The Rethugs are losing *all* their demographics to old age: Now, the Gen1 Cuban Exiles!1
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidnoriega/has-the-cuban-exile-movement-finally-run-out-of-breath
[font size=5]Has The Cuban Exile Movement Finally Run Out Of Breath?[/font]
MIAMI — Anti-Castro demonstrations in Miami used to draw thousands, but only a few hundred showed up to protest the biggest thaw Cuban–American relations in more than half a century. After 50 years of trying to oust the Cuban regime, the epicenter of anti-Castro sentiment in America may be ready for a change. ....
Lt. Al Borges, a Cuban-American who has been with the Miami Police Department for 25 years, said the crowds were notably thinner than they were even just a few years ago in 2008, when Fidel Castro stepped down as president and rumors swirled about his impending death. That time there were at least 2,000 in the streets. On Wednesday, Borges estimated, [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]the crowd never surpassed 200[/FONT]. By midnight, not a late hour by Cuban standards, it had [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]petered down to less than 20[/FONT].
For decades, Miami’s Cuban exile community has been the epicenter of unwavering opposition to Cuba’s communist regime. [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]El exilio changed U.S. politics[/FONT], ensuring that the American stance toward Cuba remained antagonistic and helping [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]to elect and defeat presidents on[/FONT] the strength of [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]their commitment to anti-Castro dogma[/FONT]. ....
A provocateur wearing stars and stripes as a kerchief and a Communist-red flag tucked into his waistband held a small sign reading “Viva Obama.” About a dozen protesters harangued him incessantly, occasionally breaking out into chants: “Abajo Obama! [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]Viva Jeb Bush![/FONT] Viva Bush!” ....
Referring to the woman whose pregnant daughter was beaten, Seoane said, “She feels tremendous pain. It’s horrible. And it’s true — [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]all of those things happened[/FONT]. And [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]she thinks I don’t understand[/FONT].”
“At some point pain stops solving problems,” he said.
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