IF YOU UNDERSTAND POLITICS, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED "THE ARISTID FACTOR".
ARISTID IS MOSTLY A MYTH, I AGREE, BUT HE IS A BELOVED MYTH, THAT IS WHAT MANY HAITIAN POLITICIANS HAVE FAILED TO REALIZE.
I LOVE ANALOGIES, LET'S LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING ANALOGY:
LET'S ASSUME FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT THAT YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A PROSTITUTE FOR A SISTER; BUT SINCE SHE IS YOUR SISTER, YOU NATURALLY HAVE PROTECTIVE FEELINGS; ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE A FRIEND;BUT WHENEVER YOUR FRIEND HAS THE OPPORTUNITY, HE WOULD REMIND YOU OF HOW MUCH OF A "SLUT" YOUR SISTER IS. IN FACT, THAT IS ALL HE TALKS ABOUT; THEN, IT IS REASONABLE TO PREDICT THAT ONE DAY, YOU MIGHT REACT BY SEVERING YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH THIS GUY BECAUSE HE IS INTENT ON HURTING YOUR FEELINGS BY NEVER FAILING TO REMIND YYOU OF HOW MUCH OF A SLUT YOUR BELOVED SISTER IS. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS IN HAITI, THEIR CONSTANT EXAGGERATED CRITICISMS OF ARISTID HAD BACKFIRED.
IN FACT, OF THE OPPOSITION, THE MOST CRITICAL ELEMENTS GOT LESS VOTE THAN THE LESS CRITICAL ELEMENTS.
EVANS PAUL GOT LESS THAN BAKER, BAKER GOT LESS THAN MANIGAT.
THAT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE.
THERE IS A PATTERN HERE THAT IS READILY UNDERSTANDABLE FROM A PSYCHOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW.
IT HAD TAKEN TIME TO LOVE ARISTID AND IT WILL TAKE EVEN MORE TIME TO UNLOVE HIM. THE LAW OF HUMAN INTERRATION SEEMS TO SUGGEST THAT NO BELOVED ELEMENT OF A GENERATION WILL BE PERCEIVED AS A VILLAIN WITHIN THAT SAME GENERATION.
THE OPPOSITION WAS EXCESSIVELY VOCAL, THUS IT HAD COME OUT TO BE MORE ANTAGONISTIC THAN CONSTRUCTIVE AS JUDGED BY THE PEOPLE.
NOTE:
THE "PROSTITUTE ARGUMENT" WAS TO SHOW CLARIFY MY POINT, BUT IT IS IN NO WAY, A CHARACTERIZATION OF MR ARISTID.
I PERSONALLY THINK THAT MR ARISTID IS NO SAINT, BUT HE IS NO DEVIL EITHER.
