Haven't those poor people suffered enough?http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/12/12/1970108/sarah-palin-wraps-up-visit-to.htmlSarah Palin wraps up visit to Haiti
By TRENTON DANIEL
tdaniel@miamiherald.comPORT-AU-PRINCE - Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin wrapped up a two-day visit in Haiti Sunday after she toured cholera treatment centers set up by her host, Rev. Franklin Graham, the head of a religious relief group that operates here.
``I do urge Americans not to forget Haiti,'' Palin told reporters in the main compound of Samaritan's Purse, located north of Port-au-Prince.
The 15-minute news conference came on the 11-month anniversary of the massive January earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people and threw another 1.5 million into squalid settlements.
The quake was followed by a cholera outbreak that has so far claimed more than 2,000 lives and infected tens of thousands.
Reconstruction and relief efforts have been hampered by Nov. 28 presidential elections rife with allegations of fraud and other irregularities.
Preliminary results released last week sparked two full days of unrest after a music star candidate was barred from the second round because he was not among the top two vote getters.
The Palin trip was part of a mission organized by Samaritan's Purse, a Christian relief operation that evangelist Billy Graham's son Franklin heads.
The former Alaska governor spent the trip surveying the religious group's work in two cholera treatment centers and handing out Christmas gifts to children. After the noon press conference, she took a helicopter tour over Port-au-Prince before her departure.
Though she prefaced her remarks at the news conference by saying she wouldn't answer reporters' questions, she did answer one. She said she found ``conditions'' in Haiti to be ``much harsher'' than she anticipated.
News conference aside, the tightly managed visit was closed to the press. Only Greta Van Susteren of Fox News received access.
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