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

To: Dayuhan who wrote (8094)	7/3/2000 11:03:10 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 9127

Steven, you may be right but I don't believe so. res- but because I don't see how getting in bed with Castro would generate any benefit to him or his party. There's just no payoff. The payoff is twofold: 1. Clinton is desperate for a legacy, some of his closest aids have said it has consumed him since the impeachment ordeal. He doesn't want the history books to remember him as the scandel ridden lying "I didn't have sexual relations with that women" perjurer. Normalizing relations with Cuba may be his last hope. 2. Castro releasing an armada of boat people this near the Presidential election could doom hopes for Al Gore. Part of the Clinton legacy rests on Al Gore being tossed the mantle of leadership. (Along with preventing him from going to jail after he leaves office). The last thing he wants is to have Janet Reno replaced by a "get to the truth" person of integrity who will continue investigating his past corruption. What we know about this administrations corruption is just the tip-of-an-iceberg. Al Gore must be elected for the illegal acts to stay hidden. Furthermore, Clinton had a bad experience in regard to the "boat people" politically in his past as governor of Arkansas. He remembers it well, and doesn't want history to repeat itself. There is your "plausible" motives. From my vantage point it seems much more plausible than "oops, we didn't know and made a mistake on who should handle this". Ooops, just doesn't cut it with me from this administration. Practically every time you look under an "oops", you find a lye or scandalous act lurking. Michael