Reno owes the public answers (St. Petersburg Times Editorial)

St. Petersburg Times ^ | April 28, 2002 | Editorial

[firewalk]

In a cell complete with a stainless steel drool bucket

and toss in Hitlery to keep her/it from being lonely...

[summer]

[is] this a signal to the RATs to dump Reno for McLawyer???

I watched the PBS FRONTLINE program about Reno and the Miami child centers, and found it very disturbing. Why was there no outcry of alleged coercion, by Reno, of the wife at the time of the trial? Why were the husband's lawyers, and the judge, even allowing the wife's testimony in court under the circumstances such testimony was induced? And why was Reno making late-night visits to this wife, who was 17 or 18 years old at the time and literally being tortured in that jail? A very disturbing show. And, where were these questions during the 8 years Reno was US AG under Clinton?

In short, yes, I think the St Pete Times is telling Dem voters who back Reno to dump her.

BTW, I have no doubt Gov Bush would easily beat McBride as well.

[wai-ming]

...three sensational child abuse cases in Miami-Dade County

...not to mention abducting a six-year old at gunpoint and sending him back to a Communist regime, from which his mother had risked her life to escape.

[Recovering_Democrat]

From what I understand, the law enforcement communities of South Florida could not and can not stand her.

[JulieRNR21]

And, where were these questions during the 8 years Reno was US AG under Clinton?

Exactly....agree with you that many RATs would prefer McBride as the candidate since Reno has so much 'baggage'! As for JEB beating them both easily.....considering how the 'condo commanders' will get out the vote in Broward, Miami-Dade, etc. & 'raise the dead' to vote....I will not take anything for granted.

The RATs will do anything & everything to defeat JEB! It is the DNC's main goal.....they will say that a vote against JEB is a vote against GWB.

[floriduh voter]

No problem. It's all on the record and that's my objective. I spend no time at all bashing Janet or McBride in a cruel sense. But, the fact of the matter is that neither of them are qualified for governor.

What Jeb has already done and what he intends to do after re-election, runs circles around the shallow plans of these guv wannabees. And, the next time McLawyer spouts off about raising taxes, I'm sure his poll standings will take a dip.

We didn't even want to pay $1 more a year for local phone service and Jeb got the message. There's no chance Floridians WANT ANY NEW TAXES! McLawyer is a tax and spend wild card. That's what needs to get out if they dump Janet via shenanigans in Sept.

[summer]

In addition, I thought the PBS FRONTLINE show really made a mockery out of Reno's new effort to sell herself to the public. Here's an excerpt from an essay she recently posted on her campaign website:

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Why I'm Running For Governor

by Janet Reno

...I will put my 25 years of public service at every level of government to work to solve these problems, and I won't stop until they are done.

[Note: Contrast the above campaign statement to the response she gave to the St Pete Times, as mentioned in the above editorial, when she tells them: she, Janet Reno, does not have the time to review the files from the subject case -- even though there may be an innocent man currently incarcerated for a 165-year jail sentence.]

As your governor, the buck stops with me....

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Well -- apparently not, Ms. Reno.

[summer]

I agree, they want Gov. Bush out in the worst way, and I did not mean to sound like I took it for granted that he would win -- but, I honestly think he will win, no matter who is running against him. His record is one any governor can be proud of.

[floriduh voter]

Some of the transcript from the Frontline Reno Story has been posted here with other info on these cases so here's the entire thread if anyone is interested.

Frontline Pre-Show Announcement by St. Pete Times

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/672651/posts

[JulieRNR21]

, I honestly think he will win, no matter who is running against him. His record is one any governor can be proud of.

His record is superb indeed but after Election 2000.....I will continue to worry until the last vote is counted & JEB is declared the winner! We MUST get out the VOTE FOR JEB (and Katherine Harris)....big time!

[okie01]

"or is this a signal to the RATs to dump Reno for McLawyer???"

Bingo!

The Rat media is sending a message that they don't want to, pardon the expression, go down with Janet Reno.

[tenthirteen]

The St. Pete Times is offensive fishwrap and they are shilling at full strength for McBRIDE. No matter, JEB will make em wish they were never born.

[jackbill]

wish that Dorothy Rabinowitz would write about Reno's prosecutorial abuses as Miami-Dade DA.

She has, Julie, just last Thursday. Check out:

The Prosecutors - A little sunshine on Janet Reno's pre-Clinton legacy.

[bvw]

she [Ileana Fuster] was kept naked in a suicide watch cell and given cold showers and that Reno visited her late at night in pursuit of her confession and damning testimony.

Reno was in pursuit of what? This sure seems like abuse of power, and has pretty obvious sexual overtones.

[LarryLied]

Will wonders ever cease? St. Pete Times calls on Reno to answer questions

Is it a decent, honest paper or are they just trying to push another RAT into office by jumping on Reno?

[JulieRNR21]

Bless you, kind sir.....somehow I had missed it.

[JulieRNR21]

Is it a decent, honest paper or are they just trying to push another RAT into office by jumping on Reno?

Most think that the St. Pete Times would prefer McBride to Reno as democRAT candidate.

[Leisler]

SCENE THREE, ACT ONE.

"...here my little flower, you're shivering...let me wrap my flabby man-arms around your wet, naked, child-like body..."

Ileana smells the vodka on its fetid breath.

LIGHTS FADE TO BLACK.

[JZoback]

Wow, St Petersburg Times (Pravda West) taking Reno to task.

Simply Amazing

I did not think I'll live the day to see that.

They must really be scared Reno will win the Democratic node for the Governor's race

[Victoria Delsoul]

Many politicians duck and weave, as she does, to avoid saying how they'd finance their campaign promises. To refuse to discuss one's record in office is a different, more serious matter. It suggests arrogance of power, a trait that becomes less and less tolerable in inverse proportion to the importance and authority of the office sought.

That's absolutely right.