13530: Pina responds to Simidor (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: kevin pina <kpinbox@hotmail.com>

Simidor writes:

"Pina postulates in "13514: RE: Raymond Joseph's theory on refugees:"
The most compelling evidence in this direction was the statement made
by Rep. Carrie Meeks that the refugees are victims of "repression". . . .

Pina's attack on Carrie Meeks only shows his own bias...  She's not a Bush
agent, as Pina implies."


Pina responds:

There was no attack on Carrie Meeks character or implication that she is a
"Bush agent" in way or form. What was done was to call attention to the way
this was going to be manipulated into forcing members of the Congressional
Black Caucus to accept "persecution" as an emotional response and premise
for allowing the refugees political asylum. It was an attempt to shine light
on is the blatant manipulation of the refugees to further erode support for
Aristide and Lavalas in the United States by forcing liberals to accept the
premise of systematic political persecution. It also opens the Congressional
Black Caucus and others to attacks for past and current support of democracy
in Haiti as evidenced by the recent WSJ piece posted by Mr. Casimir:


Corbett notes:  The Casimir article was posted yesterday at:

Subject: 13524:  Casimir: The Wall Street Journal : The Black Caucus's
Boat People (fwd)