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These people used to be opposed to government control of human lives. This week, they embraced a fascist whose entire GOAL is to be the sole arbiter of individual freedom.
FLORIDA NEWS....THIS IS SO SAD.
The Stockolm Syndrome.
If these people like Obama they must have loved Castro.
Obama is still flying around in our plane, while his Obamacare burns.
Fidel!fidel!fidel you have risen from the dead to save us! future illegal immigrant voter about to flood the shores as soon as mcfu##up and lindsey tart graham finish plunging the knife into us again
Interesting choice of words.
Read the article again. It notes that the conservatives broke off from CANF in 2991 to form the Cuban Liberty Council. Also note that NO ONE commented on the article in the Miami Herald. You would think a liberal paper would have at least ONE favorable comment on Obama showing up, but there are none.
Back when Clinton was in office, PBS aired a documentary about the Elian Gonzalez controversy and the gist of it was they were trying to find Cubans in little Havana who supported Elian's return. They did find some, whose identities needed to be protected because of reprisals from within the community. Those who spoke for the return informed the interviewer they could not openly hold a differing opinion than that of the others because they were attacked, physically and financially, by those advocating for him to remain in the U.S. They couldn't understand why the community, who fled to America for their 'freedom' wouldn't respect their freedom to hold a differing opinion.
The show was very eye opening as it provided a glimpse into the mindset of the newly arrived Cubans; it wasn't so much the freedom that we Americans have that they desired, It was the opportunity for them to be the ones 'in charge'. Little Havana is the example - it's another 'Country' within our own.
I have known many Cuban-Americans over the years - they are wonderful people and solidly Republican. Of course, like me, they are much older today and may have taken a back seat to a younger generation.
Interesting that these people fled totalitarian rule, but here they are cheering one of the most secretive and authoritarian U.S. admins, implementing some of the tactics that could have made fidel proud.
Apparently all Cubans were not made equal.