1.2 Million Cubans in Miami Support McCain and this Hillary Clinton Supporter Does, Too.
 
By Joan Lipkin
 
I just returned from working in Miami Dade as the coordinator for Citizens for McCain.  As a former Hillary Clinton supporter who volunteered for her all over the country, to many, I know it can seem like a stretch to have crossed over to the other side.

But as I reviewed the history of the primary and the current issues facing us, it seemed increasingly like the only ethical, pragmatic and appropriate choice.

Consider the caucus fraud, stripping of Clinton’s votes and denial of a fair and open roll call.  The relentless sexism from the media and the silence from Democratic Party. Obama’s refusal to have town halls with her and then McCain. Obama’s waffling on important issues like FISA and campaign finance reform.  The obscene amounts of money that Obama’s campaign has spent when people are losing their homes. Over 680 million dollars of which we know.  Probably more. His lack of judgment in choosing close associates and friends.  Like Jeremiah Wright. Tony Rezko. William Ayers.  Khalidi.

It is clear that the Democratic Party as we knew it, the Democratic Party of my parents, no longer exists.  Its leadership does not support the most basic principle of one person, one vote.  And they do not support women, the majority of its membership.

Clearly, it is time to look somewhere else.
 
And then the economy tanked and the choice became very clear. I have never voted Republican in my life.  As I began to study the issues more closely, I grew to really appreciate what John McCain has to say.  He understands that you cannot tax small businesses at a high rate, as Obama is proposing.  Small businesses are what drive the economy.  We need and must create opportunities for Joe (and Josie!)  the Plumber.  What can Obama be thinking?  And how does he possibly plan to pay for all of the programs he is proposing?  More taxes in a struggling economy?

Nobody gets this more than the Cuban community in Miami.

Traveling much of the time in Miami with Dr. Lynette Long, the leading expert on the caucus fraud perpetuated against Hillary Clinton by Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee, we did a lot of canvassing and shaking of hands, otherwise known as retail politics.

 
Almost everyone we met were proudly, even vehemently pro McCain.  Even the seniors who didn’t speak English would shake their heads and wag their fingers when we asked them about Obama. They are suspicious of charisma and empty promises.
 
Families who had made the treacherous journey to come to America, often leaving behind everything they knew or had owned compared Obama to Castro.  “Fidel said change, too,” one young woman said whose family’s property had been seized and whose father had been imprisoned in Cuba for six years. “I don’t want socialism.  I know how bad it can be. Our families want to work hard.  We want opportunities, not hand outs. We love John Mccain.  We trust him.”
 
America is the land of immigrants and opportunities.  In honor of these wonderful Cuban Americans who are the soul of Miami and part of the extended heart of this great country, let’s get out the vote.