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Hillary Clinton Says She Is “Appalled”
The Florida Politics blog ^ | June 30, 2007 | Brian E. Crowley

Posted on 06/30/2007 4:34:35 PM PDT by Baladas

Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday she is “appalled” by remarks made by Republican Fred Thompson suggesting that some Cuban refugees could be terrorists.

Thompson, an actor and former Tennessee senator, spoke about Cuban refugees Wednesday during an appearance in South Carolina.

The topic was illegal immigration and Thompson’s opposition to any legislation that does not do enough to protect America’s borders.

Using Cuban refugees as an example, Thompson said, “I don’t imagine they’re coming here to bring greetings from Castro. We’re living in the era of the suitcase bomb,”

Clinton, New York’s junior Democratic senator, speaking to a group of Hispanic supporters attending a Disney World convention of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, said “I was appalled when one of the people running for, or about to run for, the Republican nomination talked about Cuban refugees as potential terrorists.”

She said Thompson, “apparently doesn’t have a lot of experience in Florida or anywhere else, and doesn’t know a lot of Cuban-Americans.”

Clarifying his remarks, Thompson posted a response on his website - imwithfred.com - saying he understands how important Cuban Americans have been to this country. He also noted that the Cuban government remains on the state department’s terrorist list.

That is “why we must oppose the illegal immigration of Castro’s agents into the United States while welcoming the vast majority who immigrate legally and with legal intentionns,” said Thompson.


TOPICS: Cuba; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: bordersecurity; castro; clinton; cuba; democrats; elections; fredthompson; hillary; hillaryclinton; piginapantsuit
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To: Fawn

no. just the exerpt here. and the reason is, that my post addressed her comments and the response they were getting on FR. If you follow my posts about this subject around, you’ll see a theme.


21 posted on 06/30/2007 4:51:58 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Thank you St. Jude.)
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To: TommyDale
So you, Hillary and Jeb Bush think it’s okay for Cubans to come into the U.S. illegally?

You need to practice before you'll be good enough for the networks.

22 posted on 06/30/2007 4:52:44 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Thank you St. Jude.)
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To: Fawn

Oh you beat me to it... LOL


23 posted on 06/30/2007 4:52:48 PM PDT by Aria (NO RAPIST ENABLER FOR PRESIDENT!!!)
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To: Baladas
Hellary you pandering ( ),

When did it occur to you that Janet Reno worked for Jorge Bush.

24 posted on 06/30/2007 4:54:00 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
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To: rabscuttle385

I know quite a lot of Cubans and they hate Klinton because she is a Marxist . I’m not kidding


25 posted on 06/30/2007 4:54:12 PM PDT by sonic109
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To: the invisib1e hand

I can guarantee you that the Cubans in Florida know exactly what Fred is talking about.

And Fred doesn’t say things like he said unless he has some intelligence data to back it up.

Also I wouldn’t give weight to poor Jeb. His brother foreclosed on his political future and made it so the Bush family is non-grata in those regions of America that are not yet part of Amexico.


26 posted on 06/30/2007 4:55:12 PM PDT by Hostage (Fred Thompson will be President.)
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To: Baladas

If this headline said “Hillary Clinton Says She is Appalling”, then I would have considered it worth reading and perhaps believable... As is is, not interested.


27 posted on 06/30/2007 4:55:27 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("You ask, 'What is our aim?' I can answer in one word: VICTORY - victory - at all costs...")
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To: AdamSelene235


28 posted on 06/30/2007 4:55:49 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: the invisib1e hand
So if you have any Hispanic friends it means come on over to the U.S.A. illegally?........Send Hillery some cash pal.
29 posted on 06/30/2007 4:56:11 PM PDT by ustanker (Secure the border!)
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To: Baladas
He also noted that the Cuban government remains on the state department’s terrorist list.

Very cool. :-)

30 posted on 06/30/2007 4:57:36 PM PDT by JoeSixPack1 (Think not of today.)
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To: Baladas

The Wicked Witch of NY is very familiar w/Miami Cuban Americans. She kicked down the door of one family w/a machine gun to throw an orphan back to Hitler...ah...Castro.

Course PravdABDNC does not notice the irony in her statement.

Pray for W and Our Troops


31 posted on 06/30/2007 4:58:24 PM PDT by bray (Member of the FR President Bush underground)
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To: Baladas
Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday she is “appalled” by remarks made by Republican Fred Thompson suggesting that some Cuban refugees could be terrorists.

Hitlery is "appalled" because Fred is a viable candidate that could stifle her chances at becoming the first USA dictator.

Nothing else appalls her, not even her husband.

32 posted on 06/30/2007 4:58:36 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Baladas

33 posted on 06/30/2007 4:59:03 PM PDT by vox humana
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To: Baladas
Elian was only sent back to Cuba after he was re-indoctrinated at the Wye Plantation. We, the taxpayers, paid for his teachers and friends to come here and ‘study’ with him in his reeducation. I remember thinking how tough it must be to get Disney World out of the mind of a 6 year old boy. The Clintons were the most destructive inhabitants to ever darken the doorstep of the White House.
34 posted on 06/30/2007 4:59:05 PM PDT by originalbuckeye (I want a hero....I'm holding out for a hero (politically))
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To: the invisib1e hand

“Jeb married a woman of Cuban dissent.”

I think that Jeb’s wife is from Mexico.


35 posted on 06/30/2007 5:02:32 PM PDT by Mila
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To: the invisib1e hand

This is what Fred Thompson said:
“For a while, it didn’t look like Washington was going to listen to us regarding real immigration reform. Thankfully, we’ve been spared a serious mistake, but I wonder if things would have turned out the way they did without the work done by the bloggers, talk radio and the American people. Rush, Hannity, Laura Ingraham, RedState, Powerline, Pajamas Media and a lot of others have done a great job. Take that, Fairness Doctrine.

“Anybody who knows my track record or has read some of the things I’ve written about the Cuban-American community knows where I stand. While the communist dictatorship has been a tragedy for Cuba, America has been in some ways, at least, the beneficiary.

“One of those benefits is the presence of the great Cuban-American artist, Gloria Estefan. She co-wrote a song called “No hay mal que por bien no venga” which I understand translates something like — there’s no bad that doesn’t bring some good. The bad that is Castro’s tyranny has given America one of the greatest communities in the Western Hemisphere.

“And no one knows better than that community that the Castro regime remains dedicated to infiltrating American institutions to spread his ideology of tyranny. Castro admitted it himself in an interview with CNN in 1998.

“This is why the Cuban government rightfully remains on the State Department’s terrorist list for its continued support of terrorism. It’s also why we must oppose the illegal immigration of Castro’s agents into the United States while welcoming the vast majority who immigrate legally and with legal intentions.

“It seems to me that few Americans understand the threat that the illegal entry by Cuban spies represents to our country, though Cuban-Americans have never forgotten or stopped pointing it out. Ambassador Otto Reich, the former Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere has called Castro’s efforts to penetrate U.S. intelligence networks ‘relentless.’

“The best-known incident involving Cuban espionage, which many believe may have provided U.S. secrets to hostile Middle Eastern regimes, is probably that of former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst Ana Belen Montes — convicted of espionage in 2002. Now, our intelligence picture has been further complicated by the emergence of oil-funded Hugo Chavez and his anti-American, pro-Castro regime. We know that Cuban intelligence officers, for instance, are in South America — presumably training Venezuelans and others in the intelligence arts.

“Our national security is too important an issue to let folks twist words around for a one-day headline. Cuban-Americans are among the staunchest opponents of illegal immigration, and especially so when it’s sponsored by the Castro regime. We know we have a porous southern border in which they can currently slip through easily. Our enemies know it too.

“All of us should be rightfully concerned about Castro and his ideological pal Chavez sending agents and provocateurs into the United States through Mexico. I’m sure that Cuban-Americans share this concern as well.

“We’ve seen today what the voice of the people can do in Washington. Let’s hope similar voices can do the same thing for Cuba.”


36 posted on 06/30/2007 5:03:41 PM PDT by seekthetruth
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To: originalbuckeye
The Clintons were the most destructive inhabitants to ever darken the doorstep of the White House.

You forget Wilson, FDR, Lyndon Johnson, and Jimmah Carter.

37 posted on 06/30/2007 5:03:56 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Sic Semper Tyrannis * wahoo wa! ... U.Va. Engineering '09)
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To: Baladas

38 posted on 06/30/2007 5:05:25 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Was it Governor Clinton and Hillary R standing outside the gate at Camp Chaffee ready to embrace all those Cuban refugee elements released from Castro’s prisons and elsewhere during their mini-riot or what? Christine Todd Whitman said the racial profiling by the Arkansas State Police after the riot belonged to the Clinton Era legacy.


39 posted on 06/30/2007 5:05:29 PM PDT by scramaseaxe2002
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To: Baladas

i’m appalled that hillary is appalled.


40 posted on 06/30/2007 5:06:39 PM PDT by ken21
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