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Date Posted: 12:37:25 10/06/06 Fri
Author: Jo�o Lucas
Subject: Re: Brazil Elections
In reply to: Eldin Dzubur 's message, "Re: Brazil Elections" on 18:15:06 10/05/06 Thu

>It seems to be common of the media to attack the
>incumbent in any election, and the exposed controversy
>makes Lula an even bigger target. Maybe I'm just
>seeing it as the way the media is trying to show it to
>the world, but Lula sounds too corrupt of a leader to
>be considered a president of a country. With so much
>corruption, I'd say Lula is taking away from the poor,
>rather than helping the people who seem to be voting
>for him. From my American viewpoint, I would rather
>see a more conservative leader like Alckmin come in
>there and at least try to clean up the corruption, if
>that is even possible. I would favor the president who
>would put up the social security reforms and labor
>reforms because they would help the country in the
>long run, not just overlook him and vote for the other
>candidate because the reform hurts at first. We are
>dealing with the same problem here in the United
>States, though there doesn't seem to be a viable
>solution yet.
>
>-Eldin, WSU

Maybe so, too bad the PSDB's administration (Alckmin's party) was more corrupt than Lula's... :-\

Regardless, the solution for this is to put someone there further left, not further right, than Lula.

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