From the Colombian daily, El Pais: 'Ethically Decomposing' America Needs Hillary.
The incredible corruption and cronyism emerging out of the funding of New Orleans’ reconstruction is the final nail in the Republican electoral coffin. According to this op-ed article from Colombia’s El Pais, the best outcome for Americans and the world would be the election of Hillary Clinton as president in 2008.Original (in Spanish)Like a typical third-world nation, the United States is now a great carnival of contracts to reconstruct New Orleans and other areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. In the press and on television the disgusting business has been denounced. It is compromising the Government, which is practicing influence pedaling by awarding contracts to companies that it favors. All the beneficiaries have one common denominator: they financed the electoral campaigns of Republicans. Over $3.5 billion has already been spent in the first phase [of reconstruction], and similar sums will be expended to raise one of America’s most beautiful cities out of ruin and desolation.
Did...Colombia (and the rest of the world for that matter) simply have their televisions muted during the 8 years of the Clinton administration?
Sadly, corruption is not a partisan issue, my friends.
And finally, Colombia is one of the last countries in the world who should be calling another out on corruption.
Posted by Kyer at October 13, 2005 01:11 PM | TrackBack