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Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts) Fri Jul 10, 2015, 08:54 AM Jul 2015

Marco Rubio: I will absolutely roll back Obama Cuba policy

Top Republican presidential candidate claims White House is violating the law, telling the Guardian he would freeze relations with Castro regime

Barack Obama’s historic policy shift toward Cuba would be short-lived under a Marco Rubio presidency, the Florida senator has told the Guardian, one week after the White House made the final major step in renewing diplomatic ties with the Castro regime.

Rubio, a top contender for the Republican nomination for president, said he would “absolutely” reverse the unilateral steps Obama has taken thus far to normalize relations between the two countries – including closing down the embassies that are slated to open on 20 July – if he is elected to the White House in 2016.

“In fact, I think they’re in violation of the law,” Rubio said during an interview at the tail end of a three-day campaign swing through Iowa. “The statute passed by Congress specifically prohibits many of the things he [Obama]’s now undertaking. It says those things can only happen after certain conditions have been met, none of which have been met. As president, I will follow the law.”

Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, has been the leading opponent in the US Congress of Obama’s overtures to the island nation.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/10/marco-rubio-cuba-obama-policy-roll-back

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Well, that's it then. He's got the Latino vote wrapped up.

Guess it's all over but the shoutin'.

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Marco Rubio: I will absolutely roll back Obama Cuba policy (Original Post) Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 OP

an evil little man with ignorant goals olddots Jul 2015 #1

Why stop there? Turbineguy Jul 2015 #2

'Bay of Pigs' redux, I say! We'll fight 'em on the beaches, we'll fight 'em in the air... Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #5

No, he doesn't have the Latino vote wrapped up. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #3

Sorry, guess I should've added this: Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #7

It was very evident. Dawgs Jul 2015 #8

Ouuf, I'm glad I'm not losing it completely! LOL! Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 #9

And Debbie Wasserman Schultz, CHAIRMAN of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, djean111 Jul 2015 #4

a 50 year old failed policy on cuba should be re-instated? rubio is an idjit spanone Jul 2015 #6

Just like the Confederate Flag issue, except there are a lot more racists yet to die BlueStreak Jul 2015 #10

olddots

(10,237 posts)

1. an evil little man with ignorant goals

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:00 AM

Jul 2015

This scumbag could be dangerous if he wasn't so inept .

Turbineguy

(37,331 posts)

2. Why stop there?

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:01 AM

Jul 2015

Invade!

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

5. 'Bay of Pigs' redux, I say! We'll fight 'em on the beaches, we'll fight 'em in the air...

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:08 AM

Jul 2015

We'll fight 'em in the fields and in the streets, we'll fight 'em in the hills; we shall never surrender...
~ with apologies to the great Winston Churchill

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

3. No, he doesn't have the Latino vote wrapped up.

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:05 AM

Jul 2015

I get tired of explaining this. Don't count Cubans among the rest of Hispanics. Non-Cuban Hispanics are solidly Dem, and want normal relations with Cuba if they give a shit at all.
Cubans are a separate subset. 1st and 2nd generations are anti-Castro and vote republican. Each successive generation less so. By 4th generation their voting patterns are similar to non-Cuban Hispanics.
IOW, the only Latino votes Rubio has locked down are those of Cubans who came on the boat and their children.
And I guess I have to point out (again) that Cubans are only about 20% of the Latinos in Florida.

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

7. Sorry, guess I should've added this:

Reply to HooptieWagon (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:09 AM

Jul 2015

I thought it was evident, but then again, I guess not.

I DID use this thing

, but maybe you didn't see it?

Dawgs

(14,755 posts)

8. It was very evident.

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:11 AM

Jul 2015

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

9. Ouuf, I'm glad I'm not losing it completely! LOL!

Reply to Dawgs (Reply #8)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:12 AM

Jul 2015

djean111

(14,255 posts)

4. And Debbie Wasserman Schultz, CHAIRMAN of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE,

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:08 AM

Jul 2015

will be right there next to Rubio. Supporting him. Wasserman announced yesterday that she disagrees with Obama on Cuba. This is the person who decides which politicians the DNC will help. Pretty much - DINOs.

spanone

(135,833 posts)

6. a 50 year old failed policy on cuba should be re-instated? rubio is an idjit

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:09 AM

Jul 2015

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)

10. Just like the Confederate Flag issue, except there are a lot more racists yet to die

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:45 AM

Jul 2015

The good news about Rubio and the Cuba thing is that the people who have been holding this country hostage to horrible foreign policy on Cuba are dying off pretty quickly now. And the younger generation is definitely not taking up the cause.

I wish the same could be said for racists. But flags are very important symbols. Getting the flag of racism out of the public space will eventually make racism a lot less acceptable. The goal should be to have the Confederate flag alive and well only in museums that show the true evil behind it -- much as the Germans keep Auschwitz on display.

IN another generation, anybody displaying the Confederate flag will should be regarded the same way we regard a Skinhead displaying a swastika.

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