Senator Bob Graham volunteers to go to Haiti

[seafan]

From the Palm Beach Post, Friday, February 27, 2004:

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Sen. Bob Graham would be willing to go to Haiti as a special envoy to seek a political solution to the violence there.

His spokesman in Washington, Paul Anderson, said Thursday that the Florida senator, who has been critical of the Bush administration's Haitian policy, would accept an assignment to help broker a solution to the crisis.

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Thursday asked President Bush to name Graham a special envoy to Haiti, where opposition forces are threatening to overtake the capital and oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

In a speech to the Senate Tuesday, Graham called the Bush administration's response to the unrest "impotent and retarded." He warned that Haiti faces a dual crisis: the potential overthrow of a democratic government and a humanitarian disaster that could spark a massive exodus that would affect Florida and nearby Caribbean countries.
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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/today/news_04e39c3e6293b1b000a2.html

[bvar22]

1. Sen Bob Graham...

...would be a great VP addition to the Dem ticket.

[Carmerian]

2. BAD IDEA

Jeez, this is just like one of those horror movies where everyone in the audience screams at the woman onscreen, telling her not to open that door...

Senator Graham was on the 9/11 commission. I imagine his offer to go to a country being wracked by violent civil war is causing glee among certain people, especially those outside of Haiti who appear to be pulling the strings.