February 01, 2008
That was then...
8. Do you support maintaining current restrictions on trade with Cuba until there is a transition to democracy? ¿Apoya usted mantener las presentes restricciones comerciales hasta que tome lugar una transición a la democracia en Cuba? Yes__X__ No______
Exhibit A is Barack Obama calling for an end to the embargo in 2004. Exhibit B is Barack Obama's answer about the embargo published at CANF's Cuba Libre Blog, which is very similar to our own Candidates on Cuba forum.
Friends of mine who support Obama insist that he is for keeping the embargo but simply wants to ease the travel restrictions for families on humanitarian grounds. That may be his position today, but it clearly wasn't his position 4 years ago. Of course four years ago he didn't need to look like he was anti-Castro because he wasn't looking for votes in Florida.
I posted on this very blog how I could never trust Mike Huckabee because he had a similar conversion when it became politically expedient for him to do so.
I think we can agree that we know where both men really stand on the issue when Florida is not in the picture.
H/T: The Washington Times and XM satellite Radio's POTUS 08 Channel
Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at February 1, 2008 02:49 PM
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It looks like some dissidents in Cuba are endorsing McCain:
Posted by: Stefania ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 1, 2008 04:15 PM
Dissidents in Cuba voting for Juan McCana?
Wowie-zowie!!
What do they know that other people here are missing?
Posted by: Guayabita del Pinar at February 1, 2008 05:58 PM
OK En Ingles -
The difference between CUBA and Vietnam, China and other reprobate regimes is simple. "Geographic Propinquity" - as in 90 Miles away. That the Kennedy-Khruschev accord survived the fall of the USSR is beyond me except for the fact that William Jefferson Clinton was President at the time it counted. I would lay BIG MONEY that if Bush 41 had been re-elected - CUBA would be free today.
-S-
Posted by: Dr.Shalit at February 2, 2008 07:38 PM
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