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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:54 PM Original message |
Obama calls for easing Cuba embargo |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm an Edwards person, but I can't help loving Obama too. nt |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hot stuff-I love this! Everyone needs to jump into this, so thanks, Sen. Obama. nt |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. cuba embargo should be dumped - we trade w/russia and china who could nuke us off the planet AND |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Is Hillary talking about lifting the embargo? |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 05:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. I dunno, but if you ask her, she won't put nukes off the table.... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. One step at a time |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Obama understands how to deal with Latin America. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. I think so too (n/t) |
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draft_mario_cuomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. Smart move by Obama. This bolsters his image as advocating a new way of thinking in foreign policy |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hooray! |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good For Him. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. I agree with him, but he just lost Florida! n/t |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Nah, times are changing, and young Cuban-Americans are not like their elders. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. But do the young ones vote? I hope you're right, but the loud ones |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I agree. Brave stance. one I agree with, but strategically, an error. IMO. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. He needs to be honest and straightforward. That's what America needs. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Honest and straightforward doesn't always do it. It may do it for you, but not for middle America. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I am afraid you might be right. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. nope |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. I thought that alot of the Cubans in Florida |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I think it all might change if Castro croaks, and reports seem to indicate |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 06:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Most Cuban Exiles want the embargo to remain ... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. I'd rather he start taking the steps to end the embargo than win Florida |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 01:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. You apparently look at the election differently than I do. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Oh I think that we must win at all costs |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 07:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Cubans in Florida hate all Democrats - doesn't matter. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. That is a very good, smart move! |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. Change |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. Good, this is where America is |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm sorry, but I can not support that policy. |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. Good! Now take the next step, and restore normal relations. If we |
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TSIAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. Good |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. I am all for it! But not a good issue to campaign on-nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. New foreign policy - it's perfect |
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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I agree, we need to re-examine most, if not all, of our foreign policy. nm |
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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I agree, we need to re-examine most, if not all, of our foreign policy. nm |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
29. Cool...good for him! |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
33. What "transformative message carried by Cuban-Americans?" They are Republican fundies! |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. He must be talking about the boms they plant in Cuban hotels |
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jmp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 06:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Just out of curiosity ... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
36. Well, good for him |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
39. WOW!!! Awesome move, abou time....nt |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
41. He is my close second choice, but |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
42. The article said "last week, the Miami-Dade Democratic Party came out against the restrictions." |
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mrgorth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
44. This is awesome! |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
45. Here's the link to Barack Obama's op-ed, "Freedom in Cuba," in today's Miami Herald... |
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antiimperialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Edwards would ease the embargo only if Castro dies, and if he likes the next president |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Barack Obama's position on easing the embargo, as enunciated in this op-ed... |
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antiimperialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
47. Clinton would call for easing the embargo |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
49. Finally someone says something about this dumbass 50 year old embargo. |
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antiimperialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. If you read carefully, Obama will ease the embargo on a POST-FIDEL government |
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antiimperialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
50. Hillary's position on the embargo |
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