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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-25-10 07:23 AM
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Haitian candidate's 'robo' appeal startles the U.S
Source: McClatchy

Posted on Thursday, November 25, 2010
Haitian candidate's 'robo' appeal startles the U.S.
By Jacqueline Charles and Trenton Daniel | Miami Herald

MIAMI — Just as American voters have stopped receiving telephone political pleas, comes this:

A Haitian presidential candidate who's using automated "robo-calls'' to target anyone in the United State who's ever placed a call to Haiti.

Michel "Sweet Micky'' Martelly screams in Creole, urging the Haitian diaspora to support the tet kale! -- bald-headed one -- who is No. 8 on the ballot in the Nov. 28 election.

His urgent plea even caused the evacuation of Fort Bragg Army base last week. They thought it was a bomb threat.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/11/25/104313/haitian-candidates-robo-appeal.html



http://www.theepochtimes.com.nyud.net:8090/n2/images/stories/large/2010/08/10/Martelly_103257132.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01767/SweetMicky_1767151b.jpg
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-25-10 08:11 AM
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1. Sometimes
you just have laugh. At least he's showing some initiative.
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Nihil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-10 05:17 AM
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2. WIN!
> His urgent plea even caused the evacuation of Fort Bragg Army base last week.
> They thought it was a bomb threat.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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