Last night’s GOP Presidential Debate in Florida naturally included questions on Cuba and the vile dictatorship of the Castro brothers. Except for Ron Paul, who continues to live in his alternative universe completely detached from reality, all of the candidates responded extremely well to the Cuba policy question. They all (except for Ron Paul) reiterated their support for continued pressure on the brutal and murderous Castro dictatorship.
Rick Santorum’s response to the “we do business with China, why not Cuba?” canard was exceptional, once again laying to waste a frivolous argument with no merit whatsoever. And Newt Gingrich’s response was commendable as well, calling for continued pressure on the Castro dictatorship until it is finally vanquished.
Mitt Romney, however, took his answer on Cuba to the next level when he mentioned the name of Wilmar Villar Mendoza. The governor spoke of this Cuban martyr’s heroic acts to bring freedom to Cuba and how the Castro dictatorship took his life.
We thank all of the candidates (except Ron Paul) for supporting the cause of freedom in Cuba, and we especially thank Governor Mitt Romney for informing millions of Americans of yet another Cuban freedom fighter who has given his life for freedom and liberty.
To me Santorum seemed the most sincere (in everything), Gingrich the most effective (believable, that is something else), and Romney give or take, was no more of the same sit it out approach.
Romney’s words simply were, let us wait for the good for nothing Castros to die with our big F$%k You sign still up and then talk with the leftovers from the regime and offer talks to take the sign down; in other words, talk to the very minions that kept the Castro’s in power for 53 years and advise Chavez, blah blah blah. Yeah, the Ricardo Alarcon and Roque like characters, come on.
Romney is a descent candidate and I know Gingrich is not clean corn, nor as significant and honest as he paints himself to be, but sometimes I wonder if Republicans (me included) are being fools for jumping to erroneous electability conclusions and discarding Gingrich given the selection.
Romnis is getting major coaching from his Cuban backers in Congress. The mention of Villar Mendoza was virtually certainly due to that.
Rubio hearts Romney anyway:
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/marco-rubio-mitt-romney-no-charlie-crist
Rubio is paying back Romney’s favor during his senatorial campaign, which was almost certainly given with a view towards getting Rubio’s help with the Cuban vote in Florida. Gratitude is commendable, but this is too much of a political game for my taste.