World lauds US-Cuba surprise move to restore ties

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:Good move by Obama.

Hopefully, Cuban American leaders in the Republican party see the light and cooperate.

Just imagining Cuban capitalists (if there are any) puffing away their cigars while counting dollar bills......

Hellsangel wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:Good move by Obama.

Hopefully, Cuban American leaders in the Republican party see the light and cooperate.

Just imagining Cuban capitalists (if there are any) puffing away their cigars while counting dollar bills......

The last I checked, Robert Menendez was a Democrat.

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

Hellsangel wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:Good move by Obama.

Hopefully, Cuban American leaders in the Republican party see the light and cooperate.

Just imagining Cuban capitalists (if there are any) puffing away their cigars while counting dollar bills......

The last I checked, Robert Menendez was a Democrat.

Rubio is not a Democrat. He already started to oppose the Obama move.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rand-paul-breaks-rubio-bush-over-cuba-n270986

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:the minute hillary makes it official the democratic party machinery gets thrown behind her kit and kaboodle, while the republicans go through the six month charade of outdoing each other in nutbaggery to appeal to the slack jawed hillbillies. a pissing contest full of reluctant participants staged for the sake of deranged rednecks. what a gigantic waste of time and money!

Hellsangel wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rand-paul-breaks-rubio-bush-over-cuba-n270986

If anything, it shows that the Obama administration seems confident that Florida is not in play in 2016. Possibly they are betting on Jeb Bush being the GOP nominee.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Hellsangel wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rand-paul-breaks-rubio-bush-over-cuba-n270986

If anything, it shows that the Obama administration seems confident that Florida is not in play in 2016. Possibly they are betting on Jeb Bush being the GOP nominee.

the point is that opinion in your party is divided.

http://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/chair/release/chairman-menendezs-statement-on-the-release-of-alan-gross wrote:“President Obama's actions have vindicated the brutal behavior of the Cuban government. There is no equivalence between an international aid worker and convicted spies who were found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage against our nation. One spy was also convicted of conspiracy to murder for his role in the 1996 tragedy in which the Cuban military shot down two U.S. civilian planes, killing several American citizens. My heart goes out to the American families that lost love ones on that fateful day.

“Trading Mr. Gross for three convicted criminals sets an extremely dangerous precedent. It invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips. I fear that today’s actions will put at risk the thousands of Americans that work overseas to support civil society, advocate for access to information, provide humanitarian services, and promote democratic reforms.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:the minute hillary makes it official the democratic party machinery gets thrown behind her kit and kaboodle, while the republicans go through the six month charade of outdoing each other in nutbaggery to appeal to the slack jawed hillbillies. a pissing contest full of reluctant participants staged for the sake of deranged rednecks. what a gigantic waste of time and money!