Cuba: Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), the son of Cuban immigrants, gave an eloquent and impassioned critique of the President’s announcement … on normalizing relations with Cuba last evening; read his Wall Street Journal op-ed on the Obama decision, as well.The Washington … Post also made a potent argument in an op-ed titled, “Obama gives the Castro regime in Cuba an undeserved bailout” (yes, that Washington…
Without it, our Cuba policy never would have persisted for so many years -- which is a reminder that our Cuba policy is not the only … What does the Electoral College have to do with our shunning of Cuba? Plenty. … But they have nonetheless been able to dictate Washington's stance on Cuba. Why?…
Mariela Castro, Cuban president Raul Castro's daughter and a member of parliament, scoffed at the idea that Cuba would return to capitalism … President Obama said Wednesday that Cuba should not put American businesses at a disadvantage and that increased commerce would do … He explained that the U.S. would facilitate transactions and make it easier for America to export and sell goods to Cuba. …
Cuba: President Obama’s unilateral move to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba was criticized by lawmakers on both sides of the … The Cuban American senator also pointed out that by saying the U.S. was trying to colonize Cuba, Obama was using the same talking point … Many are also wondering if the new “normalization” means Cuba will return cop killer Joanne Chesimard.…
Rand Paul (R-KY) thinks the president’s decision to “normalize” relations with Cuba is “probably a good idea.” … alarm about appeasing an entrenched and despotic dictator, warning that doing so will not bring prosperity and self-government to Cuba … So @marcorubio why not Cuba? — Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) December 19, 2014
UPDATE: Read this too.…
And let's see if the embargo on trade with Cuba will be lifted along with the Communists' own embargo on free thought. … In short, let's see if easing the embargo on trade with Cuba works any better to further the cause of a Free Cuba than its imposition … For now, "it's too early to tell" how this opening to Cuba will play out, but there is one sure guide: Cuba Libre!…
President, on Wednesday you called our fifty year old policy toward Cuba an "outdated" and "failed" approach. … President, considering that your unilateral actions on energy, immigration, and Cuba make cooperation with the new Republican Congress…
It is rumored President Obama could be taking a trip to Cuba next year to golf. … "Unlike North Korea, Cuba is a jewel of the left because both adore marxist thugs. … Now that President Obama has "normalized" relations between the U.S. and Cuba, many in the law enforcement community looking for justice…
“In Cuba, religious activity was only lawful if explicitly authorized by the state.” … Young Radosh, then a Communist Party member, went to Cuba with a group of American psychiatrists. … It seems the Obama administration’s Cuba policy makers, too, have all had Socialist lobotomies.…
Let’s begin with Cuba, a nation placed in a deserved time-out the moment it went Communist on us, nationalizing all U.S. businesses … Cuba is a hell-hole of poverty and human mistreatment, strangled by the Marxism its leaders still say is the way to go. … “Normalization” with Cuba is a government misstep; Sony is a private-sector stumble.…
What the president has done with respect to Cuba is very much in keeping with his appease-dictators policies, in hopes of burnishing … But Gross' release should in no way be tied to formal recognition of Cuba. … If the president wants to make the case that the United States should normalize relations with Cuba, let him make it to the American…
Then There’s Cuba Saying we should "cut loose the shackles of the past” President Obama capped 18 months of secret negotiations spurred … Just as the Sony decision forged odd alliances, critics for the Cuba deal saw quick and emotional rebukes from Republican Senators … or the people of Cuba made a stand, but Cubans are no longer a slam dunk for the GOP (see table)- so was it all really politics...…
Isolating Cuba during the last 30 years of the Cold War helped bankrupt and bring down the Soviet Empire, which had to carry Cuba on … But why did Obama choose now to bail out Cuba? … This is not to say that Cuba is headed for a democratic future.…
His arrogant decision this week to reestablish diplomatic relations with Communist Cuba is the latest example of a president desperately … "I support President Obama's decision to chance course on Cuba policy," she said. … Obama went for the whole enchilada, believing he can deal with Cuba by caving into their demands.…
The opening of diplomatic relations with Cuba is the latest and, one fears, not the last in a string of preemptive concessions. … communist thug Daniel Ortega lectured Obama for 50 minutes about supposed American sins against Latin America, particularly against Cuba…
that neither JFK, LBJ, RN, Ford, Carter, Reagan, either Bush nor Bill Clinton would have done what President Obama did vis-a-vis Cuba … Strung back to back to back, the collapse of Sony Pictures after Obama's Cuba melt and the massacres abroad marked not just, as Rob … cuts would have to be mandated by Congress which they surely will not be any more than the Congress will confirm an Ambassador to Cuba…
That’s the take away I get from Obama’s phone and pen ploy to “normalize” relations with Cuba. … Since he’s failed at creating jobs here, maybe he’ll do a better job creating jobs in communist Cuba, an economy he better understands … After all, Cuba has all those old cars, and Obama loves those Cash for Clunkers.…
Foester's family never received full justice as Chesimard escaped in 1979, fled to Cuba and been protected by the Castro regime ever … Renewed relations with Cuba brought hope that New Jersey cop-killer JoAnne Chesimard might finally be extradited to the U.S. to finish … We view any changes in relations with Cuba as an opportunity to bring her back to the United States to finish her sentence for the…
Rubio specifically addressed comments made by Obama yesterday that the United States has tried to "colonize" Cuba, pointing out that … "I don't know what he's talking about, the United States tried to colonize Cuba? … His parents left Cuba in 1956, the year the revolution started. Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1958.…
The Obama Administration is now looking to normalize relations with the communist nation of Cuba. … Just picture it: A cigar-smoke filled back room in Cuba with a bunch of commies making empty promises… Cuban officials will also be…
So who benefits the most from this new ‘relationship’ between the United States and Cuba? … Cuba has been a willing partner in any endeavor to undermine American influence wherever that may be. … Will Cuba moderate their long history of anti-American rhetoric in Central and South America?…
