Discussion: Cruz Slams Obama's Cuba Visit: 'Obama Has Chosen To Legitimize' Castro

A poll shows that 24% of Americans believe that ending our embargo with Cuba is a bad idea.

Coincidentally twenty-four percent of the vote is about all that Crud can hope for should he somehow become the GOTP candidate.

Heck, fifty six percent of GOTP voters in his home state of Tejas voted against him on Stupor Tuesday.

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I would just like to point out that Texas Governor Greg Abbott has already visited Cuba to speak on behalf of the rice industry in Texas, the first state to normalize business relations with Cuba and Castro. Don’t remember Senator Cruz speaking out on that visit.

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What’s pop? Midwestern libtardism I suspect.

What"S UP with THE Hitler SALUTE in FRONT OF THe GIANT FLAG? IS HE TRYING TO OUT-NAZI TRUMP???

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Nice Nazi salute there, Ted.

Ted, you may not realize it but the Castro Bros. have run Cuba for a very long time (since 1959). And one of the necessary things in state craft is you gotta deal with stuff as it is, not how you want it to be in fantasyland.

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Rubio and Cruz would like you to think that their families left Cuba because they are such staunch anti-Communists. In reality, they left because they had flourished under the equally corrupt Batista and saw that the gravy train was pulling out of the station.

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F-off cube-nandian…no one gives a shit if your daddy’s feelings are hurt…

You’re not from Cuba, or America for that matter. Worry about Canada and leave the rest of us alone!

Can’t wait until you “suspend” your campaign!

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This is so typical of Republicans. They continue to support a 60 year old policy that has been failing for decades. Like their other failed policies that never work like trickle down economics, and tax cuts pay for them selves. They just keep promoting them even though they have never worked.

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That’s all I wanna say comment-bot.

His flag is very wrinkly & saggy.

Obama could save a litter of drowning puppies and they criticize it.

Cruz isn’t much dfiferent then Fidel was, it’s time to get rid of the dictators we have in our own country and we need to start with Ted Cruz. By the way isn’t cruz we don’t need a candian speaking for America. No pun intended Canada.

Because after nearly 50 years of rule there’s some question as to whether the regime is “legitimate”?

He’s complaining that political prisoners in Cuba now know that we don’t have their back? As though we ever had their back, as though establishing a real relationship with Cuba won’t put us in a better position to pressure for release of political prisoners and as though prisoners in Cuba are some sort of national interest of ours.

What’s particularly aggravating about this is that Cruz is a smart guy and must know perfectly well that his arguments are ridiculous. I remain undecided as to whether he’s completely cynical or a true believer–perhaps portions of both. I can’t see how this helps Cruz in his contest with Trump. Were Trump to take the position that, of course we should open up relations and trade with Cuba–after nearly 50 years we’re not going to bring down the Castro government by continuing to refuse to recognize them and we can open up a good market form U.S. companies–my guess is that he would appeal to far more of the current rightwing than Cruz’s position. On this issue, as perhaps on a number of other issues, Cruz thinks that opposing Obama is essential even if it means opposing a sensible policy that most of the voters agree with.

I keep forgettingt; less than 25 years after denouncing the leadership and political ideology of a certain densely populated Asian country, which President was it that went over to that country, hob-nobbed with the leadership, had dinner with them and recognized it? Was it LBJ? Gerald Ford? Jimmy Carter?

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This is part of what an historic visit to Cuba looks like, and as important 62% of Americans support ending the trade embargo. Why are we getting Cruz instead?

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becuz Obama and his family are unsnarkable?

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A million bingos for that one. : )

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Cruz Slams Obama’s Cuba Visit: ‘Obama Has Chosen To Legitimize’ Castro

Crux, please grow up…

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Yea, he got the Dumpster salute down pat, does he not…