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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jhild who wrote (6845)	6/1/2000 9:55:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

Unfortunately, look for that issue to get completely dropped by the administration as soon as the Elian case drops below the news radar. A little bluster now in order to appease the "hypocrite" crowd. But that's about it. After all, it's been seven years and they're finally giving it some attention. I don't have to wonder why. Yup, spend millions of taxpayer dollars assisting a communist father get his son. But let's not spend a red-nickel helping an American dad retrieve his daughters from Germany for seven years. Seven years and we finally care! Puhleeese. And what about the children in Cuba being kept from their American parents? Do we care about them? Has a news story been written by the media on their plight? Or perhaps it was just a rumor I heard? Michael

To: jhild who wrote (6845)	6/2/2000 8:17:00 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 9127

On another front, Clinton continued pressing today about the resolution of custody issues with Germany. He'd better get a move on it, because once he's gone this issue could be dead. It looks like both our candidates prefer family courts, like the ones in Germany, to decide these matters "in the best interests of the child." Vice President Gore, who was criticized within his own party when he broke with the administration and said the Elian matter should be decided in a family court, repeated that position. "I have long felt, as I said early on, it should have been referred to a family court and decided according to due process, which is the normal venue where disputes like that are resolved," Gore said. "However, now that it is in the federal court this decision today must be accepted with respect and we all wish the boy well." Texas Gov. George W. Bush (R) said: "I continue to believe that it is in the child's best interest for the decision to be made in the family courts, a court whose job it is to decide the best interest of the child." washingtonpost.com