Posted on 06/30/2007 2:50:45 PM PDT by freedom44
“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.”
>> A far nuttier statement than Thompson’s, admittedly.
We chide children for the picayune; yet, the masters of childish behavior are before us only to be elected to govern our lives.
Why must you Romney supporters spin and throw mud? If your guy is so darn wonderful tell us why and leave the bashing to the left.
Back peddling?
That was Fred’s ORIGINAL comments on the 28th of July!
This thread are the SAME comments with a different title to make it appear that Fred is ‘back peddling’.
Sorry. You LOSE!
BTW..Mitt sucks!
(seems to be your sentiment about Fred on every thread you appear on.)
BTW, I’m not slamming Thompson, but instead those that twist fragments of statements into defamatory remarks unrelated to the original message.
These remarks don’t need explaining.
Yeah, she’s going to fill the media with propaganda.
Do you mean June?
You seem to be trying to muddy the water here. We have two sets of statements: the ones captured on the YouTube link, and those that appear on Fred's blog.
Which set of statements was made first?
The time line of all these events makes it appear that he has strategically hung her out to dry.
That’s not what I said lady. Go read my blog to know what I think/feel about Cubans.
See, it’s simple, it’s direct and, most importantly, it’s the truth.
Fred BUMP!
I guess this shows Hillary is afraid of Fred and takes him very seriously. His comments were perfectly reasonable and I don’t know why he needs to explain anything.
Hillary has one hell of a nerve, but I digress...
Fred made some excellent points, btw.
Pretty stupid to suggest that Cuban immigrants -- illegal or not -- are coming here to cause us harm.
So you deny the fact that Castro has long been infiltrating agents into the US?
Why do you wallow in ignorance with Hillary when it's so easy to get the facts?
The Marielita Boatlift? I remember that. We welcomed them with open arms, but we throw desperate, decent, hard working Cubans back to their hell. Clinton was responsible for feeding little Elian to the sharks. All I can say is that Senator Brownback is a much better person than I am. I will always loathe the Clintons for what they have done to innocent people.
I'm stumped as to what would make you characterize his statement as an apology.
This isn't an apology. Its a response to an attempted smear by the Hillary campaign.
One thing that I'm really liking about Fred is that he DOES respond quickly to attacks. A very refreshing change from the style of President Bush, who seems to prefer to let the dems and the media pile on for days and weeks on any issue before responding.
Fred: “We are catching, over a period of years, thousands of ILLEGAL immigrants, coming from southern borders,uh, not Mexicans. Many of them come from terrorist related states. We were just talking the other night, and the figure that stuck out to me, in the year 2005 we apprehended over 1000 folks that originally had come from Cuba.
If they’re coming from Cuba, where else are they coming from? And I don’t imagine they are coming here to bring greetings from Castro.”
Spin whatever you like.
ILLEGAL is still ILLEGAL.
Who’s starting the Dead Pool for when FR goes after Fred??
Pray for W and Our Troops
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