[Grovenet] Evo Morales II

[David Morelli]

Wow.  I would love to have him over for dinner and conversation.

David

On Sep 27, 2007, at 12:10 PM, Steele, Mike wrote:

> A quicker way there is via Youtube:
>
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoeXYWJjAD8
>
> --Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steele, Mike
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:05 PM
> To: 'Forest Grove local interests list'
> Subject: Evo Morales
>
> G-Nuts...there was a poignant moment last night, rare enough on  
> American
> TV, when Jon Stewart interviewed, via a translator, the president of
> Bolivia, Evo Morales on The Daily Show.  Morales comes from the Aymara
> tribe of indigenous people and is probably the first indigenous person
> to lead a S. American country since the Spanish conquest.
>
> I think Morales was a little baffled at first (and who knows what gets
> lost in translation?) as he was facing a comedian...but he showed  
> great
> dignity, a soft-spoken firmness, a deep concern for the  
> underprivileged,
> and a total commitment to what he called The Millennium for Life.  It
> was such a powerful moment.  If you missed the interview, here is a  
> link
> to it...Geri says it'll be the 9th one down or so in "Most Recent
> Videos."  The title is "President Evo Morales."
>
> The link:  http://tinyurl.com/abcxj
>
> What's missing is the blustering, the swaggering, the snickering, the
> hubris, the thoughtlessness of "our leader."
>
> --Mike
>
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