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Estefans' new collaboration hits sour note (Obama Sellout angers Cuban-Americans)
Miami Hearld newspaper ^ | 4-14-2010 | Jackie Bueno Sousa

Posted on 04/14/2010 3:24:56 PM PDT by Frantzie

If Gloria Estefan decides to sing a tune while hosting President Barack Obama at her home Thursday, she may want to consider her 1989 hit Cuts Both Ways.

'Cause you and I are dangerous

We want too much and life ain't that way

Don't ask for more

Don't be a fool

Haven't we already broken every rule

The Estefans may have broken more than a rule when they decided to host a cocktail reception for the president during his visit to South Florida on Thursday. Estefan, along with husband Emilio, also broke a bond that had united them with Miami's Cuban community, whose members largely oppose the president's agenda.

(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: cuba; estefan; obama; sellout
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LOL! Drudge had a title calling Estefan a sellout. I remember back in the 1980s - Jane Fonda was launching her work out tape. She was booked for a mega department store in S. Miami.

Cuban Americans were going to take the place apart because they hated Hanoi Jane. They were the only people with the guts to stand up to that commie b*tch.

1 posted on 04/14/2010 3:24:57 PM PDT by Frantzie
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And yet, the concert is “sold out”....


2 posted on 04/14/2010 3:28:03 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: Frantzie

Instead of attacking her, maybe it would be better to remind her that it’s inconsistent to her deeply-held activism with regards to Cuba.


3 posted on 04/14/2010 3:28:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Frantzie

They sold out. What is it a $10,000 a plate fundraiser?


4 posted on 04/14/2010 3:29:10 PM PDT by GeronL (Entitlement Zombies will become real zombies when the money runs out)
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To: nickcarraway

They know the ravages of Communism first hand and they see it hapenning here.


5 posted on 04/14/2010 3:30:26 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (i)
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To: Frantzie

Gloria announced this travesty—this fundraiser for HUSSEIN the Freedom Hater—AFTER she and 100,000 Cubans marched for freedom in Little Havana.

I think she may have JUST DONE the march for political cover.

Please, Cuban Americans, hold her accountable. Cubans know what tyranny is like, and that is why they largely OPPOSE Hussein and his party.


6 posted on 04/14/2010 3:33:22 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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They were the only people with the guts to stand up to that commie b*tch.

...not so, ask Hanoi Jane how her book signing tour went when she ran into a few VN vets....*smiles*

7 posted on 04/14/2010 3:35:50 PM PDT by Doogle (IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN....donate, because it's the RIGHT thing to do)
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She is an idiot. She owns part of the Dolphins and a gay hotel in Vero Beach. Her Christmas songs are the worst in the world. If I hear them in a store at Christmas - I leave immediately.

I cannot stand the Estefans. She is another sellout liberal.


8 posted on 04/14/2010 3:36:02 PM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain called AMERICANS against amnesty - "racists")
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To: GeronL
$30,400-a-couple

cuba libre

9 posted on 04/14/2010 3:37:02 PM PDT by ocr1 (really?.. Really?)
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To: Doogle

You are correct. I think Hanoi Jane got hassled again. I should have said that Cuban Americans were one of the few groups who stood up to that witch. She is disgusting.


10 posted on 04/14/2010 3:37:14 PM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain called AMERICANS against amnesty - "racists")
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To: ocr1

dang. Probably more than the average Cuban-American family is making.


11 posted on 04/14/2010 3:37:47 PM PDT by GeronL (Entitlement Zombies will become real zombies when the money runs out)
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I just tossed 7 of her CD’s on the fire outside. I always loved her talent... and Miami Sound Machine was killer... but I wash my hands of her and brush the dust of her music from my feet.

LLS

12 posted on 04/14/2010 3:38:39 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ( WOLVERINES!)
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To: Doogle

...believe me,she IS held in very low esteem by millions of us.


13 posted on 04/14/2010 3:39:32 PM PDT by Doogle (IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN....donate, because it's the RIGHT thing to do)
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To: Frantzie

The best comment about Gloria Estefan and TMSM was from Keith Richards of the Stones who said that Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine were about as good as a Holiday Inn lounge act. (I’m paraphrasing roughly)


14 posted on 04/14/2010 3:42:43 PM PDT by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
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LOL! Pretty accurate. The Estefans are so lame.

Keef always has a good quip about something.


15 posted on 04/14/2010 3:45:00 PM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain called AMERICANS against amnesty - "racists")
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The Estefans are real opportunists. They used to suck up to the Bushes all the time. Now they are just wealthy louncge act who suck up to anyone in power. If they were back in Cuba they would be sucking up to Castro. She is a fraud and I heard he is a pot head.


16 posted on 04/14/2010 3:47:35 PM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain called AMERICANS against amnesty - "racists")
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I hope the Cubans line the streets in protest. Estefan is a fool for this.


17 posted on 04/14/2010 3:59:33 PM PDT by GVnana
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If they were back in Cuba they would be sucking up to Castro.

I hope Cubans who have family in Cuba and KNOW what socialism has done to them are watching this hypocracy and seeing firsthand what celebrity and power have done to someone who should have known better. This "party" in no way benefits those living under the ravages of Fidel Castro. So much for her fight against tyranny in Cuba. She's hosting someone who wants to bring that kind of lifestyle to Americans.......good going Gloria?

18 posted on 04/14/2010 4:03:10 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: Frantzie

It’s all about the gays, they are a considerable portion of Gloria’s fans, and it would be career suicide if they were identified as conservative Republicans.


19 posted on 04/14/2010 4:05:27 PM PDT by dfwgator
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I know many Cubans and they are some of the BEST Americans patriots I’ve ever met. One friend in particular escaped Cuba on a raft. He HATES Obama with a passion that you cant believe. He tells me this is EXACTLY what happened in Cuba , word for word , law by law , until it was a full blow Communist sh*thole.He even tells me at times what he will do next and sure enough he has it right.
Screw Estefan , what the hell does she know about ANYTHING. So she can sing . Big friggin deal.


20 posted on 04/14/2010 4:12:07 PM PDT by sonic109
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