Comments on: Raul Castro to Sean Penn: I Would Meet Obama at Gitmo http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:37:02 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: hackworth http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20712 hackworth Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:43:28 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20712 <p>Obama could and should set foot on Guantanamo ASAP to face the truth and begin to dismantle and set right the hypocritical restrictions on Cuba. </p> <p>There are two major obstacles: </p> <p>1.) Miami Cubans enjoy the status quo (Wet Foot, Dry Foot = Full Medicaid benefits, food stamps, student aid, housing for political asylum seekers, ie: All Cuban refugees and very few others). </p> <p>2.) The Republican Party who co-opts this arrangement. This includes the right wing media it owns which will attempt to prohibit any such meeting.</p> Obama could and should set foot on Guantanamo ASAP to face the truth and begin to dismantle and set right the hypocritical restrictions on Cuba.

There are two major obstacles:

1.) Miami Cubans enjoy the status quo (Wet Foot, Dry Foot = Full Medicaid benefits, food stamps, student aid, housing for political asylum seekers, ie: All Cuban refugees and very few others).

2.) The Republican Party who co-opts this arrangement. This includes the right wing media it owns which will attempt to prohibit any such meeting.

]]> By: Loo Hoo. http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20709 Loo Hoo. Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:04:04 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20709 <p>Sean Penn in quite the ambassador, huh? I’d love to visit Cuba.</p> Sean Penn in quite the ambassador, huh? I’d love to visit Cuba.

]]> By: Elliott http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20708 Elliott Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:00:19 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20708 <p>LOL!</p> LOL!

]]> By: Elliott http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20707 Elliott Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:00:02 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20707 <p>allo tw3kman</p> allo tw3kman

]]> By: tw3k http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20706 tw3k Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:49:23 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20706 <p>allo ee n mm</p> allo ee n mm

]]> By: Millineryman http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20704 Millineryman Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:43:52 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20704 <p>Maybe it will clear their minds once and for all</p> Maybe it will clear their minds once and for all

]]> By: Elliott http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20703 Elliott Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:38:58 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20703 <p>oh the heads exploding in Miami.</p> oh the heads exploding in Miami.

]]> By: puppethead http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20702 puppethead Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:25:42 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20702 <p>Regardless of the history and role of the naval base at Guantanamo, what Bush built there has forever tarnished that name. Guantanamo is our Abu Ghraib. The naval base portion can never be thought of separately from the images of the prison there. Obama can never set foot on that soil until that dungeon is fully dismantled, and then only as a way to show the world we are ashamed of what we did.</p> Regardless of the history and role of the naval base at Guantanamo, what Bush built there has forever tarnished that name. Guantanamo is our Abu Ghraib. The naval base portion can never be thought of separately from the images of the prison there. Obama can never set foot on that soil until that dungeon is fully dismantled, and then only as a way to show the world we are ashamed of what we did.

]]> By: HotFlash http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20701 HotFlash Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:11:20 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20701 <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rebozo" rel="nofollow">Bebe Rebozo</a>?</p> Bebe Rebozo?

]]> By: Millineryman http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20700 Millineryman Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:11:04 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/11/26/raul-castro-to-sean-penn-i-would-meet-obama-at-gitmo/#comment-20700 <p>I think it’s time to move on. I hope they do meet.</p> I think it’s time to move on. I hope they do meet.

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