Gloria Estefan's speech at fundraiser hosted for...Obama (Disgusting Alert!)

Miami Hurled ^ | 04/16/10 | Some hack for Gloria Estefan

[Recovering_Democrat]

Welcome everyone to our home!

Emilio, Emily and I are very happy that you’re here and we hope you very much enjoy this afternoon!

...I think there are definitely two things that we can all agree on; the first is that we all love this country...

[Recovering_Democrat]

Gloria Estefan, at least twice in her "speech" said she was not affiliated with any political party. What a pile of excrement.

[GeronL]

Those must be average “Americans” who can pay $30,000 to attend a dinner.

[Republic]

I am so sorry to learn she was willing to promote that slick, big eared, small minded cat.

[ilovesarah2012]

I’ve always liked Gloria. However, she is very misguided. I would think a Cuban would appreciate true freedom more.

[TopQuark]

Just a few days ago, I had dinner at her restaurant in South Beech. Never again will I leave a penny there.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

” My father, a refugee from a country that is still in the stranglehold of the same oppressive government...”

Ex pat Americans may be saying this someday.

[Las Vegas Ron]

” My father, a refugee from a country that is still in the stranglehold of the same oppressive government...”

Damn, I love her voice but what an absolute brainless dolt.

Sheesh...shut up and sing!

[Celerity]

She lost me here:

“we can all agree on; the first is that we all love this country...”

[unspun]

Gloria Estefan has sung a song about being sexually promiscuous, with a New Age motif.

A natural Obama backer.

[tuckrdout]

She of all people should recognize what Obama is doing to the USA...he is an admirer of her enemy: Castro.

Oh Gloria, I am so disappointed in you. I expected you to be at the Tea Party.

[Carley]

Exactly which country is it that she so loves?

[ETL]

Can't imagine what's she's thinking. She has been denouncing Castro and Communism for decades. Why on Earth does she want to cozy up to Obama??

GLORIA ESTEFAN

Born in Cuba, raised in Miami Gloria Estefan is at the vanguard of the second generation of the Cuban exile. Like other young exiles she carries the burden of suffering and sacrifice her parents made for freedom.
"My whole family paid a heavy price for freedom. My father not only fought in the Bay of Pigs, he volunteered to fight in Vietnam. He fought for these same freedoms. I watched him die a slow death for 14 years. I was not about to let anyone stomp on those ideals."

Estefan has traveled the world as a Cuban-American musician, and she has been an emissary on behalf of the Cuban Exile. She is its most visible representative, and like the rest of the exile she is very clear about the wrong done to the Cuban people under the Castroite tyranny.

"People don't have a lot of information and when they ask me about it, I tell them about the drama of the exiles, the repression, the firing squads, the horror of communism. I'm very clear about that. I left Cuba when I was two years old. They took away my country, they stole the most intimate thing a human being can have. How could I forget that Fidel Castro was the person who did me so much harm?," said Estefan. Sometimes, speaking about Cuba is not easy, said Estefan." When they invited me to sing at the Vatican, they asked me what I was going to say," said Estefan. "I told them that I was going to ask the Holy Father for Cuba's freedom. And the Vatican official said, 'Oh no, my daughter, that's political. So I told them that if they didn't let me ask for Cuba's freedom, they would have to get someone else because I wouldn't sing. They gave in and as soon as I grabbed the mike I said it very clearly: Holy Father, do not forget to ask for Cuba's freedom in your prayers."

Character building book about Gloria!

According to Elise Ackerman, "In Cuba, salsa music sung by exiled performers like Willy Chirino or Gloria Estefan is taboo." Their music is not played over Cuban government radio. Additionally, when Gloria Estefan was to sing at the Pan Am games in 1986 the Cuban government was outraged that the Miami Sound Machine had been selected to perform; both Gloria and her husband Emilio Estefan are Cuban exiles. Estefan's music has preserved and expanded upon Cuban musical traditions going back to the 30's and 40's while offering something new for the 1990s. When you listen to songs such as Mi Tierra or Go Away you'll understand why the Cuban government detests her so. She stated that the song "Go Away" was meant for Fidel Castro. A sampling of the lyrics speak for themselves:

Won't you just go away
Go away
Don't you come back one day
Take your stuff
Take all of your precious things
Leave right now
Who knows what tomorrow brings

Stay away
Won't you please stay away
Live your life
But live it real far away
Save yourself
There's no way to get it all
Look around
The writing is on the wall

Nearly ten years later in 1995 Cuban-born celebrities Gloria Estefan and Andy Garcia returned to Cuba to serenade some 16,000 Cuban refugees held at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay. In 1997, Gloria Estefan appeared on CNN defending the Embargo as a moral imperative, and once again exposed the regime in Cuba for what it is: a brutal tyranny. Towards the end of 1997 she spoke out in defense of free speech. She was attacked from some quarters, but defended by many more. In 1998 she released Gloria! with a rousing song calling for Cuban freedom in the track Cuba Libre. She has demonstrated that in Miami freedom of speech and tolerance do exist, and for that she serves the memory of her father and of the historical exile well.

http://www.latinnet.co.uk/Star_Profile/Gloria%20Estefan.htm

[Earthdweller]

I'm thinking most people did not read the article. Gloria invited Obama to give him a lesson on love of freedom and America. The sorry thing is...I doubt he listened and just ate the food.

[Perdogg]

which song was that?

[ETL]

I'm thinking most people did not read the article. Gloria invited Obama to give him a lesson on love of freedom and America.

"the Estefans' decision to host President Obama at a $30,400-a-couple Democratic National Committee fundraiser Thursday at their Miami Beach home has struck a new chord, even a dissonant one, with some in Miami, where a majority of Cuban-Americans vote Republican."

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-04-15/entertainment/fl-gloria-obama-20100414_1_emilio-estefan-gloria-estefan-cuban-americans
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More here: Yahoo search results for "Gloria Estefan" "fundraiser" "obama":
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Gloria+Estefan%22+fundraiser+obama&ei=UTF-8&fr=yff35ck

[Mozilla]

Don’t care about Gloria, but if you are for Marco Rubio then you don’t like or agree with Obama. So obviously Gloria is on fan of Rubio. Obama is against all of the freedoms people come to the United States for.

[Earthdweller]

There is absolutely no way Gloria could not see the commie ways in this poser...I think she played him.

Thing is...I don't think it will phase him. He is too far gone.

[fso301]

Oh well, Gloria isn’t getting any younger and this will boost her image amongst the Hollywood and New York crowds. Might even land her a gig hosting some televised awards program.

[SoldierDad]

"And regardless of where we may have come from, what color we may be, what political party we may or may not belong to I think there are definitely two things that we can all agree on; the first is that we all love this country . . . "

Um, Gloria, have you been paying attention over the course of the past 15 months? Or have you kept your head buried in the sand like so many others? Obozo DOES NOT LOVE AMERICA. He wants to destroy America.

[freekitty]

I am surprised she would not be against Obama and what he stands for. Unless, some of her story is a lie.