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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (2726)6/8/2004 2:04:40 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
AL POLITICS IS LOCO

American Spectator

Al Gore was going further around the bend over the weekend. For an article in Sunday's Miami Herald, he was asked about his relationship with Miami-Dade Mayor and Democratic Senate hopeful Alex Penelas.

Penelas served as a key political ally to Gore in 2000, but not before annoying Clinton-Gore backers during the Elian Gonzalez debacle, when he defiantly criticized Janet Reno for her handling of the Cuban boy's case. But all was forgiven by Gore, mostly because Penelas is Cuban-American with close ties to that community in south Florida.

In fact, Gore and his campaign finance people went out of their way in September 2000 to raise enough money for Penelas to ensure that he wasn't caught up in a primary or general election battle for his mayoral seat. By clearing the deck for Penelas, it allowed him to work almost full-time for Gore.

Problem is, Penelas apparently didn't do a very good job. Gore lost the bulk of the Cuban vote to George W. Bush. So <font size=4>when Gore was recently asked about his Cuban-American amigo in Miami his only comment, through a spokesman, was, "Alex Penelas was the single most treacherous and dishonest person I dealt with" during the contested 2000 presidential campaign."

Gore, according to former campaign advisers, was extremely annoyed at Penelas's lack of effort on his behalf during the general election, but grew even more irate when Penelas failed to muster any support for Gore during the recount battle.
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