Reply #34: Some background on Bush-Cuban-American relations

[Judi Lynn]

(snip) The Bush-Florida-Cuba connection
http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Chin122700/chin122700.html
The Bush-Florida-Cuba connection
By Larry Chin


December 27, 2000 | On November 22, a violent Republican-sanctioned mob shut down the Miami-Dade canvassing board, stopping a decisive ballot recount, and snuffing out Al Gore's chances for victory.

This incident, which was instrumental in seizing the American presidency for George W. Bush, was not (as most media accounts suggest) merely the work of DeLay congressional aides and angry pro-Bush protestors.

In fact, the true intimidation came at the hands of hundreds of militant right-wing Cuban operatives. It is important to note that the recount shutdown was the latest chapter of an alliance between the Bush family, right-wing anti-Castro Cubans, Florida-based covert operatives and extreme elements of the Republican party that has persisted for nearly half a century. (snip/...)

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