(December 17, 2014 at 7:36 pm)Heywood Wrote:(December 17, 2014 at 5:16 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: As someone who's a little young to remember it and hasn't read up much on the subject, what was the justification for the embargo in the first place?
The justification has been that Florida is a swing state and contains a large population of Cuban exiles who hate the Castros.
I pretty much agree with Obama here, the embargo simply hasn't been effective at removing the Castros from power and it is probably time to take a different tact. However I am also thinking that Obama just handed Florida to the Republicans in 2016. 2016 is going to be about Ohio now me thinks.
It's a generational thing with young Cubans supporting and old Cubans opposing. As always, the republicunts throw their hats to the old bastards and ignore modernity.
Obama has just divided the Cuban vote. Smart move.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/17/politics/c...-reaction/
Quote:Angry debates erupted in the city's Little Havana neighborhood between groups of younger demonstrators who said they supported Obama's decision to exchange the prisoners and thaw diplomatic relations and older protesters who said they were opposed to the move.
