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You are here: Home / Politics / How Do You Say “Flip-Flop” in Spanish?

How Do You Say “Flip-Flop” in Spanish?

by John Cole|  April 28, 20049:34 am| 5 Comments

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I don’t know how, but some Cubans in Florida sure do:

John Kerry looks terrified when he talks about Florida-and not without cause. The state remains firmly in the hands of a Republican governor who happens to be the president’s brother, an autocratic Republican legislature, and a new secretary of state who may prove more partisan than Katharine Harris.

But what Kerry should be most worried about is the Cuban vote. If he handles his Florida campaign right, Kerry could win a much larger share of this exile constituency than the paltry 18 percent Gore won in 2000 and do as well as Clinton’s 39 percent, which would make victory in the state likely. But if he keeps going the way he has been, Kerry will get fewer Cuban votes even than Gore did and in all likelihood lose the state.

Kerry’s approach so far has been pandering to hard-line Cuban exiles-ineptly. In March, Kerry told a Miami TV reporter that he had voted for Helms-Burton, the 1996 legislation that further tightened the U.S. embargo on Cuba. In fact, he had voted against it. True, as he would later point out, he voted for its conference version, but that’s not the same thing. In fact, Kerry had excellent reasons for not voting for the final version-it slapped on the controversial provision allowing for lawsuits against Cuba to proceed in U.S. courts, which puts the United States at odds with the world and, in fact, has never been enforced by George Bush. But instead of arguing his position, Kerry dissembled and created a video loop that has run continuously on Miami television.

Some people just can’t handle all this ‘nuance.’

In his fevered pursuit of Cuban-American votes, Kerry again sought to disavow his record. “All through the years I’ve been in the Senate, for 20 years, Tim, I have never suggested lifting the embargo,” he told Russert. “I don’t suggest you just lift the embargo. That’s not what I’m talking about.” God forbid!

Maybe it is because ‘nuance’ sounds so close to ‘NONSENSE.’

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  1. 1.

    Slartibartfast

    April 28, 2004 at 9:40 am

    First, John, you’ve got an improperly formed [a] HTML tag. Second, there’s little question in my mind that Glenda Hood is less trustworthy to everyone than her predecessor. I can’t predict what direction the damage might take, though. She certainly did a number on Orlando, and got promoted for it.

    This is probably my single biggest issue with Jeb: that he hired someone as manifestly dishonest as Glenda Hood.

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    Slartibartfast

    April 28, 2004 at 9:41 am

    Oops, and you fixed it while I was typing.

  3. 3.

    JKC

    April 28, 2004 at 12:30 pm

    Bah.

    I’d like to hear someone…anyone, in either party, call for an end to the stupid embargo with Cuba. It hasn’t budged Castro an inch, and it’s just a sop to a bunch of bitter, power hungry whack jobs in the Cuban exile community who have no more love for democracy than Castro himself.

    Jeebus, if we can trade with China and the former USSR, trade and travel to Cuba ain’t gonna lead to the Downfall of the Republic.

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    Kimmitt

    April 28, 2004 at 12:56 pm

    The real problem in Cuba is Castro. The enablers of the real problem in Cuba are the power hungry wack jobs in the Cuban exile community.

  5. 5.

    smitty

    April 28, 2004 at 1:06 pm

    Well, you’re half right.

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