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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: halfscot who wrote (8184)	10/13/1998 7:37:00 PM
From: Rick Slemmer	Respond to of 13994

Halfscot: Speaking of Maxine. Did you see where she sent a letter of apology to Fidel Castro.... This is from today's "Inside the Beltway" column in the Washington Times. washtimes.com ---------- clip -------------------------- Political persecution Putting the political persecution of President Clinton on the back burner for a moment, Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat and a key member of the House panel considering the impeachment of Mr. Clinton, got out her pen and wrote a two-page apology to Cuban President Fidel Castro. A copy was obtained by Inside the Beltway. First, though, some background. On May 2, 1973, Joanne Chesimard, a member of the Black Liberation Army, and two of her friends were stopped in their vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike by state troopers James Harper and Werner Foerster. While being questioned, Chesimard and the driver opened fire with automatic pistols, striking Trooper Foerster twice in the chest and Trooper Harper in the shoulder. Then, grabbing Trooper Foerster's own weapon, an additional two bullets were fired execution style into the officer's head, killing him. Trooper Foerster left behind a wife and family. After a six-week trial, Chesimard was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in a New Jersey maximum-security prison. Until 1979, when she broke free after taking a guard and prison van driver hostage. She fled to Cuba and was granted "political asylum." Recently, residents of New Jersey expressed shock and outrage after seeing television interviews of Chesimard living freely in Cuba and portraying herself as a victim. Immediately, New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman requested federal assistance from Attorney General Janet Reno for her return. Congress, meanwhile, called on Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright to do everything in her power to have the convicted murderer returned to the United States. Finally, on Sept. 14, Congress passed a resolution calling on the government of Cuba to extradite Chesimard so she can complete her life sentence. That said, Mrs. Waters, who also is chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, just sent a letter to Mr. Castro saying she and other members of the caucus were "deceived" by Republicans and therefore "mistakenly" voted in favor of the resolution. Grounds for the deception? "Joanne Chesimard was the birth name of a political activist known to most members of the Congressional Black Caucus as Assata Shakur," Mrs. Waters says. "As evidence of their deceptive intent, the resolution did not mention Assata Shakur, but chose to only call her Joanne Chesimard." As for Mrs. Waters opposing the measure? "I support the right of all nations to grant political asylum to individuals fleeing political persecution," the congresswoman writes to the communist leader. "The United States grants political asylum to individuals from all over the world who successfully prove they are fleeing political persecution. Other sovereign nations have the same right, including the sovereign nation of Cuba." ----------- end clip ----------------------- Good old Maxine Waters. We can always count on her to do the stupidest things in full view of the public. RS