Lawyer for Cuban Boy's Relatives Is Elected Miami Mayor

New York Times ^ | 11/14/01 | DANA CANEDY

[StoneColdGOP]

Cool!

[FReethesheeples]

More Bad news for Janet Reno.

[concerned about politics]

This doesn't sound good for Mr. Reno.

[E=MC²]

Yet more fallout from the Elian fiasco. I sort of hope the demonrats do prop up reno and run her for governor next year...then the final chapter can be written...BWAHAHAHA.

[jellybean]

"I think what has happened is that what keeps popping out is Elián and Janet Reno and, you know, the right- wing fanaticism in the Cuban-American community," Mr. Ferre said this afternoon.

"It is the lock-step blind fanatical rejection of anything not within the purview of what they think is right," he said. "There is no middle ground in the minds of many of these people."

He's such a sweet talker!

[dep]

gee. you get the sense that the new york times isn't happy with the outcome?

well, screw 'em!

dep

[GeronL]

go Manny go!

[concerned about politics]

He's such a sweet talker!

And a very bad loser. Democraps aren't doing so well. Hope it stays a voter trend.

[moodyskeptic]

GWB in the White House was Elian's Revenge phase one. This is phase two. "Mr". Reno will be on the losing end of phase 3.

The smug Democrats thought they could spin the Elian story to their advantage. Shows how wrong they are.

[Torie]

The turnout seemed incredibly low. I don't think the eligible voters viewed this race in Manichean terms. But then I am far from the fray.

[GeronL]

''Forty years ago my mother and I arrived as poor immigrants in this city and lived a couple of blocks away," Mr. Diaz said in his acceptance speech at his headquarters in Little Havana. "And 40 years later here I am as mayor of the city. God bless America."------------wow.

[JD86]

I know this question is going to elicit some strong responses but I am going to risk it anyway. Everytime I have seen anything posted on this board about Elian, the position has always been that the boy should have been kept in the US because Cuba is a Communist country. My question is two-fold: first, why not look at it strictly as a custody situation? the mother was dead, the child should be with his father. second, if that had not been the outcome, what precedent would we have set in other situations? A parent could take a child to a communist or Muslim country. Would they be justified to keep an American child and refuse to return the child to a country of infidels? I think to argue Elian should stay in the US no matter what..is short-sighted. I would like to hear some reasoned responses. I am curious why no one has ever brought up the point about the risk we would take with future cases. We would lose our right to argue for the return of American children.

[Gracey]

"It is the lock-step blind fanatical rejection of anything not within the purview of what they think is right," he said. "There is no middle ground in the minds of many of these people."

Something about Democrats... They always accuse others of what they or members of their party do. Did I hear Ferre accuse the Blacks of lock-step blind fanatical rejection of anything not within the purview of what they think is DEMONCRAT???

[GOPcapitalist]

Bump! Now we need to get to work electing Cuban Republican Orlando Sanchez as mayor of houston. www.orlandosanchez.com - i encourage all freepers to donate as much as they can. The RNC's too busy twiddling their thumbs to get involved in this one early on and will probably jump on board last minute when they wake up. But we need financial resources now, not the day before the election.

[piasa]

E=MC² ... the name causes problems when I reply to him. (It says there is no such person) John Robinson's new programming chnages have caused all sorts of irritating glitches to occur in the reply-to line when oddball characters are part of the poster's name. It is also frustrating when I want to reply to the author of a posted piece rather than the person who posted it, or want to address 'libs' in general... hint hint

[Gracey]

I would like to hear some reasoned responses

What if your mother had fled a communist country to raise YOU in the USA for she wished for her child to be raised in a FREE country and she died as Elian's mother. Now, let's say that you had never lived with your father and that you had relatives in the USA. This in my opinion was not a normal custodial case. I don't even believe that the father was interested in the child as much as he was "FORCED" into the situation by Castro. That's my outlook.

[KQQL]

Elain won today by 10% or 6000 votes

Elian is getting popular in FL as times passes, because last November he only won the state of FL by 537 votes.

This is bad news for Hino( reno)

[JD86]

Thank you. It is my understanding that the parents had joint custody of the boy in Cuba. Also, the child did not know his relatives here in the US. If this case had been one between states within the US, the uncle would never have been given custody over the father. As a legal matter, I don't think it should make a difference between countries. Let me reverse your question. If you spouse took your child to another country where she/he had relatives and then she/he died, would you want those relatives to be given preference over you to have custody of your child? I wouldn't.

[uglybiker]

The turnout seemed incredibly low.

That's only because the Dems hadn't yet figured out how to f**k with the new ballots like they did with the old butterflies.