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Date Posted: 05:50:02 10/06/06 Fri
Author: Patricia Minelli
Subject: Re: Brazilian Elections

Hi Melissa,

I agree with you when you said that criem is crime and the president souhld be a man who everyone can look up to and respect. But, I don't think that he is using the poor and their desperation to commit crimes while in office. I saw da Silva made many "little" arrengements to help retired people, to pay people their money which should be paid by Fernando Henrique Cardoso - president before Lula - and it wasn't. He kept Brazil's inflation in +- 3% and in these last 4 years Brazil didn't see any conflict of landless which used to happen a few times in a year. These are just a few examples of good things da Silva made. At the same time, he has his part of guilt in all bad things he had done and nothing can be used as an excuse to comit any kind of crime.

Bests,

Patricia Minelli

From what I have read, it seems likely that President
>da Silva will win the election. Considering the amount
>of scandal he is believed to have been involved in, I
>find this troubling. Regardless of what his final
>motives were, crime is crime, and the people should
>not put a criminal into office. It is an unfortunate
>situation because, I believe, he using the poor and
>their desperation to commit crimes while in office. He
>knows that because of their situation, they will vote
>for him simply because he was one of them and has
>tried to help them, and they will ignore any of his
>wrong doings. Putting this man back into office will
>only encourage scandal and dishonesty in the
>presidency. The president should be a man who everyone
>can look up to and respect. I realize that the poor
>probably look to him because of everything he has
>tried to do for them, but in reality, he cannot be
>trusted. According to what I have read, it seems as
>though his whole campaign focuses only on the poor,
>and to me, that only makes him seem like more of a
>scam. He�s abusing his power, and he will only
>continue to do so in the future. I realize that the
>poor need help, and that he is the first president who
>has tried to do anything for them. However, that
>doesn�t make him any less of a criminal. Regardless of
>what he has done for anyone, he cannot be trusted, and
>he should not be re-elected into office.

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