Thank A Cuban-American

Conservative Trailhead ^ | 12/05/2004 | Henry Ortuno

[Read2Know]

The next time you meet a Cuban, say thank you.

I am reading Ann Coulter's new book, How To Talk to a Liberal, when I came to her analysis on the Elián Gonzáles debacle. She devotes an entire chapter to this subject. I wondered why this injustice by the Clinton administration was any more significant than others about which she uses less space.

Then I read the point of the chapter and realized why she saw the need to dedicate that much ink to the subject.

In 1996, 40% of Cuban-Americans voted for Bill Clinton. In 2000, 77% of Cuban-Americans voted for George W. Bush. Had the tilt towards Clintonian populism continued in 2000, Al Gore would have been president of the US on 9/11/2001.

The disastrous handling of the Elián Gonzáles case angered the Cuban community and caused them to vote against the Democrat candidate.

The hotly contested Florida vote of 2000, would have gone to Gore were it not for for the trend shift (inspired by Clinton-Reno) of the Cuban-American vote.

[nathanbedford]

The Clinton administration was, if possible, even worse than the Bush administration in its handling of the illegal immigration mess even to the point of baptizing felons to grow the liberal electorate.

Obviously the Elian affair was ideoligically driven, but why and how?

[Read2Know]

"Obviously the Elian affair was ideoligically driven, but why and how?"

I don't know the Clinton administration's motives, but I'd like to find a good book that explores and uncovers them.