Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has voted 225-174 deny funding to to implement the Draconian travel restrictions to Cuba that President Bush implemented earlier this year. As usual, the simple-minded Lincoln Diaz-Balart gets it all wrong:
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, a Miami Republican, called supporters of the amendment ''arrogant'' for believing that they know what's best for Cuban Americans, noting that the four members of Congress of Cuban descent backed the restrictions.Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., displayed a photo of Cuban-born medic Carlos Lazo, who is serving in Iraq and is unable to visit his sons in Cuba. ``This American hero is abetting terrorism? Come on, that is offensive.''
as does the equally simple-minded Tom Delay:
The debate turned impassioned at times, with DeLay saying that any lifting of the trade and travel ban with Cuba would allow Americans to buy fine cigars and cheap sugar from the island but "at a cost of our national honor.''
Tom Delay talking about national honor? What's next? Child-rearing tips from Michael Jackson? Fine vegetarian dining by Hannibal Lecter? Hair styling and the value of marital fidelity by Donald Trump and Rudolph Giuliani?
I live amidst a large number of conservative elders, so I can't very well say what I am going to say in their presence without causing a donnybrook but Jeebus, Diaz-Balart is an arrogant snot!
Posted by: Emma | September 23, 2004 at 04:34 PM