Senator Dodd, Governor Richardson Strongly Respond to McCain's Hardline Cuba Attacks on Obama

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Dodd, Richardson Response to McCain’s Cuba Attacks on Obama

Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson released the followings statements expressing their opposition to the Bush-McCain Cuba policy outlined today:

“John McCain needs to explain why continuing to do exactly what George Bush has done will somehow produce a different result. The Senator McCain I used to know was open to negotiations with Cuba to lift the embargo, but now he’s taking a hard line position, embracing a policy that has failed the Cuban people and the American people alike for fifty years. Instead of four more years of George Bush’s policy, Barack Obama will help bring liberty to Cuba through direct diplomacy and change that allows for unlimited family visitation and remittances to the island. It’s time to reject a Bush-McCain approach that has isolated us in our own hemisphere, so that we can have renewed American leadership under Barack Obama.” – Senator Chris Dodd

“John McCain doesn’t understand as well as Senator Obama and I do how the Castro regime works. John McCain — like George Bush — is afraid to talk to bad guys. He feels safer pretending to talk tough by hiding from them. Unfortunately ordinary people will pay for his lack of diplomatic skill. This is the Bush-McCain foreign policy that has failed all over the world, and it has failed to promote change in Cuba. I have successfully negotiated with Castro and many like him, and I know that Barack has the judgment and experience to nudge the Cubans toward a better future. He’ll do it without needlessly harming those who just want to send money to their families and visit loved ones. He knows that you need to talk to tough customers so that you can show them that you are tougher than they are. If you want to see real results, you need to do what Barack will do — talk to the bad guys. It’s through direct negotiations that you deliver your toughest message.” – Governor Bill Richardson

http://thepage.time.com/dodd-richardson-response-to-mccains-cuba-attacks-on-obama/

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1. Thank God for people with common sense!

This GE is going to be so much fun. :-) Laying the smack down on McCain and the few people who will be willing to go out and shill for him.

[Frustratedlady]

This is so great to see the other candidates and others rally around

Obama and strike back at McCain, Bush, et al. It also makes one feel that Obama will have their support when he finally moves into the Oval Office.

If Biden, Richardson, Edwards, Dodd, Kerry, et al. continue to stand behind him, that's enough for me! This is going to be an exciting GE and may even be the end of these horrible tricks like those played on Kerry.

[DearAbby]

10. I also like how

they tie McCain to Bush. It is effective.

[Inuca]

2. Love this line

"The Senator McCain I used to know"

IMHO the difference between the old and the new and definitely not improved McCain cannot be emphasized enough.

[DAGDA56]

3. Response time is in HOURS! Either somebody is really on top of things, or

McCain is really predictable. Probably a combination of both.

[graycem]

4. They all seem so much more

vocal and forceful this time around. Is that the case or did I just not see the same defense of Sen.Kerry?

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. Rapid Response works... I hoped these responses are on TV

I can't wait for the debates

[quiet.american]

6. I'm loving this new paradigm of DIRECT and HARD-HITTING responses.

Gov. Richardson truly hit it out of the park! Excellent! (Good riddance to the usual "high-road" approach of mealy-mouthed, polite and ineffective comebacks!)

[NotThisTime]

7. I'd love to see BOTH Dodd & Richardson on the news shows TODAY

[pberq]

8. Now we're talking!

[AspenRose]

9. WooHoo!

Yes! :woohoo: