2020 US Election Thread

[jwb]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

No one with any decency would leave Cuba for America.

if you think it's so great down there then get on a raft and try floating down the way they get up here

Otherwise shut the **** up about an experience you have no concept of

[OccultHawk]

They all have Stockholm syndrome

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by jwb

if you think it's so great down there then get on a raft and try floating down the way they get up here

Otherwise shut the **** up about an experience you have no concept of

The ol love it or leave it cliche

Clever

[Lisnaholic]

"A scalded cat will run from cold water."

I think some Cubans who escaped from Castro's regime behave like scalded cats. They hear the word "socialist" attached to the Dems and think that Biden, if elected, will innitiate a regime like Castro's.
In fact, with their policies of voter suppression, and manipulation of the DOJ, it's the GOP that are trying to lead the US away from a full-on democracy. The Dems are fighting at a local level to allow everyone to vote, the very reverse of totalitarianism.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Maximo has maximum decency.
Maximo Alvarez’s full speech at the Republican National Convention | 2020 RNC Night 1

This guy sounds sincere, but I suspect that he is a scalded cat too; he appears to be suggesting that Biden will lead the US down a totalitarian path, which is surely an unrealistic prediction. I listened to his speech until about 1:40, when he says that "Trump is a family man... our Commander in Chief, who puts America first..." Both of those statements are false: Trump is a serial adulterer who puts himself first.

Originally Posted by Gutmensch

Here in Germany we made good experiences with a division of the country.

Is this a commonly held opinion in Germany? All my reading, and several visits to the divided Germany suggest the opposite: The political division, and in particular the Berlin Wall, were hated by both sides from the outset.

What about dividing the USA into north and south? I think this would solve many problems.

They tried that in the 1860s, but after 4 years of slaughter and 360,000 dead, they decided against it I believe.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

I have friends who are Cuban. They're not scum.

I had a Cuban friend, but he was just flat-out weird, so not very useful to use as an example of a demographic group. Cubans, it seems, are individuals; who would have guessed that?

[OccultHawk]

They’ve been a solid republican voting block forever. I’ve known decent Cubans too but as a demographic they’re awful.

[OccultHawk]

They hear the word "socialist" attached to the Dems and think that Biden, if elected, will innitiate a regime like Castro's

What kind of regime do you think that was?

[SGR]

White House Watch - Rasmussen Reports

The latest national telephone and online survey finds Trump edging Democrat Joe Biden 48% to 47% among Likely U.S. Voters. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, while two percent (2%) remain undecided.

Trump's going to win. Book it.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

What kind of regime do you think that was?

Well, I don't know for sure, but as you ask what I think, I'd say that it was a well-intentioned socialist/communist regime which ended up becoming unpopular, then repressive.

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by jwb

Sanders did better than expected among Florida Latinos. The Cubans who hate him but vote Democrat probably got pissed at his statements about Castro more than worrying about healthcare.
People who are not from south Florida have some misconceptions about Cubans. They're not all rich or middle class... There's a sizable portion that are poor. The richer ones are usually Republicans anyways. They're basically the White upper class of Miami since not that many actual white people live there.

Well, the Cubans are considered the whiter of the Spanish-speaking islands in the Caribbean. I think Aida Rodriguez has a joke that goes something like:

"The Dominicans think they're a little bit better because they speak better Spanish, and the Cubans think they're better because they're whiter, and the Puerto Ricans think they're a bit better because they're citizens."