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To: bentway who wrote (632696)	10/20/2011 10:08:31 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575396

Turns out Rubio didn't even tell the story the Wa Post claims. Rubio has always said his parents got here before the revolution ... the Miami Herald has factchecked the Wa Post. ... But the top of the story suggests Rubio himself has given this "dramatic account:" that "he was the son of exiles, he told audiences, Cuban Americans forced off their beloved island after 'a thug,' Fidel Castro, took power." However, the story doesn't cite one speech where Rubio actually said that. To back up the lead, the Washington Post excerpts from a 2006 address in the Florida House where Rubio said “in January of 1959 a thug named Fidel Castro took power in Cuba and countless Cubans were forced to flee... Today your children and grandchildren are the secretary of commerce of the United States and multiple members of Congress...and soon, even speaker of the Florida House.” The catch: If you listen to the speech, Rubio isn't just talking about those who specifically fled Cuba after Castro took power. He doesn't say that his parents fled Cuba. Instead, he was talking about "a community of exiles." That is: He was talking about all the Cubans who live in Miami. Regardless of when his parents left Cuba, they were exiles because they stayed in the US, specifically Miami, in a community where they soon felt they couldn't go back to their homeland. ..... Read more: <A href="http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2011/10/did-the-washington-post-embellish-marco-rubios-embellishments.html#ixzz1bNUSZNu1" target=_blank>http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2011/10/did-the-washington-post-embellish-marco-rubios-...

To: bentway who wrote (632696)	10/20/2011 10:22:10 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1575396

The question Blitzer forgot to ask Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) talked to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer this morning about Gadhafi’s death in Libya, and at the end of the interview, Blitzer said, “All right, senator, thanks very much. I know you’re happy on this very special day, an historic day.” McCain may be pleased, but perhaps now would also be a good time to remember what the senator was up to two years ago. In August 2009, the Republican lawmaker traveled to Tripoli for a personal visit with Gadhafi, and the two discussed delivery of American military equipment to the Libyan dictator. There’s even a video of the introductions. Yes, you’ll notice that McCain actually bowed a little to Gadhafi. After the meeting, the conservative senator even praised the Libyan leader online. (You might also recognize Lindsey Graham, Joe Lieberman, and Susan Collins, all of whom attended the meeting and shook Gadhafi’s hand.) McCain changed his mind earlier this year and compared Gadhafi to Hitler, but I’m curious why the media has been so quick to forget about the senator’s willingness to cozy up to the dictator just two years ago. Politics can move pretty fast, but 2009 wasn’t that long ago. Put it this way: if a Democratic senator who claims superior foreign policy expertise literally bowed to Gadhafi two years ago, chatted with him in Tripoli, and soon after praised him online, do you think he or she might be asked about it today? Especially as the senator makes the rounds doing interviews anyway?

To: bentway who wrote (632696)	10/21/2011 7:51:26 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575396

John Lennon 'was closet conservative and fan of Reagan' By David Gardner Last updated at 11:23 AM on 30th June 2011 He is still revered around the world as a peace-loving working class hero. But by the time he died, John Lennon was a closet conservative embarrassed by his radical past, according to his former personal assistant. Fred Seaman claims that the former Beatle was a fan of Ronald Reagan, who went on to become America’s Republican president in 1981 and forged a close political alliance with Margaret Thatcher. ‘John, basically, made it very clear that if he were an American he would vote for Reagan because he was really sour on [Democrat] Jimmy Carter,’ he says in a documentary film. Seaman worked for Lennon during the year leading up to the star’s death in December 1980 aged 40. He tells Beatles Stories filmmaker Seth Swirsky that in his final months Lennon was not the left-wing militant worshipped by many of his fans. ‘He was a very different person back in 1979 and 80 than he’d been when he wrote Imagine,’ he says. ‘By 1979 he looked back on that guy and was embarrassed by that guy’s naivete. Last day: John Lennon signing an autograph on an album cover for his killer Mark Chapman on December 8 1980 the day he was shot dead ‘He’d met Reagan back, I think, in the 70s at some sporting event. 'Reagan was the guy who had ordered the National Guard, I believe, to go after the young [peace] demonstrators in Berkeley, so I think that John maybe forgot about that. ‘He did express support for Reagan, which shocked me.’ Honeymoon: John Lennon and Yoko Ono Bed-In for Peace in 1969, Amsterdam, Netherlands He adds: ‘I also saw John embark in some really brutal arguments with my uncle, who’s an old-time communist. He enjoyed really provoking my uncle. 'Maybe he was being provocative but it was pretty obvious to me he had moved away from his earlier radicalism.’ Lennon’s anti-war songs had not endeared him to Richard Nixon’s previous Republican administration and the FBI kept him under surveillance in 1971 after he met peace activists in New York. Family confidante: Fred Seaman with John Lennon's first wife Cynthia The U.S. immigration service tried unsuccessfully to deport him a year later. Lennon’s radicalism and support of left-wing causes were well-known. He and wife Yoko staged ‘Bed-Ins for Peace’ after getting married in 1969. He wrote the anti-Vietnam war anthem Give Peace a Chance, sided with Glaswegian shipyard workers and backed the IRA. Another political song that became famous was Working Class Hero. Driving force: Paul McCartney provided the backbone to the Beatles, according to assistant Tony Bramwell Seaman, 58, was forced to apologise in court to Lennon’s widow in 2002 after he was accused of stealing hundreds of the star’s personal photographs and letters. In the documentary, the group’s long-time assistant, Tony Bramwell, says he is convinced the Beatles would not have recorded so many classics in their later years had it not been for Paul McCartney because Lennon was often too lazy to make it into the studio. McCartney drove the band on to make new recordings. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2009562/John-Lennon-closet-conservative-fan-Reagan.html#ixzz1bPrcA1Mb