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2011-10-19 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by Fred 2011-10-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Is it really time to replace Sirleaf? I lost my place in Liberia and failed to track the candidates after her first election. What are we looking at here?

Posted by newc 2011-10-19 00:44|| 2011-10-19 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 It's just her second election. She was part of the Tolbert administration, that Sgt. Doe displaced in 1980, so she's part of the U.S. colonists bloc (they're called Americo-Liberians, interestingly enough) even though her family's local. Doe was part of the local tribals. The grumble is that she'd promised to serve only one term if elected in 2005. And of course there are the usual charges of electoral corruption, which are likely true but counterbalanced by the same antix on the other side.

Posted by Fred 2011-10-19 10:49|| 2011-10-19 10:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, I like her. Harvard grad in economics.(not that I believe Harvard is worth a crap) She stabilized the country in my opinion.

Posted by newc 2011-10-19 13:22|| 2011-10-19 13:22|| Front Page Top

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