2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

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22. A lot fled from poverty.

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:38 AM

Mar 2016

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In Honduras and Guatemala, the dictators they are fleeing are right-wing, and were put in power with American support, as was the Somoza family(the pre-Sandinista rulers of Nicaragua) and Augusto Pinochet, the general HRC's hero Henry Kissinger put in power when he overthrew the democratic government of Chile. As was Fulgencio Batista, the pre-Castro ruler of Cuba.

Latin America has had a lot of tyrannical leaders. Most of them weren't on the left. And pretty much all of the people I listed ahove were murder on black people in their countries, too.

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Bernie's response on Nicaragua and Cuba took guts. [View all] Ken Burch Mar 2016 OP

And he got applause for it. HerbChestnut Mar 2016 #1

HRC's related to Miami Cubans through marriage. n/t. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #5

Might not be a good thing bravenak Mar 2016 #2

Yeah, it'll play really well in FL in a GE scenario CorkySt.Clair Mar 2016 #6

A lot of hispanics from Fla are coming in from south and central america bravenak Mar 2016 #13

The dictators from the 1980s in South and Central America... JackRiddler Mar 2016 #31

Why would that matter to a person who fled a dictator? bravenak Mar 2016 #34

It will among non-Cuban Latinos. And younger Cuban-Americans, too. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #17

So Cubans are the only Hispanics in FL CorkySt.Clair Mar 2016 #21

No. But not all of those repressive regimes were on the left. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #24

"Not all?" You mean all of them were on the right. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #32

Folks that are still obsessed with overthrowing the Castros and taking Cuba back to "the old days" Ken Burch Mar 2016 #9

Many of the hispanics are coming into Fla from centra and south america bravenak Mar 2016 #15

Daniel Ortega is back in office in Nicaragua and very popular. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #18

What does that have to do with folks that are here? bravenak Mar 2016 #20

A lot fled from poverty. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #22

Poverty caused by.... Dictators!! bravenak Mar 2016 #23

Poverty caused by dictators...mostly right-wing dictators. Often with U.S. support. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #25

I mentioned right wing dictators at the same time as left wing ones bravenak Mar 2016 #26

Daniel Ortega isn't a dictator. He leads a democratically-elected government. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #28

They did not flee from Daniel Ortega.... bravenak Mar 2016 #30

I mentioned Ortega because he was part of the debate question. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #35

No kidding, what demo is she trying to win over, boomers with an incurable case of the red scare? nt Coincidence Mar 2016 #16

I agree - he didn't pander and he spoke from his heart. myrna minx Mar 2016 #3

This is why I'm supporting Bernie, and just sent him a donation. PatrickforO Mar 2016 #4

that's such an important point renate Mar 2016 #8

I thought same thing marlakay Mar 2016 #7

That's part of his connection with youth. dogman Mar 2016 #10

I'll take authenticity to pandering EndElectoral Mar 2016 #11

I guess honesty works better than trying to bullshit your way out of a corner... Coincidence Mar 2016 #12

I wanted Bernie to quote John F. Kennedy, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible 99th_Monkey Mar 2016 #14

That was low hanging fruit for Hillary, she likes to bend time flamingdem Mar 2016 #19

Funny how all the news butt holes I watched seemed to think IsItJustMe Mar 2016 #27

I love it, the media can't get traction with Commie! accusations flamingdem Mar 2016 #29

The panelists on CNN were pretty amazed by it BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #33