Mr. del Toro seems to want to choose which dictator he hates more. Cuba has had the unfortunate history of being governed by oppressive regimes for most of its history. The Castro deposed dictator, Mr. Batista, was no freedom lover either. So what we have is a false dichotomy. Both leaders damaged their country and squelched the move to a more progressive nation. One by torturing the poor and the other the middle class. Do we have to choose between these two? The current President is trying to open bridges to the two countries and provide some programs, although insufficient, to allow better communication and exchange of cultures. Fear and revenge are the operative sentiments that drive policy at present. It will not work and never has.

We can learn to live with Russia, Vietnam and China, but not with Cuba? This grudge match has gone on long enough. Excessive confrontation leads to nothing but downsides for all concerned. The aforementioned countries have come around to systems that serve better for them, without expensive military races, posturing, embargos etc.

Another thing. When this guy came to the US in a wheelchair, it sounds like he may have been one of those who are helped "for doing nothing."

Another crazy man who would have had the US go to nuclear war with Russia.

The Republican Party should be perfect for Mr. del Toro...the Republicans dispense clouds of bullsh!t on a daily basis.

As a refugee from communist Cuba i'm

Hispanic immigrants should be Republicans.  Hispanic immigrants came here in the first place to escape the misery of the socialism in their home countries!  Why Democrats would sell them the same nonsense they just escaped from, and why hispanic immigrants would buy it, makes no sense!  They should be the first people rejecting the Democrats and the first people explaining to their kids 'why'!!!!!!!!!

Of course he's a Republican if he says that he has a problem with women. How much did Señor del Toro pay for all his medical treatment years ago? How does he feel about the 'Dream Act'?

“The Democrats are traitors. Even to their own country. They want to give everything to people who do nothing.” As the moonbats say "truth to power".

"The Democrats are traitors."  Yep...this guy and Newt would get along just fine.  Now, whether calling someone who has a different point of view than you do a "traitor" is a good quality for a citizen to have or advocate?  That's another question.  Traitors, those who are treasonous, are put against the wall.  Is that what we want in America?  It is where people like Newt and Mitt and Rick who seem to have a directl line to God are pushing us.

This guy sounds like he wants to turn Boston into another Miami!  Rightwing Cubans we don't need.  His calling Kennedy a traitor should be enough to identify him as a Batista supporter.  He's probably a tea drinker!

Kevin Cullen, Mr. "All Whitey All the Time", gets out of Morrissey Blvd and finds there are other stories out there that have {Shock! Horror!} nothing to do with Whitey B.  While Kev waits for the Whitey trial to begin, he seeks out the little folks who don't have the "juice" (as Kev says in his Glboe TV commercial) to be heard.  In so doing, he stumbles upon this Cuban exile who's riling up JP.  Of course, Kev differentiates between HIS type of Democrats and what he feels are the dilettante, crunchy granola Dems of JP (with piercings!  More shock/horror!).  Kev's type of Dems are tucked away in Southie, Rozzie, and Dawchestuh, a rapidly disappearing type of Ray Flynns who, these days, lean toward the GOP, the nostalgia party of the white guys.  So, this Cubano, who tweaks the current JP sensibility, seems at first to be perfect for a Kev Cullen profile.  To Kev, he's more authentic than the actual Democrats in JP.  (He's actually suffered in prison, even worse than John McCain did!)  The whole affair is foolish, and Kev misses the delicious irony of an aging Batista supporter sitting virtually alone waiting for the Great White Male Hope, Scott Brown, to show up.  The same Scott Brown who regularly compares himself to JFK, the American president that Senor del Toro despises!  Ah, yes, there is a story here, but in his hack ineptitude, Kev misses it entirely, although it's right under his nose.  Stick to your "deep throat" insider info on Whitey, Kev.  Or better yet, recycle an old brown-nosing profile of Ray Flynn, if you're on deadline.  You've long ago lost your "street cred", and in you're in way over your head.

Having been raised in JP, I grew up and am honored to say that I have a number of Cuban friends who came to this country LEGALLY and then proceeded to work very hard to achieve the American Dream. I know of one man who stood in line for several hours each day in Cuba in hopes of gaining a visa to the States. When one visa was granted to him, he was at a loss as to what he should do. He had two jobs, a pregnant wife and two children, yet was granted only one visa. If he left Cuba, his family would have not financial means. After talking it over with his wife, he came to Boston, where he had a job waiting for him. He then got two job on his own. He scrimped and saved, sending money home to his family in Cuba and building a savings here in Boston so that he could buy at home. Within a year, he bought a three family. While living in the home, renting out two apts - he continue to work three jobs until through LEGAL channels, he was able to get his wife and their three children here. There was already a job waiting for his wife before she entered the country. They proceeded to raise their three children, work full time and maintain a lovely home. Their kids went to Catholic schools and went off to college. All three turning down scholarships because as far as the man was concerned, he's family was not needy - he scrimped and saved to have his kids go to college. So with monies saved and student loans, he is the proud father of three college grads. The family are all American citizens and are all Republicans. Why? Because they WORKED for the American Dream. Everything they have they EARNED. They repaid the sponsorship to America (done through a church group) by supporting their church and by helping legal immigrants coming to this country. They worked until they retired, watched their children get married and give them grandchildren and now they watch as their children and grandchildren are burdened with an ever increasing debt born of overspending and handouts. So you ask if he supports the Dream Act? NOT A CHANCE! It is an utter slap in the face to those who followed the rules and WORKED hard for their lives, their families and their dreams. And yet you expect them to watch their country and it's leaders belittle their endeavors by giving "handouts" to other immigrants rather than requiring them to EARN it. Yeah, I would feel a bit betrayed too!