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The cold War is finally OVER! It just took the Miami Cubans 19 years to figure that one out. Although some Puerto Ricans are sill living in the 1960's, the following news will make them into Dinosaurs of the Mezozoic age.


Senator Barack Obama on Friday called for greater engagement with Cuba and Latin America, saying the long-standing policies of isolation have failed to advance the interests of the United States or help people who have suffered under oppressive governments.

In a speech before an influential Cuban-American group here, YOU READ RIGHT, the NOTORIOUS and conservative Cuban American National Foundation, Mr. Obama said he would meet with the Cuban leader, Raúl Castro, “at a time and place of my choosing.” He derided Senator John McCain and other Republican critics as embracing what he called hard-line approaches that have failed.

Mr. Obama appeared before the Cuban American National Foundation days after Mr. McCain outlined a sharply different approach in a speech in Miami. He said Mr. Obama was naïve to think he could hold direct diplomatic talks with Mr. Castro and other foreign leaders who are considered enemies.

In a 30-minute speech, interrupted several times by applause, YES APPLAUSE, Mr. Obama said that if elected president he would immediately lift the bans on family travel to Cuba and the limits on how much money people can send to their relatives in the communist nation.

The Cuban American National Foundation is the most prominent of the anti-Castro Cuban exile groups in Miami. Mr. Obama’s appearance was viewed by his supporters here as a sign of change in Cuban-American political leanings. INCREDIBLE!

Jorge Mas Santos, son of the group’s ultra right wing founder, introduced Mr. Obama and endorsed his plan to lift restrictions on visiting relatives in Cuba and sending money. He said it was time for a new approach to dealing with Cuba.

TIMES ARE CHANGING!!!!!!!!