Is Meek (running in FL) like Debbie Wasserman Shultz on Cuba? Article says he is/was

[flamingdem]

Here is the excerpt (in context below):

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Kendrick Meek and Debbie Wasserman Shultz, have refused to campaign for the three Democrats who hope to replace the Cuba-fanatic trio of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and the Diaz-Balart brothers, whose family grudge with the Castro brothers has helped to grind U.S. policy in the region to a halt. Do they ... the Dems, I mean ... endorse McCain on this one? --- snip


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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The Misadventures of George W. McCain. This episode: El oso de pander en Miami


I wonder if he brought his many lobbyist friends with him...


John McCain is in Miami today, giving a speech right now that panders in the most blatant fashion to Cuban-Americans who remain obsessed with Fidel Castro. McCain went after Barack Obama for supposedly calling for unconditional meetings with Raul Castro, and he pledged to keep the embargo going if he becomes president. What's remarkable is how determined McCain appears to be to cleave to George W. Bush's hardline policies, and I suspect that his audience probably shares his age demographic. (Note to McCain, younger Cuban-Americans favor easing the embargo, particularly as regards remittances and family visitation.)

McCain did some chearleading for the failed free trade agreement with Colombia, which can't help him out with economically struggling middle class voters, who despise free trade. He did throw a bone to Hispanic voters who aren't Cuban, accusing the U.S. (and by implication, the Bush administration,) of "treating Latin America like a little brother, rather than an equal." As president, he would change that, I take it, while extending the kind of free trade that has driven America's industrial basin into a ditch.

And McCain has driven himself right into the middle of very complex Cuban-American politics in Miami, and in Florida, where the Cuban stranglehold on U.S. policy isn't exactly popular outside the Miami city limits. Meanwhile, where will South Florida's Democratic congresspeople be hiding today, since two of the most prominent, Kendrick Meek and Debbie Wasserman Shultz, have refused to campaign for the three Democrats who hope to replace the Cuba-fanatic trio of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and the Diaz-Balart brothers, whose family grudge with the Castro brothers has helped to grind U.S. policy in the region to a halt. Do they ... the Dems, I mean ... endorse McCain on this one?

[flamingdem]

1. Ok I googled and yes he is a Anti-Cuba like Schulz Wasserman

* He opposes remittances, Blue Doggie! However he was good on Haitian policy

U.S.-Cuba Policy

Despite attending the April 2009 Summit of the Americas with President Obama, Meek has made statements opposing the president’s policies regarding relations with Cuba. After Obama announced he would allow Cuban Americans to send cash to needy relatives on the island and lift the limits on remittances implemented by former President George W. Bush, Meek said he thought that such a policy could be “counterproductive to our mission in Cuba to turn it toward democracy the way we’d like to see it.”Beth Reinhard, “Rep. Kendrick Meek opposes remittances to Cuba,” The Miami Herald, April 13, 2009(15)Beth Reinhard, “Rep. Kendrick Meek opposes remittances to Cuba,” The Miami Herald, April 13, 2009

In keeping with other Florida politicians, both Democrat and Republican, Meek has also called for the Cuban government to end human-rights abuses and has supported the embargo against Cuba and its suspension from the Organization of American States until the Cuban government makes significant reforms, including releasing political dissidents from prison.

Meek has also been a strong advocate for the Haitian community, saying that it is unfair for the United States not to grant temporary protected status to Haitian exiles, which would allow them to work in the United States and send money back home to their families.

[Mika]

2. Being anti Cuba is a requirement in Fl politics.

Much like being pro Cuba is a requirement in Cuban politics.

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[flamingdem]

5. But remittances? That is an extremist position, not a democrat position

I will check on whether he was against increased amounts or against any amount.

If it was any amount he was basically recommending screwing Cubans on the island wholeheartedly.

[Billy Burnett]

6. "That is an extremist position"

:rofl:

Welcome to Floriduh.

Here's the logic: If you are trying to create starvation and deprivation in order to convince a populace to overthrow their government then you shouldn't allow any relief to the populace under the gun (Cubans).

As we now know, the Cubans said "fuck you" to this American dystopian logic and they pulled together to create world class critical infrastructures that they all enjoy equally. Even better than the USA in many demographic instances.

Also, historically, remittances have been a part of immigration forever.

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[Judi Lynn]

3. I think he feels obligated because his mother Carrie who was in politics herself,

I think a Congressperson, too, was co-opted by Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen at some point, I think as in a swap, mutual support for each other's special loyalties, as in "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, and if you don't you'll be sorry."

By nature Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Lincoln Diaz-Balart have no interest in the welfare of any other immigrants. In fact, Ileana fought like a woman possessed when someone introducted the idea during the Contra war to allow people in Nicaragua to find temporary haven in the U.S. to avoid being killed. The plan was to allow them the same privileges as those in the Cuban Adjustment Act, and she battled against it. I think they made a temporary deal for them, anyway.

You'll see repeated photos if you search for them of both Meeks and Wasserman standing with the gruesome 3. They are their prisoners for life, it appears.

http://www.diariolasamericas.com.nyud.net:8090/uploaded_pictures/80178_1.jpg

http://media.elnuevoherald.com.nyud.net:8090/smedia/2009/12/21/20/congress_meeks_lnew_cmg.embedded.prod_affiliate.84.JPG

La congresista Carrie Meeks-(centro) recibe
honores de los también congresistas Lincoln
Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart e Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen en el almuerzo anual del Comité
de Acción Política US-Cuba Democracy.
C.M.Guerrero/El Nuevo Herald

Google translation for English:
Congresswoman Carrie Meeks, (center) also
received honors from the Congressmen Lincoln
Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen at the annual luncheon of the
Political Action Committee, US-Cuba Democracy.
C.M.Guerrero / El Nuevo Herald

[flamingdem]

4. Wow, Judy's treasure trove of pictures never ceases to amaze

but the list of the sold out doesn't amaze me as much.

So who does one support in Florida this time? Crist?

The repulsive aspect is that Meeks came out against remittances, while I don't know to what degree and have to check that, it is pretty heartless and disgusting.

I don't think Crist ever went that far.