Is Florida getting redder due to the flow of Cuban refugees?

win_in_06

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Sun Dec-18-05 09:57 AM
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Is Florida getting redder due to the flow of Cuban refugees?

Doesn't the anti-Castro Cuban-American population account for much of the repug vote in Fla? Perhaps this is why Jeb and Georgie don't seem to want to do much about this:

MIAMI, Dec. 17 - The number of Cubans intercepted at sea while trying to reach the United States is at its highest level since tens of thousands took to the Florida Straits on makeshift rafts and in small boats in the 1994 exodus sanctioned by President Fidel Castro.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/18/national/18cubans.html?ei=5065&en=a3d77d1ce60893b9&ex=1135486800&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print

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The Backlash Cometh

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Sun Dec-18-05 10:03 AM
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1. The first few waves of Cubans were the landowners and business

entrepeneurs. They're use to having cheap labor available to improve their profit margins. THEY tend to vote Republican. The latest group of refugees would be raised in a socialist state and probably have nothing but the shirt on their backs. I don't think that they will find they have a promising role to play in this country under a Republican platform. Many will live semi-hidden lives until they find a way to become legal aliens under some amnesty program.

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tinfoilinfor2005

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Sun Dec-18-05 10:24 AM
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2. Oddly enough, all the Cubans I know are democrats,

and I live in the Keys so I know many.

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The Backlash Cometh

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Sun Dec-18-05 10:28 AM
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4. I must circulate amongst bad influences.

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LiberalFighter

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Sun Dec-18-05 10:25 AM
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3. They can't vote until they are naturalized citizens

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win_in_06

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Sun Dec-18-05 01:07 PM
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6. Of Course. If they are considered political refugees that may help

that process along.

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Davis_X_Machina

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Sun Dec-18-05 01:05 PM
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5. The numbers involved pale compared...

...to the original wave of emigres in 59-61. They were reliably Republican, but their descendents are barely pink.

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Jamison

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Sun Dec-18-05 03:07 PM
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7. Why do they leave Cuba?

If I lived in a communist utopia such as that, I'd happily stay put.

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graywarrior

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Sun Dec-18-05 03:37 PM
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8. Lotsa Cuban republicans in Sarasota

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BlueCaliDem

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Sun Dec-18-05 04:03 PM
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9. No. Due to butterfly ballots; name purging, Diebold...and Jeb Bush! n/t

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RagingInMiami

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Mon Dec-19-05 12:32 AM
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10. The newly arrived Cubans do not like Bush

Because he made it harder for them to send money back to their families. The older Cubans, the ones who've been here for decades, don't have family in Cuba so for the most part, they really don't give a damn about Bush's law.

The Cubans, as a whole, are becoming less right-wing. The old hardliners are dying off and the younger ones tend to be more diverse in their politics.

That being said, there are still too many damn Viva Bush stickers in my Cuban neighborhood.

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TruthStream_dot_org

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Mon Dec-19-05 12:35 AM
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11. Agreed, FLorida isnt red

Edited on Mon Dec-19-05 01:31 AM by TruthStream_dot_org

Ive been here for 20 years and I see nothing red about it. They cheat to make it look like it is:

http://www.truthstream.org/flux/upload/Rigged.USA.Elections.2004.exposed.wmv

Thank Congressman Feeney for the Red status...

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RagingInMiami

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Mon Dec-19-05 12:44 AM
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12. The only reason Florida has been red since 2000

is because of the U.S. Supreme Court and right-wing owned computer voting machines.

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snowbear

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Mon Dec-19-05 01:25 AM
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13. I agree.. and so to answer your question Win in 06.......

the answer is HELL NO.

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