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Cuban boy's saga haunts Obama (Elian Gonzalez)
WorldNetDaily ^ | 6/22/08 | WorldNetDaily

Posted on 06/22/2008 1:19:42 PM PDT by wagglebee

Family members of Elian Gonzalez, the refugee boy rescued from the ocean but returned to his Cuban father during the Clinton administration, called a press conference to protest Barack Obama's visit to Florida and the candidate's hiring of two staff members who were involved in sending the boy back eight years ago.


The capture of Elian Gonzalez

The family specifically points to Obama's foreign policy advisor, Greg Craig, who represented Elian's Cuban father during the custody battle, and Eric Holder, a member of Obama's vice-presidential search committee, who served as deputy attorney general during the much-publicized affair.

Delfin Gonzalez, Elian's great-uncle, stood in the front yard of the home where immigration agents had seized the boy at gunpoint on April 22, 2000. "My fear is that those who collaborated with Cuba's communist government and made a great mistake with a defenseless child will make the same mistake again against this nation that is facing danger from terrorism," he said.

Gonzalez told the Miami Herald earlier, "Some wounds are so deep that they do not heal over time, such as taking a child and sealing his fate to a communist dictatorship."


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TOPICS: Cuba; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barackobama; eliangonzalez; obamatruthfile
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To: purpleraine
Dear BO: When a child is returned to a surviving parent turned over to a communist regime at gunpoint, things are not all bad we have abandoned freedom and liberty. It is not as it is intended to be.

There, I fixed it for you.

21 posted on 06/22/2008 2:44:39 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Yardstick
They will always be muzzies first. Humans second. They will always hate infidels openly or covertly.
22 posted on 06/22/2008 2:54:59 PM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: isrul

I’ve known too many decent Muslims to believe that. The Muslim world just needs to go through its Enlightenment. Iraq is part of that process.


23 posted on 06/22/2008 3:17:06 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick

Yes, there are many decent Moslems. But I think you are overly optimistic.


24 posted on 06/22/2008 3:24:20 PM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: river rat
The horror is — there are enough lunatics, assholes and morons in America to elect Obama...

That is worse than a horror, my friend. What you say is the exact truth. I know McCain is not the best, but no one on earth hopes Obama loses more than me. It is a little hard to put it into words, but I am worried about the future, and Obama is the reason. He is a bad dude.

25 posted on 06/22/2008 4:16:53 PM PDT by Mark17
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To: Mark17

Oh shoot, got onto the wrong thread. Sorry.


26 posted on 06/22/2008 4:17:56 PM PDT by Mark17
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To: wagglebee

You fixed nothing. The kids father was there. He went up the ramp to the plane rather than run to the cameras. If you want to take all kids away from parents in communist countries, might I suggest you go to LAX and start with Air China. Kids leaving all the time for China.


27 posted on 06/22/2008 7:26:53 PM PDT by purpleraine
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To: purpleraine
You fixed nothing. The kids father was there. He went up the ramp to the plane rather than run to the cameras. If you want to take all kids away from parents in communist countries, might I suggest you go to LAX and start with Air China. Kids leaving all the time for China.

I'm NOT talking about taking kids away from their parents.

There is NO DOUBT in my mind that Elian's father was coerced by Castro into saying he wanted his son back.

Even within communism there are degrees of oppression. The FACT that Chinese citizens are ALLOWED to visit the United States should demonstrate that for you.

28 posted on 06/23/2008 5:00:35 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee
No mater what's going on inside your mind, parents have the right and responsibility to have their child. You don't take someone's kid away because they live in a bad country.

So, if they can visit the US that makes it okay for them to keep ther child and if not they cannot? Perhaps you can work the Mexico City airport and stop kids from getting on the flights to Havana.

29 posted on 06/23/2008 5:12:19 AM PDT by purpleraine
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To: purpleraine
No mater what's going on inside your mind, parents have the right and responsibility to have their child. You don't take someone's kid away because they live in a bad country.

You seem to overlook the FACT that Elian's mother BROUGHT him to live in the United States.

30 posted on 06/23/2008 5:22:00 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee
Inconvenient Fact: She died! The father survived her.

Try to think like a normal person. One parent dies, there's a child. Now let's see, who is responsible for the child? Oh. I don't know, just a guess, the the surviving parent!

31 posted on 06/23/2008 5:50:16 AM PDT by purpleraine
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To: wagglebee; purpleraine

Elian’s mother sacrificed her life for her son’s freedom. What do liberals know of sacrifice? Liberals hate the ones who make the sacrifices. They especially hate freedom. They love communism though.


32 posted on 06/23/2008 5:50:45 AM PDT by BykrBayb (www.lifeforlauren.org Þ)
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To: BykrBayb
Why don't you ask some liberals?

While we're at it, why don't you explain your philosophy of parenting which allows you and some other dogooders to yank the kid away because oif the country he lives in.

How do you rail at Reno for sending in the swat team while you would take the kid from his father? What's the difference?

33 posted on 06/23/2008 5:54:05 AM PDT by purpleraine
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To: purpleraine; Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson
Try to think like a normal person. One parent dies, there's a child. Now let's see, who is responsible for the child? Oh. I don't know, just a guess, the the surviving parent!

How about YOU try to refrain from PERSONAL ATTACKS (suggesting that I cannot think like a "normal" person) when you are defending Clintonista actions carried out at the behest of Castro.

34 posted on 06/23/2008 5:58:50 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: purpleraine

The difference is the facts. Your little fairy tale is a crock. Elian was living in the United States, with his family, thanks to the sacrifice his mother made. You might actually see the facts if you could pull your face out of Reno’s crotch long enough to look.

Þ


35 posted on 06/23/2008 5:59:24 AM PDT by BykrBayb (www.lifeforlauren.org Þ)
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To: wagglebee
You are thinking politically and that's not the thought process for deciding on a kid. Why are you so sensitive.

After you insulted me by "fixing" myy post, you sure are thin skinned.

36 posted on 06/23/2008 6:01:16 AM PDT by purpleraine
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To: purpleraine; BykrBayb
While we're at it, why don't you explain your philosophy of parenting which allows you and some other dogooders to yank the kid away because oif the country he lives in.

How do you rail at Reno for sending in the swat team while you would take the kid from his father? What's the difference?

NOBODY "took" Elian away from his father. His MOTHER, who had custody of him took him to the United States. (And don't even bother with some laughable response that she didn't have permission from a Cuban court to take her son to the United States.)

37 posted on 06/23/2008 6:01:20 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: BykrBayb

The father’s rights and responsibilites supercede the cousins etc.


38 posted on 06/23/2008 6:01:53 AM PDT by purpleraine
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To: wagglebee

The mother DIED! Why are you responding to some one who’s personally attacking and whom youy are trying to get suspended?


39 posted on 06/23/2008 6:02:59 AM PDT by purpleraine
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To: purpleraine

That wasn’t an insult. I mistakenly assumed that members of a CONSERVATIVE forum would side with freedom over communism. Obviously, I was wrong.


40 posted on 06/23/2008 6:03:17 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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