“A few dozen protesters” congregated in Miami to show their disapproval of the role two of Barack Obama’s top advisors had with the Elian Gonzales case eight years ago. As Obama met with leaders during the U.S. Conference of Mayors this weekend, the demonstrators were upset that Greg Craig (a representative of Elian’s father during the 2000 custody dispute) and Eric Holder (deputy U.S. attorney general under the Clinton administration) were both members of Obama's campaign team.When reporters on Friday asked about the connection between his advisors and the Gonzales case, Obama chose to emphasize his planned policy towards Cuba:
"That was eight years ago, and obviously it was a wrenching situation for the families involved," Obama said. "But I’m running for president in 2008, and my focus is on how do we create a US-Cuba policy that will create political freedom on that island and allow the people who live there to prosper. That’s not what we have right now and I outlined just as recently as a month ago an extensive approach that I think can lead to liberty in Cuba."
Meanwhile, the now fourteen-year-old Gonzales (image) continues to live in Cuba and last week was officially inducted as a member if the island’s Young Communist Union.
Image- BBC News
Sources- La Plaza, The Swamp, Political Punch, CBS News
Classic. The shirt tail relatives are mad the courts gave custody to the biological father.
ReplyDeleteThey never had a legal claim over the boy.
Lets reverse things. Say a parent wanted by police fled to Cuba with their child, and along the way died. So some Cuban relatives "adopt" the child and claim that they have parental rights. Meanwhile the biological father in the USA wants the child back.
Who do you think would win that fight?
And the father would win for the same reason Elian's father won.
Blood is thicker than politics.