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The last supper
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Elián sound bite
"I don't think we need a big show"
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May 4, 2000 | Warp back to an earlier time ... say, a
week before. In a
Chicago Tribune interview, the zealous (if factually impaired) Nickles called for blood: "The administration keeps doing things that seem excessive. Waco was one. Ruby Ridge
was another. This is another one. To me, it's an abuse of power." In his now-discarded outrage, Nickles apparently didn't realize that the Ruby Ridge incident took place five months before Clinton took office. Spoof of the day comes from
the Matt Drudge-mocking "Drudge Retort."
"ELIAN TRADED FOR HARD-THROWING
RIGHTHANDER!" the main headline screams.
"In a deal that has the backing of
the U.S. Department of Justice and
representatives of Miami's
Cuban-American community, Elián
González was traded to Cuba today
for
right-handed pitcher Jose Ariel
Contreras and a defector to be named
later." And what about poor Elián? "A
child's freedom is a
small price to pay for starting
pitching."
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