He didn't "Just go to Cuba"
By Michael Hein
Sep 27, 2006, 08:54
A little
less than one year ago Governor John Baldacci led a trade delegation to
Cuba to talk about selling apples and milk to the communist dictator.
The Governor's visit is making news again because of Fidel Castro's
ties to the virulently anti-American dictator in Venezuela, Hugo
Chavez. Baldacci also cut a deal with Chavez at the same time he was
visiting with Castro.
Chavez is cutting deals with Iran's leader, and the two national dictators are attempting to rally the world against the United States.
Baldacci's spokesman curtly told a reporter recently in response to questions about this matter, "The Governor went to Cuba. Get over it."
Baldacci issued a statement on September 21, 2006 distancing himself from Chavez and allowing that his recent tirade at the UN was "unnecessary and offensive." Some Mainers are questioning the sincerity of Baldacci's distancing maneuver.
The League surfaced a picture earlier this year after six Freedom of Information Act requests to the Governor's office. After denying that such a picture existed, the image eventually emerged. The Maine press is ignoring the image, and the story surrounding its release.
League director Michael Heath has done national press interviews on the story, and the United States Congress has requested copies of documents acquired as a result of the series of FOIA requests by the League.
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