Cubans Support Obama
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We are so proud of our fellow Cuban-Americans right now!
One of the most prominent Cuban-American organizations in the United States, the Cuban American National Foundation, has just endorsed Barack Obama for President!
That's huge news! Especially considering that they are known for being adamantly Republican.
The CABF's chariman, Jorge Mas Santos, has just written an article, titled How to Win the Cuban American Vote which was also published in The Washington Post, where he emphasized that the better choice for President would be Obama.
Santos says, "The overwhelming majority of Cuban Americans expect the next president to abandon today's failed "wait and hope" policy and adopt a policy of support and engagement directed toward opening new avenues of freedom for the Cuban people as well as enhancing stability in the United States."
But the best part is when Santos says, "Both presidential candidates have made clear that they want to help the Cuban people achieve freedom. But Barack Obama’s forward-looking and proactive approach toward empowering the Cuban people is more in line with these proposals than John McCain’s vow to continue the Bush administration’s policy."
And there you have it.
This is a great indicator that even people who consider themselves solely Republican can still make the right choice and vote for the best candidate.
Just because you're part of a party, doesn't mean you need to vote for that person, especially if they're the wrong choice.
Let's hope the next president brings about some good change for the future.
To read the entire piece, CLICK HERE.
[Image via WENN.]
How to Win the Cuban American Vote
By Jorge Mas Santos
U.S. policy toward Cuba is at best static and at worst counterproductive, a source of increasing frustration to many Cuban Americans. This sad status quo contributes to the challenge that Cuban Americans will face on Election Day as, once again, particularly in Florida, our vote will probably help determine the next occupant of the White House.
The overwhelming majority of Cuban Americans expect the next president to abandon today's failed "wait and hope" policy and adopt a policy of support and engagement directed toward opening new avenues of freedom for the Cuban people as well as enhancing stability in the United States.
The Cuban American National Foundation, the nation's largest Cuban exile organization, has a predominantly Republican membership. Yet our fundamental interest is not partisan politics but helping to restore freedom to our brothers and sisters on the island.
We entered the new millennium expecting U.S. policy toward Cuba to follow the effective model of the West's support for Poland's Solidarity movement and civil society across Eastern Europe. It was our hope that by seeking to empower Cuba's independent civil society through unlimited support for the brave men and women on the island opposing the Castro regime, the energy and resources of the Cuban American community would be unleashed. To this end, we have been sorely disappointed.
As a direct result of President Bush's strategic blunder in 2004 restricting contact with the island, Cuban dissidents have experienced a significant reduction in material and humanitarian assistance. They are also subject to a ban on receiving cash remittances that help them and their families survive. The isolation of these and other Cubans has increased while Fidel Castro's departure from office caught the Bush administration off guard. Together, these developments have helped Raúl Castro consolidate control over the Cuban people.
These failures in U.S. policy undermine important American interests. Just as a democratic Israel is a key U.S. friend in a critical region, a democratic Cuba would be a crucial ally in furthering democracy in Latin America. Cuba is important, also, because the dissatisfaction of its people under the Castro regime is bound to have a significant effect on Floridians and Cuban Americans nationwide. It has in the past.
The next president must put a stop to America's spectator approach. To this end, we have presented the campaigns of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama with simple recommendations based on two basic premises: (a) the status quo is unacceptable; and (b) change needs to come from within Cuba. Our specific recommendations are:
· Change the rules that make it impossible to send cash aid and allow direct, substantial and unfettered aid to Cuba's dissidents.
· Lift the 2004 restrictions on travel and remittances by Cuban Americans. Removing the handcuffs that have prevented us from becoming active participants in the development of Cuban civil society will make us agents of change.
· Maintain sanctions that diminish the Castro regime's access to hard currency, which it uses to help fund its apparatus of repression.
· Engage democratic and reformist forces in Cuba, including those in the military and in the civilian government. They need to know that they can count on the friendship and support of the United States.
· Rebuild our intelligence capabilities in Cuba; they have been dismantled over the past decade, creating a vulnerability in this nation's security.
Both presidential candidates have made clear that they want to help the Cuban people achieve freedom. But Barack Obama's forward-looking and proactive approach toward empowering the Cuban people is more in line with these proposals than John McCain's vow to continue the Bush administration's policy.
More of the same will not bring about freedom in Cuba, and more must be done to directly assist Cuba's opposition movement. Cuban Americans are wary of empty promises. But on Nov. 4, before casting ballots, we will ask ourselves two important questions: Who will adopt a proactive policy toward Cuba, and if dissidents in Cuba had a vote in our election, for whom would they vote?
The writer is chairman of the Cuban American National Foundation
ok…
yes
SI SE PUEDE!!!
Until they are a state, I don't care.
FIRST….that was too fucking long
SECOND………i don't give a fuck who the cubans support. obviously they are dumb as fuck!
that's too long to read
Cubans suck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DEADWEIGHT!
That's nice.
…this coming Tuesday should be interesting.
Give Perez a cee-gar for this important bit of information. I'm sure Fidel Castro is excited too.
My friends. If you think Little Havana is just in south Florida elect this bum Hussein Obama and watch out.
Commies love commies, what new?
FUCK OBAMA
STUPID ASS FUCK
Apparently those Cubans are as dumb as the FAT ASS Perez.
umm you haters are closed minded and gayer than perez
thank god! My family is the typical cubans - mccain lovers! I am not.
UM i dont THINK SO!
too bad that doesnt count for the entire cuban population.
I am a Cuban-American, as well as my family and friends…and were all voting for MCCAIN!
nice try, perez. we're not that stupid.
I LOVE CUBANS!!!
TE QUIERO MUCHO!
Perez said it a previous post. My jaw dropped in the floor when my mom who lives in Miami called me and said that in front of her she overheard how four different cubans were voting for Obama. She said that all cubans she knows are going for Obama this year. And I have trashed cubans before for vote republican. I eat all my words and props for you cuban community!
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Latinos for Obama!
Re: sweetpiece – Argentinians too!
Not surprised. All cubans know is communism.
Re: njpaul0129 – YOUR HATE IS NOT NECESSARY! GO SMELL SOME ROSES OR TAKE A DUMP.
Re: noobama – YOUR HATE IS UNNECESSARY! GO SMELL SOME ROSES OR TAKE A DUMP.
Re: richiephx – JEALOUS MUCH?
Re: Milk Me – GO CARVE A B IN YOUR FACE IDIOT.
Wow you can sense the frustration in some of these commentators here..Listen it was a good fight but November fourth it's TKO time muah…I still love you republicans even if you can't stand my azz that's what makes me better than you….
*correction some of you not all of your are heartless or immoral
Re: erhg74 – I LOVE ARGENTINEANS! TE QUIERO MUCHO!
Obama/Biden 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol at carving the B in the face joke…You forgot to tell them to dont forget to blame the imaginary black guy who did it too lmao
Re: ss794- – REPUBLICANS ARE A DYING BREED FOR THE REFUSE TO EVOLVE!
Notice to All Employees: As of November 5, 2008, when President Obama is officially elected into office, our company will install a few new policies which are in keeping with his new, inspiring issues of change and fairness:
1. All salespeople will be pooling their sales and bonuses into a common pool that will be divided equally between all of you. This will serve to give those of you who are underachieving a "fair shake." 2. All low level workers will be pooling their wages, including overtime, into a common pool, dividing it equally amongst yourselves. This will help those who are "too busy for overtime" to reap the rewards from those who have more spare time and can work extra hours. 3. All top management will now be referred to as "the government." We will not participate in this "pooling" experience because the law doesn't apply to us.
4. The "government" will give eloquent speeches to all employees every week, encouraging it's workers to continue to work hard "for the good of all. 5. The employees will be thrilled with these new policies because it's "good to spread the wealth." Those of you who have underachieved will finally get an opportunity; those of you who have worked hard and had success will feel more "patriotic." 6. The last few people who were hired should clean out their desks. Don't feel bad, though, because President Obama will give you free healthcare, free handouts, free oil for heating your home, free food stamps, and he'll let you stay in your home for as long as you want even if you can't pay your mortgage.
first off… suuuuper long.
second… americans can't possibly comment on the cuban people because they have been looking at everything from the outside. communism is the onyl thing the cuban people know, and the sad part is that they put castro there. as for cubans voting for obama, its obvious their brains are filled with shit. cuba wanted "CHANGE" in 1959, and look what they got.
AMERICA IS GONNA GET A RUDE WAKE UP CALL.
MCCAIN / PALIN '08 bitches !
Re: ss794- – THANK YOU. WOW! someone who's not sleeping!!!!
That's no surprise, we'll all be living like Cubans once Obama gets elected.
Re: Stevie D. – Oh yes, you are stupid. McCain is no different than Obama. Difference one kills your freedoms faster the other slowly. BUT make no mistake they vote the same on issues regarding PRIVACY/FREEDOM. WAKE UP!!! Vote 3rd party…They LOVE FREEDOM.
Re: OBAMA 08 – SI ERES ESTUPIDO!!!!
GO OBAMA GO!!!!!!!!!!
“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” Adolf Hitler
…CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE…
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” Joseph Goebbels
…CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE…
Re: sweetpiece – jealous of what? I don't smoke cee-gars and I don't support a dictator who has oppressed his people for the past 40 plus years. Beware of a sheep in wolf's clothing.
I WANT TO GET IN OBAMA'S PANTS! WHOOAH!
Yeah this is fucking BULLSHIT! It must be those Cubans that came here and still have that COMMUNIST mentality…I AM AMERICAN-CUBAN DECENT…My family is voting for MCCAIN/PALIN cause I know they don't want another Castro running their adopted country!
SO PEOPLE WAKE THE FUCK UP NOT ALL CUBANS SUPPORT NOBAMA!!!
Re: JembaBemba – YOUR HATE IS NOT NECESSARY. GO SMELL SOME ROSES OR TAKE A DUMP.
Re: _Alice_ – WILL YOU FORGIVE MY CHEATING WAYS!
McCainIsMyHero says – reply to this
I hate when people post things such as this. NONE of this is anywhere near what the Obama campaign is about. The taxes will be the same as when Clinton was in office. The tax breaks uner Bush's administration did nothing for the middle class because they gave Corporate America so many tax breaks to ship middle class jobs overseas that a lot of Middle class people became unemployed. Simple Math=more people than decent paying jobs. That is what needs to stop, and to give the rich bigger tax breaks when they make considerably more than middle class, odvisouly didn't have the trickle down effect that they were hoping. Build up, it certainly can't be any worst as our economy is already circling the drain. I know when I get a raise or work overtime, the more I pay into taxes.
Ahh yes, more hate from the repubes. Keep it coming…..cause that's all you got till November 4th.
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Obama/Biden 08 bitches!!!! It's happening…..DEAL WITH IT!!!
Re: sweetpiece – And your ugly. Blah Blah Blah
Re: LettyB – Of course!
speak for yourself, McCain / Palin 08!
Re: njpaul0129 – You are wrong in so many ways. Try to love yourself today.
Re: LordKain – Uhm no sorry there a-hole. Why is Hussein going to Iowa on Monday if it's a lock for him? Hmm chum. Why is Hussein going to places that are supposedly a lock for him when I thought this was all over. Fact is friends this is a lie we've been feed from when this started. He is not 12-15-8 or 10 points ahead. Please people go to the polls and vote McCain and save the country.
byahhhh!
Why is it every time I make a comment that is more than 10 words it never posts? Anyways McCainIsMyHero says – reply to this
You know that is such an extreme exaggeration that it is just ignorant of you to post such nonsense.
Sorry..I am from a communist country ( Russia )..do not want a communist leader…
By all means, vote for Obama. The whole country is. Ahhh, but then, our voters have made mistakes b4. So where could you find a man with nothing distinguishing except the timbre of his voice, who had not one or two but a whole bunch of shady characters that he associated with and lied about…and sure, let's elect him. You will regret the day, trust me.
I can't believe that we are even talking about this.
I know that I am an asshole but…when did Cuba became a state of the Unites States of America? Have they always voted and since when?
Re: sweetpiece – You are soo damn annoying!!!!!Re: njpaul0129 – 50 HAHAHAHAHAHA!
I am so excited the time is almost here! OBAMA 08'
Re: waterstar – So, I decided to goodle this quote. I came to the site called "think exist". I scrolled thought the quotes and got to the bottom of the page to see Obama's face. Of course it was one of his ads, but I thought how Ironic was that!!
Re: sweetpiece – Do Cubans love you? That is the question… LOL Probably not..cause you are soooo damn ANNOYINGGGGG!!! But an Ecuadorian loves me and he is voting McCain:) hehehehe
Re: njpaul0129 – #54
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You are absolutely correct. The MSM wants Obama to win so badly, they have spearheaded one of the oldest campaign tactics in the book: declaring a winner in advance and backing up their self-congratulatory claims with polls that are clearly based in fantasyland.
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Dems: The MSM has done you a huge disservice. You have been led to believe that Obama has this election locked up. The type of imaginary lead that has been reported will cause massive amounts of Obama supporters not to vote - especially if the weather is inclement because we all know Dems can't be bothered to go out in *gasp* the RAIN to vote. lol. Imagine your shock and dismay when your boy loses on Tuesday. You will be screaming election fraud, when the simple and sad case is, the numbers you have been spoonfed and believe are fabrications of some overzealous democrat pollsters and editors. Hahaha.
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McCain supporters: McCain IS going to win so prepare to celebrate!!!!!
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Re: SoCalGurl – Cuban Americans…Not Cubans
YYYYYYAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
Re: sweetpiece – lmao
Re: SoCalGurl – Sweetie, it's not that Cuba is part of the USA but hello MANY of them have been here long enough to become citizens and therefore VOTE!
Re: McCainIsMyHero – Give up already honey
Sadly, the only people who continue to suport the Republicans are Ashley Todd and her clan of bitter, jealous fools.
Re: Smirks – Hey Smirks…Yeah the last two elections we were told by the democrat ruled media that Kerry and Gore won before the election was over!!! I think that was soooo messed up! Then all the dems were up in arms saying it was rigged when they lost! Like you said Smirks the dem media is doing a big disservice saying Obama has won before it's over…it aint over till its over! There will be a lot of people coming out to this election though..If anything the last 2 elections have taught people don't believe the hype till its over. get out and vote. The dems were trying to brain wash people not to vote or throw in the towel…people should be infuriated and get out to the polls no matter who they are voting for.
Re: njpaul0129 – She is actually beautiful and you are just jealous
Once again, white Americans, do NOT let the Republicans get away with instilling fear, divisiveness and xenophobia in you, in their sad effort to get your votes. We're better than that.
Oh, my previous post should say "support" not suport.
do not vote for barack obama, Democrat government is wrong, espeically with a guy named barack obama,
VIVA CUBA!!!!! i am proud of us too.
McCain all the way!!!!!!!!!
Re: njpaul0129 – I think you're confused…there is no one named Hussein running for Pres….idiot
Re: McCainIsMyHero – 33 & 34 Nice try, but said salespeople and others in various industries already got their memos which said: due to economic constraints and our Board's desire to maintain historical profit levels your services are no longer needed despite all of your years of loyalty and hard work. We thank you for your hard work: good night and good luck!
Re: whoaitscachie – China is also communist and they own our asses.
Re: wdm6789 – Wow…how fucking stupid are you anyway?
Re: njpaul0129 – zzzzzzzzzzzzzz….snore….zzzzzzzzzzzzz…same bullshit……zzzzzzzzzz
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Obama/Biden 08 bitches!!!!!
Re: mollymouse – Yes. Based on that, and many other factors, I believe McCain is going to win. I think it will be as close as the Bush/Gore fight though, and I think there is the potential for so much litigation that we may not even know who the president-elect is right away. It's going to be a mess, I guarantee you.
Happy Halloween, Tricksters!
Re: mollymouse – Yes, actually they do. Try again, mousy! Squeak!
TRY LOVING YOURSELF TODAY!
Re: LusciousLiz – 72 oxoxox You know it! How are you beautiful?
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Isn't this photo of Obama great?
Re: LusciousLiz – Jealous of a crack headed mother. I don't think so.
Re: LordKain – Try not to expell too much energy by going to check your boys site out and verifying you jack ass kool aid drinker. Think don't just stink.
Re: Smirks – Smirks i've ready our posts for a couple of weeks now. You are quite knowledge unlike a lot of the non-thinkers on this blog. God bless you.
Re: Charmer – fancy meeting you here Charmer…how goes it up yonder?
So friends now we learn that Hussein Obama's sister - get this now his sister - lives in a slum in Boston. Where is the hoaxster spreading his wealth to his sister? Hmmm Lord Kain and dumbass Sweetpiece? Hmmmm? You see friends, Hussein wants to spend your money not his.
Re: McCainIsMyHero – exactly….if anyone has read animal farm ….that is what will happen IF Obama is elcted…
that book scared the shit out of me btw…creepy
Re: Smirks – Hey Smirks! I too think it will be a mess. But I can't wait. I'm so done waiting for this crap to be over. Bush will be gone soon and we should all rejoice in that. As long as he's gone, I'm good. Party time!
Well, I find that very hard to believe seeing how the vast, vast majority of hispanics are republican and are voting republican. Latinos can't stand democrates, and it goes back to their roots of being suppressed. They can't stand someone coming in and dictacting their rights and their wrongs and delving out money to which class and that class. And who should have what, and who should have little. These people will never in a million years stand for that. I may also add I'm not hispanic.
Hey people, Cuba voted for change back in 1959, His name was FIDEL CASTRO. THEY WANTED CHANGE ALRIGHT IN CUBA, AND BOY DID THEY GET IT! When are the ignorant people of this country going to wake up out of their fairy tale world and realize the only CHANGE in this country is going to be HIGHER TAXES and a man with dark skin in the oval office?
Re: sweetpiece – I'm good…SO glad it FRIDAY!!! Yes I also love the photo
Re: Prof. Minerva McGonagle – HA HA you seem very frustrated I WONDER WHY???? love it!!!
Re: njpaul0129 – wow…1st of all you sound like a 3 year old calling her a "crack head mother" she is actually a very sweet person….don't get your panties all in a bundle and take your frustrations out on other posters…I understand how you feel, I would feel the same way if Obama were about to lose the election but you simply have to find a way to deal with it…maybe log off for awhile, have a stiff drink, do some yoga then come back and be nice to my friends at all times k?
That does it for me then!!!! Now that the Cubans are supporting Obama I will too……………….made me change my vote. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
EVERY McCain Supporter MUST GO VOTE on Tuesday…The Liberel Media want's us to assume that OBAMA has "already WON" so that we will "throw in the towel" and stay home on Tuesday…The Pinko Media tried this stategy for the past 2 Presidential Elections and they FAILED!!
This time the Liberal Media sez that they have the YOUTH VOTE locked for OBAMA!! We will see if they put down thier Wii's & Ipods and actually go to vote!
A Kentucky student and another man were arrested Thursday, accused of hanging a life-sized likeness of Barack Obama from a tree on the campus.
Monroe said the two men told detectives they decided to hang the effigy after seeing media reports about a Sarah Palin effigy in California.
"As outrageous and offensive an act as the effigy was, I truly believe it has mobilized our campus, the community and the state in an effort to battle racism," Todd said Thursday.
It was the second time in about a month such an effigy was found on a college campus. George Fox University, a small Christian college in Oregon, recently punished four students who confessed to hanging a likeness of Obama from a tree.
Meanwhile, a Redondo Beach, Calif., woman removed a Halloween effigy of Barack Obama that was hanging from her balcony with a butcher knife in its neck. She took it down Thursday after neighbors complained.
In West Hollywood, Calif., a man removed an effigy of GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin from his yard Wednesday after several weeks of complaints.
And in Clarksville, Ind., a man had hanged an inflatable doll made to look like Obama from a tree. He took it down Wednesday, and authorities said it didn't appear to violate any state laws.