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Originally Posted by catcherintherye
"I also rather deal with a crook and liar that will have the country more stable
than a stupid crook and a liar that doesn't have a clue on how to lead a country."
Well yes, of course, if you compare one thing with something worse, the first thing will look pretty good in comparison. That doesn't mean that it is the best thing available, or even that it is better than anything else except for the worse thing.
Just because Leonel looks good in comparison to Hippo does not mean he is a great, or even good president. It just means he is better than Hippo.
What if you compared Leonel to say, Duarte, for example. How would he look then?
The thing is, Leonel is smart, and he has done enough to improve things so that he looks rather decent.
However, the DR has to ask itself this question, what could he, or should he have done to make this a better country. Also you have to ask what did he leave undone, and what things have been left to rot?
Those are not easy questions to answer, and you might get a much different image of Leonel if you asked them.
And finally, you have to ask what was he capable of accomplishing, and how much time, effort, talent and money was wasted on Leonel's cronies, corruption in general, and misplaced priorities?
All those questions are much more meaningful than asking how he compares to Hippo. How he compares to Hippo is a no-brainer. The other questions will define how he is viewed in the history books.
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I think he will be nicely viewed in the history books right along the side of Trujillo, Balaguer, Guzman and Bosch as the only presidents in DR's history within the last century that have bring stability to the country.
It is true that his administration spends money but one thing that we have to realize is that it takes money to make money. I know that many of you are the first ones to criticise any spending on projects such as the many projects that have been taking place within the last decades.
This kind of mentality is what keeps a country poor, these are the people that never want to see the Republic move ahead and are the first one to protest a government investment project that in fact is going to benefit them as well as generations to come.
They are the first ones to complain on how much money Leonel has spent but they don't talk about the source that dictated where the money was spent.
They are the ones that think that roads, schools, parks and museums are magically made without requiring any expenses.
They are the ones that would probably want the government to waste money feeding them fish for a year instead of having the government invest the money to send their sons and daughters to Israel to learn how to catch them.
It is just so amuzing also that these are the first people to complain and beg the government to fix their street yet they are also the first ones to say that the governement is spending too much money.
In every government in the world there will always be corruptions and we can't do much about it because they will always find the way to get away with corruptions but since we really can't control it we have no other choice but to focus more on the good things they do until the time comes to give somebody else a try.
Imo, Leonel would be hard to beat as one of the top 3 presidents in history making a difference in the country. Or can you tell me of somebody else?