Well, thank God for those false exit polls. I was in Miami on election day after voting by absentee ballot in CT...when the false exit polls came out about 2 PM...Radio Mambi, the Cuban Radio Station in Miami cancelled its regular programming and went on a non-stop telethon imploring the Cuban community to overwhelmingly vote for Bush. It was anticipated that the Cubans would vote about 65-70% for the President but thanks to Radio Mambi, the Cubans left their work, left their schools, left their homes and overwhelmingly voted for Bush at a clip of 88%!!!! And that gave Florida to Bush and the Senate to Martinez. In Orlando, the Puerto Ricans voted massively for Bush so the President got a total of 55% of the vote, or 12% better that he had done against Gore.
Muchas gracias, amigos.
Good for the Miami Cuban community! It's wonderful that the false reports ironically helped GOTV efforts there---the lying spinmeisters didn't reckon with conservative pluck. I think Bush knows that he owes a huge debt of gratitude to conservative radio across the country.