Yup. And, of course, the Elián González matter, which still boils my blood. Probably the singlemost evil thing the Clinton Administration did. Of course, that little boy’s forceable abduction to Cuba probably made Dubya President by tipping enough Cuban-American votes in FL against Gore.
More so than tipping wavering Cuban-American voters our way, it energized the constituency and increased turnout; they all made sure that their grandparents had a ride to the polls to go and vote Republican. That’s what all of the Rudyphiles don’t understand-—even if most conservatives hold their noses and vote for Rudy (which may or may not be the case), they won’t be engaged in the type of informal get-out-the-vote activities that win elections. (And, of course, Rudy would also turn off all of those socially conservative traditional Democrats that need a reason to pull the lever for the GOP candidate, and running someone just as socially liberal as the Democrats certainly would’n’t give them a reason to abandon the Democrat candidates.)