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Elian Gonzalez: 15 years after his rescue, a quiet life
CBS News ^ | November 25, 2014 | Portia Siegelbaum

Posted on 11/25/2014 8:41:08 PM PST by EveningStar

Havana -- Fifteen years ago today two fishermen plucked an exhausted, frightened five-year-old tied to an inner tube out of the waters off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale.

Elian Gonzalez, less than two weeks short of his 6th birthday, was the young Cuban boy whose rescue set off an international custody battle and reverberated in the 2000 U.S. presidential campaign.

Now nearly 21 and out of the public eye, Gonzalez is studying industrial engineering at the university in his home province of Matanzas in Cuba.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Cuba; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: cuba; eliangonzalez; florida
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To: GOPsterinMA

Iirc Ralph Nader cost gore fla. 80,000 votes from dems


41 posted on 11/26/2014 7:15:59 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

Ok. And how many Cuban votes went to Bush because of Elian Gonzalez?


42 posted on 11/26/2014 7:35:49 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Iirc Cubans then voted more republican. I’m sure your research will find the right number


43 posted on 11/26/2014 7:41:01 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

Sounds like it’s something you should research, I really don’t care.


44 posted on 11/26/2014 7:49:28 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: NFHale; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; ExTexasRedhead; GeronL

There was a South Park episode on this issue, where Janet Reno dressed as the Easter Bunny so she could personally kidnap Elian.


45 posted on 11/29/2014 10:05:13 AM PST by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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To: Clintonfatigued; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; ExTexasRedhead; GeronL

I don’t remember it... I only saw a few episodes of that show.


46 posted on 11/30/2014 11:47:45 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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