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Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 10:32 PM
Subject: FW: [Fwd: Fw: Please send a thank you note to Gov. Owens!]


> FYI AND DISTRIBUTION. PLEASE E-MAIL THE GOVERNOR AND THANK HIM FOR HIS
> ACTION.
>> > Sent: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:46:49 -0800
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>> > Subject: Please send a thank you note to Gov. Owens!
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>> > Finally, a public official who does not accept to be wined and danced
>> > by
>>a dictator like Fidel Castro.
>> > When asked if he was willing to be part of a trade delegation to Cuba,
>>here is what the governor of Colorado responded:
>> > "You do have to look at who you're dealing with. They have blood on
>>their hands. The state of Colorado won't be part of it. If I went, I'd
>>have a private dinner with Fidel Castro, I'd be in the presidential
>>palace, I'd see things I'd love to see. But I don't want to be part of
>>what he represents.
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>> > I don't believe Fidel is a kindly avuncular cigar-smoking guy in
>>fatigues we look at as a bit of an irritant. And I don't regard Che
>>Guevara as a romantic figure. Fidel is a mass murderer who wishes only
>>harm on our country. The fact he hasn't been able to doesn't mean we
>>should forget it. As a young man during the Cold War, I decided the
>>greatest challenge facing us was communism. As far as I'm concerned,
>>Castro is only a step or two removed in capability and in lust for power
>>from people like Stalin, Mao and others. He is the person who tried to get
>>the Soviet Union to launch nuclear weapons against us during the Cuban
>>missile crisis. He's the same guy who was putting people against the wall
>>and shooting them. I'm not willing to be a part of any effort to help his
>>economy so long as he's in power."
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>> > http://www.colorado.gov/governor/contact.html
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