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sandensea

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19. Sure. Because it's all many of them (the older ones mainly) care about - the nation be damned.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 05:12 PM
Feb 2020

They're obsessed with Castro and daydream non-stop about "getting our Cuba back" - almost to the exclusion of everything else.

Accordingly, these older Cuban-Americans who fit that description, for the most part, would rather part with their mojitos and cafecitos than vote for any Democrat - socialist-leaning or not.

They'll never forgive ese hijo 'e puta de Kennedy, as they fondly refer to him.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Fidel Castro [View all] live2011 Feb 2020 OP
he overthrew a dictatorship and started a new one with him as the dictator nt msongs Feb 2020 #1
And by Castro throwing out the dictator he threw out the mob. YOHABLO Feb 2020 #2
was Fidel Castro a dictator? wyldwolf Feb 2020 #3
They went from Bastista (murderous dictator) to Castro lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #4
Wasn't that back in the 1950s and didn't Castro become dictator for life? braddy Feb 2020 #5
More on Fidel live2011 Feb 2020 #6
Good point. And of the biggest reasons for that was Meyer Lansky. sandensea Feb 2020 #9
What is "illicit enrichment"? nt Blue_true Feb 2020 #12
Ask Trump sandensea Feb 2020 #13
It was often discussed among certain diplomatic circles Enoki33 Feb 2020 #7
+1 sandensea Feb 2020 #10
There is no doubt Fidel Castro ended up a murderous dictator Enoki33 Feb 2020 #14
Yes- but it doesn't give Miami Cubans the right to dictate to other countries whom they should elect sandensea Feb 2020 #15
Foreign policy dictates local races here in Miami Awsi Dooger Feb 2020 #17
Sure. Because it's all many of them (the older ones mainly) care about - the nation be damned. sandensea Feb 2020 #19
I have family and friends in central and south Florida who pretty much Enoki33 Feb 2020 #20
Sad but true. sandensea Feb 2020 #8
Every time you try to defend his statements, you've already lost. brooklynite Feb 2020 #11
+1 myohmy2 Feb 2020 #16
And then he had a revelation: Four legs good, two legs better! tritsofme Feb 2020 #18
I sympathize with Cuban leftists eissa Feb 2020 #21
All revolutionaries are horrible murderous radicals RGTIndy Feb 2020 #22
If you're explaining you're losing. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #23
I agree sammythecat Feb 2020 #24
We're kindred spirits HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #25
Good luck explaining that in October. RandySF Feb 2020 #26
So a dictator overthrew a dictator.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #27
It's absolutely incredible awesomerwb1 Feb 2020 #28
Overthrowing a dictator so you can be the dictator next? zaj Feb 2020 #29
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