wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:38:04 -0400, Boater wrote:


I hope one of the first things President Obama does is "normalize" our
relationship with Cuba and lift any travel or trade restrictions. Some
president has to have the balls to do this...

It would take balls. With Florida consistently a battleground state, the
Cuban vote looms large. Still, after years of trading with Vietnam,
China, Russia, etc., the embargo does seem more than silly. Votes or
oil? Castro must be laughing.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...03/19/8402339/
index.htm


It's mostly the old fart Cubans in Miami who have the hard on for Cuba.
That "revolution" was in 1957, 50+ years ago. Time to bury the hatchet.