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Cuban “Minus” American

The often cited Glenn Greenwald profiles Mel Martinez, a monumental hypocrite. He joins the rogues gallery of Cuban-Americans with historical amnesia alongside, for starters, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Without the contradictions rife in the Batista regime, Castro could never have laid claim to the cause of freedom. If not for the injustice of colonization, the Soviets could not have appealed to the nascent nationalism of independence movements throughout the Third World.

The bad guys claim to power not just by force, but by exploiting frustration and pessimism.

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3 Responses to “Cuban “Minus” American”

  1. cp Says:
    November 20th, 2006 at 6:57 pm

    actually Mel is a Republican. chairman of the Republican Party, matter o’ fact. not a “Democrat” (big “D” or little, for that matter).

    cheerio!

  2. Jose Says:
    November 21st, 2006 at 3:03 am

    So true. Corrected, thanks!

  3. cp Says:
    November 21st, 2006 at 9:40 am

    i guess that makes me, in the words of Pavement, “your fact-checkin’ cuz”. always glad to help, especially if it means reading more Glenn Greenwald.

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