Sword hangs over Alex Penelas (Fellow Demmycrat Calls Him A "Pathological Liar")

Miami Herald ^ | July 13, 2003 | Jim DeFede

[Once-Ler]

Why did he abandon Gore? Because in the wake of the federal government's decision to raid Elián González's home and send the boy back to Cuba, Penelas was afraid to be seen with Gore knowing it would anger his Cuban-American supporters.

Do you know if Penelas ran for re-election between 2001 and today? If he ran for office and won re-election after the prez elections it would be hard for me to say he made the wrong decision.

Actually if he had anything to do with Gore losing in Florida it would be hard for me to say he made the wrong decision. :)

If he hasn't run for office again since then, and he is now running for a different seat, I would get a bigger laugh out of this. Since it would mean he made the 'rats angry and got nothing for it.

Well, nothing but a great President.

[longtermmemmory]

If you have ever seen Pinelas at a public speaking engagement you hear the sleaze just pour out with every word he speaks. He is very plastic.

He was on the wrong side of the Elian fiasco. He has run as a stealth democrat. There are hispanics in miami who do not even know he is a democrat! He is cuban that means republican right? NOT!

He is connected with the big donners; insurance companies, PI law firms, and the Big Corporations with locations in Dade county. (he pushed to change the name from Dade county, named after Col. Dade of FL history, to Miami-Dade in order to give is EGO a boost when he was traveling abroad. Seem nobody knew Dade County.)

He will tap into the same money people. Hopefully sucking and dividing money.

[PJ-Comix]

Do you know if Penelas ran for re-election between 2001 and today? If he ran for office and won re-election after the prez elections it would be hard for me to say he made the wrong decision.

Pinellas is mayor of heavily Cuban Miami-Dade county. It's a different electoral equation down there than in the rest of the state. I think there is probably a lot of resentment against Pinellas among Demmycrats outside of the Cuban-American community.

[SpinyNorman]

U.S. Rep. Peter Deutsch, who is also running for the Senate seat being vacated by Bob Graham, referred to Penelas as ``a pathological liar.''

U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, another Senate contender, laughed at the notion Penelas helped Gore, describing Penelas instead as ``a negative inside the Democratic Party machinery.''

Given the likes of Clinton, his harpy wife, Gore, McAuliffe, etc., etc., etc., isn't being a pathological liar a "plus" in a Democrat's resume?

[thegreatbeast]

" And you have probably never heard of another county with a DOPEY hyphenated name. Dade county (I hate using the official "Miami-Dade" County) has a Metro system of government so that the County has a mayor but ALSO the City of Miami has yet another Mayor as well. Stupid but true."

Damn!