[umgud]

Bush refuses to lift embargo? Carter going to be real upset.

[Miss Marple]

This was a great speech. I liked how he stuck in that bit about Castro protecting his cronies. Ha!

[biblewonk]

This embargo is BS. Cuber doesn't have oil so it's easy and safe for us to bully them. They are not 1 percent as dangerous to us as Saudi Arabia. The only reason for the embargo is to appease a bunch of cuban americans in a swing state. It makes me sick.

[jrlc]

Carter is at best a well-meaning fool -- more to the point, he has simply become AN OLD FOOL.

[Sabertooth]

Good for the President.

There's no reason America needs to cave in to Latin American countries suffereing from the effects of their own corruption.

[ContentiousObjector]

Our Cuba policy hasn't worked for 40 god damn years,

Am I the only one who sees the irony in giving the "Full Lewinski" to countries like China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea and Saudi Arabia who are all a million times worse than Castro ever could be, while locking down a crusty old communist who is about as dangerous to America as Nova Scotia, and no the paranoid ramblings of that slakjawed moron John Bolton don't count

The Cuba policy only does two things, one it gets votes from the god damn Miami Cubans, who I think we should deport the Haiti, and it incubates Castro "Don't look at me comrad, Cuba is a mess because of the embargo"

[Revolting cat!]

Excellent speech, excellent policy. Now Bushies need to tighten the screws on the violators of the no travel policy. As for the naysayers here, there are two hundred countries on this planet and when we start meking comparisons, the US foreign policy vis a vis any one of these countries can be said to be wrong in some way. You bring up Saudi Arabia, I'll bring up Monaco, you bring up China, I'll bring up Jamaica and so on ad infinitum. It's hard to even argue with such idiocy!

[Toidylop]

[Doe Eyes]

Bravo. Now extend the embargo to those commies in China.

[mykdsmom]

[RightFighter]

Indeed, Bush was traveling to Miami later in the day to address Cuban-Americans eager to hear his anti-Castro rhetoric.

I'm just surprised that nobody's pointed out the absolute bias of this one sentence. When Carter gave his speech last week, did the news report it as his "pro-Castro rhetoric"???

[stands2reason]

Of course, if there weren't any Cuban-American votes to get, Bush would just embrace Castro totally.(/sarcasm)

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Bravo, President Bush!

Now can we all imagine what Gore would be doing today? He would be in Cuba dropping the embargo and embracing El Loco!!!

[green team 1999]

" President Bush on Monday refused to support lifting the Cuban trade embargo unless Fidel Castro releases political prisoners, conducts independently monitored elections and accepts a list of tough new U.S. conditions for a "new government that is fully democratic."
one more reminder that we got the right guy for president!

[Coop]

It will be the third fund-raiser for his brother the president has attended this year.

And hopefully his last fundraising trip here! I'm all for brotherly love, but Jeb doesn't need much help fundraising, or with his polling numbers right now. There are other races where the Prez's political power could be much more valuable.

[JulieRNR21]

Cuban-American voters helped carry him to a narrow victory in Florida, the state that decided the 2000 election, and they favor the kind of hard line he was espousing. The tough talk also could appeal to the broader Hispanic vote throughout the United States.

Bush's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, faces re-election this year and is depending on Cuban-Americans, who vote heavily Republican.

When a Republican listens to his supporters it is always for political reasons, according to the lefty media but do they say that when a DemocRAT caters to the Teachers' Union, the Gays or Blacks. Did you ever see any criticism when Clinton/Gore/Hillary ran to the black churches for votes?

GWB is taking the correct approach regarding Cuba & I applaud him for it!

[willa]

I would be a lot more impressed with this if Jeb wasn't up for re-election AND there were similar admonitions and actions towards Communist China. Since that isn't the case, these words sound empty and politically motivated. But none the less, I agree with them.

We should not trade (and enrich) our enemies. It's ludicrous.

[eleni121]

I heard the speech and all I can say to the Prez right now is a simple THANKS! on behalf of all freedom seeking people in the world.

To those who want to trade: It's not only about money - it's about human decency and respect.