The Governor Grabbed the Hair of the Cave

With a great festival that was the call to the Freedom Tower in Miami, Gov. Rick Scott’s signing of a law that prohibits local and state governments from doing business with international businesses that invest or have business in Cuba was celebrated. Present at the party were the most influential people of the ultra-right, anti-Cuban sector who showed their appreciation for the governor having the “bravery and dignity” to endorse this new law.

More than a celebration of a new law, the party seemed like a meeting of circus performers who had gotten together to make known the antics of the new conqueror. Handshakes, effusive hugs, laughs that went from ear to ear, faces of slaughtered sheep that shed tears of emotion for the quick “liberation of Cuba” were seen on TV screens. There was no lack of applause for the new hero. The governor had been consecrated as a champion of representative democracy for Cuba. The faces of the well-known voices of the Miami cave showed smiles in front of the television cameras that had come to cover this great event.

Now it’s over! This is what people said to each other while cheering and jumping for joy, the governor had signed the famous law. According to his assistants, he gave a mortal blow to the Cuban Revolution.

All this fanfare took place midday on May 1 only hours after millions of citizens filled the streets of Cuban towns and cities to pay homage to the working class on their day, and to reiterate the great support for the government and its revolution.

It is somewhat amazing to see on television this human sea chanting slogans in the Cuban streets and supporting their government. Three or four hours later, on the same television screen one could see a cabal of reactionaries. There were happy people, having fun in the streets of the island and a group with hate and malice who were against them in a closed room in the center of a major city in Florida.

The governor signed the law in this city and with the greatness of a hero on his shoulders, left quickly for Tallahassee, the capital of the state. It seems to me that he did not have time to sit in his office, when he had made a written declaration that stated that the law could not be put into effect, if the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama did not approve of its contents, which violate federal law. Also, he wrote a letter to Obama to beg him to make an exception with Florida that would pass over the State Department and the many federal agencies that deal with international politics and permit Florida to take charge of their dealings with international relations.

What do you think? The governor came to Miami and signed a law that he knew could not be enforced. It was a political and publicity stunt. Making a law to please a bloodthirsty pack that pressured him with telephone calls, scandals and threats is the height of all heights. For sure the same ones who were praising the governor when he made his declaration and sent a letter to Obama, immediately went on radio programs to threaten him if he did not enforce the law that he had signed that afternoon, and they took him to court. So in a few hours the governor went from being a hero to a traitor.

The truth is that the governor of Florida grabbed the hair of the Miami Cave. He left them stewing in their hate, wanting to do damage to their country of origin and like the famous Gallo de Morón — without feathers and clucking.