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Anyone Remember Elian Gonzalez
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:00 pm
Who was president then?
What did the media say about it at that time?
I don’t remember
What did the media say about it at that time?
I don’t remember
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Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:01 pm to memphis tiger
I remember it well. And while I was no fan of Clinton, I said send him on back!
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:05 pm to memphis tiger
Liberals were all for it.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:06 pm to memphis tiger
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:11 pm to memphis tiger
Don’t forget all of the children killed by federal agents when Janet Reno ordered the siege on the Branch Davidians.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:14 pm to memphis tiger
The “wassssup” beer commercial meme featuring Elian was the best.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:15 pm to thebigmuffaletta
I was only marginally following the story but wasn’t that, in simplest terms, returning a boy to his father? Obviously a mess and that enduring photo a disaster but... no?
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:17 pm to thebigmuffaletta
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Liberals were all for it.
You either were not born or too young to remember if you are saying this. This makes you a liar. You have now been exposed as a liar and should ban yourself. Goodbye.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:20 pm to memphis tiger
I think the deke’s offered him a place to stay via their banner and promptly got in trouble with LSU.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:25 pm to memphis tiger
quote:
What did the media say about it at that time?
Very different situation. Mother died making the crossing and took him from his dad without his permission or knowledge. His Dad obviously wanted him back.
Analogy fail
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:31 pm to memphis tiger
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Anyone Remember Elian Gonzalez
He's that guy who did the "Livin' La Vida Loca" tune? That was a toe tapper I tell you.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:31 pm to memphis tiger
Liberals loved Castro.
The father was Cuban and liberals wanted to return the kid back to his communist paradise.
Seriously though...
If it had been Mexico or any other place kid is not going back.
But socialist Castro Cuba...father's wishes must be adhered to.
The father was Cuban and liberals wanted to return the kid back to his communist paradise.
Seriously though...
If it had been Mexico or any other place kid is not going back.
But socialist Castro Cuba...father's wishes must be adhered to.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:32 pm to Dick Jacket
Deflection and what aboutism to the max
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:33 pm to thebigmuffaletta
Reasonable people thought Elian should be allowed to be with his father.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:34 pm to 14&Counting
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His Dad obviously wanted him back.
Sooooo....you're pointing out that the solution was to send the kid back to his home country instead of allowing the parent to come to this country.
Good plan.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:38 pm to memphis tiger
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González sits quietly in his family home in Cardenas as his father, Juan Miguel, talks a mile minute. There are family pictures on the wall near images of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.
Gonzalez, 23, remains one of the most identifiable figures on the island and one of his generation's most outspoken supporters of the Cuban Revolution.
Elián González says he still thinks about his experience in the United States but doesn't believe his life there would have been better had he stayed.
"I think I would have become the poster boy for that group of Cubans in Miami that tries to destroy the revolution, that try to make Cuba look bad," he said.
"I would have been used in that way. Maybe I would have become an actor on TV or maybe I would have more money than I have here with more comforts, but I wouldn't have my family. I wouldn't have the tranquility I have in Cuba. "
Frankly his "relatives" should have been prosecuted for ignoring a court order. They weren't his legal guardians and basically kidnapped the kid from his Dad.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:49 pm to memphis tiger
quote:
What did the media say about it at that time?
Wasssssssssssssup!
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:50 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
He shows the value of brainwashing people when they're young.
Sad
"Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted."
Vladimir Lenin
Sad
"Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted."
Vladimir Lenin
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:51 pm to memphis tiger
I was young but I remember the admistration’s talking point on that basically boiled down to “the law is the law”. Ironic huh.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:53 pm to memphis tiger
I remember Chris Kattan playing Elian Gonzalez on SNL.
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