As reported by the press:
The Miami Republican who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee said she turned down the invite to tonight's dinner at the White House "without a moment's hesitation.
"I don't know if it's appropriate as a refugee of Communism to be sitting, with a lot of pomp and chit chat, with a leader who has instituted economic reforms but has not opened the political arena," she said.
The Chairman then took the opportunity of a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao to deliver a letter calling for reforms.
The Congresswoman stated how:
"At the onset of the meeting, I hand-delivered to the Chinese leader a copy of a letter I sent to President Obama outlining strong concerns about Chinese actions on the security, economic, and human rights fronts,”
"I then had an opportunity at the end of today’s meeting to challenge Mr. Hu to free Liu Xiaobo, Gao Zhisheng, and other dissidents held in prison; to respect the rights of the Tibetan and Uyghur people; to end the persecution of the underground Christians and Falun Gong practitioners, and to end China’s policy of forced abortion."
Whether you agree with the Congresswoman or not, at least she stood on principle, and is intellectually honest and consistent in her opposition to Communism.
Contrast with our Mayor Tomas Regalado.
For a man who made a living on Spanish language radio calling everyone a Communist (including Gloria Estefan), the Mayor did not flinch at allowing himself to be used as a propaganda puppet by the Chinese regime.
The Chinese ambassador said how "the people of Miami are lucky to have a mayor who shows great concern on the development of Sino-U.S. relations, the friendship between China and Miami and the welfare of the local people."
"Mr. Regalado expressed his gratitude to Consul General Gao and said his team highly values the relationship between Miami and China."
The same Tomas Regalado who rushes to the airport to great recently released Cuban political prisoners openly embraces the Chinese ambassador.
Such a double standard only calls into question his sincerity, and shows how Communists are "bad" only when it is politically convenient.
Lying hypocrite!
ReplyDeleteThis is the type of shit the mayor pulls when he says one thing to Cuban radio and another to the Herald. With the Cubans, he is the most staunch anti-Communist there is, but then he has the Communist Chinese in his office because he knows the Cuban radio stations won't know about it. More double standards that are typical from this Mayor.
ReplyDeleteElections matter people.
ReplyDeleteAlmost overnight, Gloria Estefan has gone from darling of the Cuban-American community to an accused communist sympathizer. Her womanhood has been questioned. And some have threatened to burn her CDs.
ReplyDeleteThe Grammy-winning singer offended the hard-line exile community by standing up for a woman who was fired for supporting Cuban artists Below is a list of Cuban artists, photographers and designers
``As an American, I am frightened to see one of our most basic liberties being trampled on in the march for political gain. As a Cuban-American, I am embarrassed that non-Cubans might think that we are all narrow of mind,'' Estefan wrote in a recent column for The Miami Herald.
Estefan and her husband, Emilio, have been beloved by Cuban exiles for years. But her words have infuriated former admirers.
``They have been criticized very hard, and the fact that they have been criticized is because they are being seen as defending something (Cuban exiles) don't want defended,'' said Tomas Regalado, a Miami city commissioner, who chided her on his radio show on WCMQ-AM.
Regalado has no apologies for the criticism. And Gloria Estefan is holding firm.
Regalado has no apologies for the criticism.
ReplyDeleteDear TBM.
ReplyDeleteYou might want to look into Tomas' relationship with the CHI family. Interesting to say the least.
Concerned Citizen
Who is CHI?
ReplyDeleteTomas Regalado just sponsored father Chi to have a street named after him. "No visible means of support" comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteYou mean Joe Chi?
ReplyDeleteJohnny Martinez must be fired.
ReplyDeleteGet in line pal.
ReplyDeleteSo does Tony Crapp, Larry Spring, Angel Zayon, Jose Marrero, Freddy balsera's sister, Jose "Pepe" Fulgeira, Ada Rojas, the entire City Attorney's office...
Add to the "must fire" list Koteles Alexander, Priscilla "I only show up six months a year" Thompson, Keith Carswell, almost every employee in the Capital Improvements Department...
ReplyDeleteHaveing any degree of principle is something that the City of Miami has been lacking for years. Until the Hispanic majority of City voters realize that are the principle voteing bloc that can and have controlled local politics for many years and that they alone can make Miami the place we all want to live and raise our families, if they put Miami first and vote for the best qualified. I can't believe that the current Mayor was elected on his qualifications to run our City government day to day in a honest and professional manner. Talking about Cuba and Castro will not solve any problems that we all face with the City of Miami. Lets worry less about something we can't change and fix the things we can and must do to regain control of and improve the City of Miami. Everybody is proud of their heritage as they should be but lets work together to improve the place we live and work each and every day. To date both the Hispanic and non Hispanics have failed to elect qualified canidates and what you see now is a direct result of all our past failures. Do we voters have the courage to do the right thing or will it be more of the same garbage in and garbage out.....
ReplyDeleteVoten por mi, yo odio a Fidel...
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