(“I mean everybody who saw Godfather II knows what Cuba was like!” Chris Matthews p. 95, The Longest Romance.)
“Of course the embargo is stupid. It gives Castro an excuse for everything that’s wrong with his rat bag society,” P.J O’Rourke)
“But come on, Humberto! Batista was a horrible dictator who ran Cuba with the mob!…. But come on, Humberto! How ’bout the argument that flooding Cuba with American goods and American tourists would erode Communism?” Yes, gang. Inevitably Bohannon (though no pinko) fell prey to the mainstream narrative on this issue.
Listen to the heated Babalusian rebuttals and entire interview from last night here, (starts at 40. min mark.)