Bush's Cuba policy is remarkably stupid - to Florida Cubans

Let's drag ourselves back to 1999. Elian Gonzalez. Thought you'd forgotten all about him, right? Thought you'd never have to think the words "Marisleysis" again? It was right around the time that little Elian was being used as a political pawn by everyone and anyone that the Florida Cuban community pretty much hooked up with the Bush camp. Lot of good it's done them. After 3 years of a Bush administration, Cuba's still Communist, and it's still run by Castro. I think that we've pretty much proven that our anti-Cuba policies have been an utter and complete failure since, oh, 1961. So, the Bush administration got together with some of former Senator Jesse Helms' people to craft a new, stricter Cuba crackdown. Until recently, Cuban-Americans could send money home to Cuba, and even travel there once a year to visit family. (Interesting that you and I can't go to Cuba, but they can). Bush, with the help of Helms' ex-cronies, have changed the rule to permit visits once every three years, with no exceptions for weddings or funerals. They have also limited the money and parcels that can be sent to families in Cuba. The most rabidly anti-Castro folks in Florida, including at least one Congressman, think that even tougher measures would be appropriate. Of course, as we learned in the former Soviet bloc, Levi's and Led Zeppelin can certainly hasten the fall of a totalitarian dictatorship. It seems as if the Bushies' new get-tough policy is backfiring with the people whose support it was meant to curry - Cuban-Americans.