lula that causes voters to �excuse� his
>failures? Moreover, are there no other candidates that
>could do better than him? I do believe the people
>should be forgiven of mistakes and past sins, but da
>Silva seems to be a repeat offender when it comes to
>scandals (in both 2002 and 2005) and broken promises.
>
> Now, please understand this is not a letter of
>judgment, as this is a common problem in the United
>States as well. President Bush survived much criticism
>and was reelected for a second term. Even locally,
>with Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, we have had the issue of
>reelecting someone who has clearly failed in many
>areas and has been involved in numerous scandals. This
>just proves that this is an issue of global concern.
>Why do we continue to reelect unfavorable candidates?
>
> After seeing the results of the first round of
>elections, though, where da Silva did not take the
>landslide vote of 50%, I am reassured that maybe
>people are finally realizing what the penalties may be
>for reelecting him. After all, there is truth in the
>clich� that if we do not learn from the past, we are
>doomed to repeat it.
>
>
>Clare Tyler
>Wayne State University

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Re: Brazilian Election -- Carine Marques, 05:26:24 10/06/06 Fri