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2007-08-23 Home Front: Politix

If president, O'Bama will lift Cuba sanctions

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Posted by Fred 2007-08-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Effing brilliant. Prop up the Western hemispere's last Cold War communist regime just as it enters its death throes. Is this man a total flaming genius or what?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-23 01:53|| 2007-08-23 01:53|| Front Page Top

#2 The honourable senator appeared on Comedy Central's The Daily Show last night. Mr. Wife commented it confirmed his decision not to vote for the gentleman.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-08-23 05:32|| 2007-08-23 05:32|| Front Page Top

#3 "Senator Obama feels that the Bush administration has made a humanitarian and a strategic blunder,"

WTF? Wasn't Bush. Kennedy maybe.

Posted by Grererong Pelosi4858 2007-08-23 08:12|| 2007-08-23 08:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Aw, GP4858, you didn't get the memo? Everything's Dubya's fault these days.

Posted by BA 2007-08-23 08:51|| 2007-08-23 08:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh, Barack, where was this suggestion during the 8 years of Clinton the First's reign?

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-08-23 08:57|| 2007-08-23 08:57|| Front Page Top

#6 TW,

At least when he appears on Comedy Central you can then take is remarks seriously.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-08-23 09:28|| 2007-08-23 09:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Tiring, very tiring. Nobody wants to hear the rantings of a Trunk Monkey Chicago democrat.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-08-23 10:33|| 2007-08-23 10:33|| Front Page Top

#8 As dictatorships go, Cuba's is not all that bad (before y'all jump down my throat on that, compare statistics like political imprisonments and executions per capita, or ratio of dicator's wealth to average person's wealth with wonderlands like Iran or ZimBobWay.) Unilateral sanctions have not done anything to damage Castro (he's been in power 57 years or so), just the regular folks. This issue isn't a big deal in the real world, except for Miami. In fact, since 57 years of sanctions haven't gotten us anywhere, maybe we ought to try something else - like buying the whole place. How much could it cost?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-08-23 13:29|| 2007-08-23 13:29|| Front Page Top

#9 How much could it cost?

I don't know about Cuba, but I wouldn't pay more than $.39 for Zim-bob-way.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-08-23 14:38|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-08-23 14:38|| Front Page Top

#10 I wouldn't pay more than $.39 for Zim-bob-way.

Jeeze, OP, that's like what, two or three billion Zimbabwe dollars (ZWD)?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-23 16:15|| 2007-08-23 16:15|| Front Page Top

#11 I think a lifting of the sanctions is a good thing. for the week or two it would take to buy and ship all the 55-57 Fords and Chevvies and other potential refugee boat conversion donors(think back to the 59 buickboat last year) back to the US.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-08-23 16:21|| 2007-08-23 16:21|| Front Page Top

#12 Hey I love the Daily Show

Posted by Jan 2007-08-23 17:06|| 2007-08-23 17:06|| Front Page Top

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