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SANTO DOMINGO.- Former Los Angeles Dodger slugger and now deputy Raul Mondesí after a meeting with president Leonel Fernandez yesterday decided to continue backing the ruling PLD party and the reelection bid, just hours after vowing to support opposition PRD party presidential candidate, Miguel Vargas.
The newspaper El Nacional said deputy Mondesí –who won his seat after resigning from the also opposition PRSC party- met with Vargas on Wednesday and said he was willing to support his candidacy, but Fernandez invited the ex big leaguer to the National Palace just hours afterwards, when he again vowed to support the re-election.
Vargas said in the two meetings which the former outfielder requested, Mondesí had expressed his disgust with the PLD, for alleged broken promises.
Yesterday, from his native San Cristóbal, in statements by telephone to Radio Z-101FM, Mondesí admitted he was displeased with the PLD, but said as a friend of Fernandez he supports his reelection bid.
He later repeated the statements on the same station to the journalist Consuelo Despradel: "I can meet with whomever, but am friend of the President and support the reelection," he said, but denied having met with Vargas.
The rumors of Mondesí’s disgust with the PLD and decision to support Vargas spread from San Cristóbal throughout the week, including his threat to turn over his 12 billboards picturing the former L.A. Dodger together with Fernandez to Vargas’ campaign.
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part about it is that people of low intellectual visibilty see these ballplayer types to be important people. they roll through the neighborhood in the benz and folks see them as important people. doesnt matter to them that if these guys didnt play ball they might have been cutting cane. they equate athletic or artistic success with brains and ability. next, some reggaeton singer will be Hacienda Minister! aw,hell! go grab another presidente; everyone else is drunk!
But, it would be wonderful if more attention was given to actually "fixing" the problems of the RD in terms of jobs, economy, energy, transportation, inflation, improving the quality of life for poor & middle class, human trafficking, border insecurity, drugs & widespread related crime and corruption.
Sad, all is degraded to prostitution!
But , no brains.
looking for the softest place to land. what kind of contribution a man such as this can make to society is a bewildering question. but, with the crop of politicos floating around in the election morass, he is in good company; they are all birds of a feather,sticking together. makes you want to scream!