Posted on 12/10/2006 1:01:16 PM PST by jdm
MIAMI Dec 10, 2006 (AP)— A congresswoman says a video clip showing her calling for Fidel Castro's assassination footage is fake, though she adds that she wouldn't mourn the Cuban leader's death.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., appears in the 28-second clip being circulated on the Internet by the makers of a new British documentary, "638 Ways to Kill Castro."
In it, she says: "I welcome the opportunity of having anyone assassinate Fidel Castro and any leader who is oppressing the people."
However, the Havana-born lawmaker, recently tapped to become the top Republican on the House International Relations Committee, says the filmmakers spliced clips together to make the sound bite.
"It's twisted in a way that gives the viewer a totally wrong impression," Ros-Lehtinen told The Miami Herald. "I've said the community has moved on, that those strategies are not being used today, but apparently the filmmakers think we're still in a '60s mentality."
Still, she said it was possible she has, at some point, mentioned Castro's potential assassination.
"If someone were to do it, I wouldn't be crying," she said.
Ros-Lehtinen said she has seen the documentary and the final cut does not include that video clip. However, the documentary's Web site http://www.638waystokillcastro.com has a link to the clip.
The congresswoman said she's not shy about wanting Castro dead.
"No one advocates assassination," she said. "What we are advocating for is free elections, freedom for political prisoners, free expression of ideas and respect for human rights. That's how you get change in Cuba. Not assassination."
Jane Saunders, a spokeswoman for the British filmmakers, did not immediately respond to a call Sunday seeking comment.
Amazing how it's the 'progressives' who are so stuck in the past.
Who cares? Any leader not freely elected by the people should face death. Tyrants and dictators are not acceptable in a free world.
Jesse Jackson is an unelected "leader" :)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen does say what they claim, but it is obvious the clip was edited.
Her lips are moving but the words don't match up to the way she is forming the words on the audio
Personally, I don't have a problem with her advocated Castro to be offed.
Heck, political leaders all over the world have have implied if not outright said the same about our President
It could only backfire. Make a martyr of a murderer.
They act like this is a bad thing.
who made the video.....rahm emmanual and the dnc hit team???
Since it was JFK who first tried to kill Castro it would seem the left would have completed the job. But I forgot they are Communist so they are for dictators.
By definition, dictators do not recognize any citizens human or civil right.
Therefore, insofar as rights are reciprocal, theese dictators forfeit any claim to having their own rights recognized.
See, that's what happens when you post with a snootful.
There are probably 10 million people or more who'd like for Castro to be assassinated.
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