Richard Auguste Morse a Politician of Questionable Integrity

Morse's political views are subject to un-predictable shifts in his allegiances to political parties and movements. Initially, he supported Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a pro-democracy politician. One of Morse's songs, "Fèy", became an underground expression of support for Aristide's Lavalas political party. But by the mid-90s, Morse, disappointed in Aristide's effectiveness as a leader, switched allegiances and became a vocal supporter of his cousin, Michel Martelly, who appointed him as his special advisor when Martelly came to power in 2011.

Recently, Morse, objecting to many of Martelly's policies, finally severed his ties with him. A political chameleon, he has been well-thought of in progressive organizations, prior to his allegiance to Martelly. Morse has had a history of being dissatisfied with one or another political party, whether right or left. Not content to abide Martelly's refusal to heed Morse's ideas, he has become a free agent again, ripe for the picking by any politician, who strokes Morse's intellectual ego until Morse discovers the political winds have shifted, no longer favoring his views.

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