Is he deliberately trying to lose Florida? First he’s viewed as standing in the way of their votes being counted and now he says this to the Cuban Americans? Is he nuts? Doesn’t he know that they don’t want us to normalize relations?

Democrat Barack Obama says he wants to pursue direct diplomacy with Cuba and Latin America and criticizes Republican rival John McCain for offering the Cuban-American community empty promises.
“After eight years of the disastrous policies of George Bush, it is time to pursue direct diplomacy, with friend and foe alike, without preconditions,” Obama told the Cuban American National Foundation on Friday in prepared remarks.

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