Chapter 106: One VS Three
After Jeff's answer was finished, the three people behind him would not be able to attract the attention of the audience unless they ran naked on the spot, because neither the audience nor the voters in front of the TV could digest the shock of the plumber in just six minutes.
But Tommy listened carefully to the answers of the latter two, in fact, the speeches of these two people are clearer than the first few ideas, after listening, in Tommy's personal selection, at least the top three speakers tonight, but the American election does not need such a simple and unpretentious speech, only need to speak endlessly.
And these two people obviously have no money, usually can't even afford newspaper advertisements, purely on their own feet to travel all over the 18 constituencies, won the donations and recognition of small businesses and ordinary people in the district, only barely mixed into this candidate team, even if this kind of person is really elected, there are only two results, either forced to change the original intention when running for the election, or just do nothing, mixed up after a term of office by the opponent to get out of power and go home.
The answer of James Meg, a black insurance broker, is to promote the most important fruit planting industry in the region to complete the one-time deep processing assembly line, to ensure that all the procedures from planting a citrus sapling to a bottle of citrus flavored canned food to the supermarket shelves are completed in the district, completing the complete chain of production, processing and circulation, which can increase many different jobs to the residents of the district, and at the same time call on the government to give these enterprises that are willing to lay out a complete chain in the district a large subsidy. It is used to support enterprises to train residents in the district to meet the needs of enterprises as soon as possible, take up jobs, and achieve a win-win situation.
This is the only answer that Tommy has listened to in five speeches tonight, and he thinks that voters in his district may benefit, but it may be because this black man does not have a perfect election team and is not fully prepared.
Followed by the furniture store owner Raul Wright, a mixed-race black man, he believes that if you want to improve the environment of the district, you should start by strengthening the tourism industry in the district, after all, Miami is a well-known resort in the United States and even the world, and there is an endless stream of tourists who come here every year to enjoy their vacations, but most of the tourists are concentrated in the South Side of Miami, because the South Side has become the first and last stop for many foreign tourists to arrive in Miami with the rapid growth of Little Havana and the fermentation of word of mouth. Now the most important thing to consider is how to make the 18th District the second stop for these tourists in Miami, so that those large numbers of tourists are willing to flock to the 18th District and spend in the area, as for the way to attract tourists, it is to make some preferential adjustments in terms of consumption tax, or consider focusing on digging into Jamaican culture, promoting reggae music, competing with Cuban culture in the South District, and forming their own cultural characteristics as soon as possible.
After listening to the furniture store owner's speech, Tommy couldn't help but wonder if he was still in the United States, and the answers of the two black men were more feasible than everyone before him, including Jeff, neither empty nor hypocritical, and the only drawback was that the style of speech was as unpretentious as their answers, which could not attract the attention of ordinary people at all.
"Martin, once the primaries are over, call James Meg and Raul Wright as soon as possible to see if they would like to consider having a candid chat with Jeff." After listening to the two speakers, Tommy said to Martin, who was in the studio hallway, staring at Jeff on stage.
Martin lowered his voice and responded in a puzzled tone: "Both of these have expressed their support for Cubans, according to your previous plan, boss, shouldn't I broadcast the news of being beaten by Cubans in the street tomorrow to help them celebrate their outstanding performance in the primaries?" β
As long as these three express a little kindness to the Cubans in the primary, the news broadcast the next day will make the three of them scolded by their angry black compatriots to the point of blood, and they are black people in the United States, not only the 18th district.
Why is it that you are suddenly kind-hearted now?
"Destroying them is not in conflict with taking from them their carefully prepared election proposal." Tommy said in a calm tone: "Whether you give it to Jeff or not, you have to destroy them, and if they give them a more detailed plan, you don't need your subordinates to write it themselves based on one-sided two-minute speeches, and if you don't give it, your employees should also know how to copy their stuff." β
"What's the use of copying ideas?"
"It can be used for your company and politicians to do business, these two ideas are worth some investment only if they are elected, but do you think the two of them have an elected face?"
"No, if the two of them can be elected, I'll run for president right away." Martin said in an affirmative tone.
Tommy casually explained: "But you can take their stuff and refine it into two more detailed reports, and then use your popularity to talk to the members of Congress about business, and change the ideas of the two failed candidates into the business of the members, such as how to get high subsidies, how to take land cheaply under the banner of creating a cultural style, and so on." β
After saying that, Tommy stopped, because at this time the seventh candidate, Andy Hogan, had already begun to answer the question asked by the host for the seventh time, which was a young man who looked tall and strong, and was no more than twenty-eight years old, and stood generously on the podium at this time, showing a charming smile: "Thank you, host, uh...... I had prepared a lot of words, but Mr. Jeff LaVine, having said everything I wanted to say, I was actually standing here listening to what he had just said, and I wanted to applaud him vigorously, and I also shared his opinion that if the 18th District wants to get better, the most important thing is to expel the illegal stowaways. β
With Jeff's speech, although Andy Hogan's speech at this time was unexpected, the audience didn't have too many surprised expressions, only the host with Cuban descent looked at Andy Hogan with depressed eyes again, he shouldn't have agreed to be the moderator of this debate, I thought I could enjoy the face-to-face goodwill of all candidates as a Cuban-American, but I didn't expect that now two white people directly stood up, shouting slogans to kick Cubans out in front of them, and he couldn't argue with him because of the rules and host status, Kong has a good eloquence, but he can only sulk silently.
"Some people may think I'm familiar, don't doubt it, it's me, Andy Hogan, a little movie actor, I've acted in "Neon Night", "Wanda Makes a Lot of Wall Street", "Don't Be in the Forest XX" and other hit movies, I was lucky enough to get the primary qualification and stand here, thanks to the friends I worked with and a lot of fans who like me, by the way, my new film "Men's Hell" will also be available in the video store this week, it is a big production, and I and a lot of actresses will be ...... in it"
The host couldn't listen anymore, and directly interrupted the white racist who also boycotted Cubans in a cold tone: "Mr. Hogan, I remind you that it is better to speak on the topic, and advertising your work at the election site will not increase sales, but will only make everyone think that you are very disrespectful to them." β
"OK, back to the question, why do I have the same opinion as Mr. Jeff LaVine, because I and a large number of actors are going to lose their jobs, North Miami Kantor Bay in the eighteenth district has now become the mecca of illegal small movie crews Hollywood, those illegal smugglers dare to do anything in front of the camera in order to pay for the snakeheads, **,**,**, **, and other subjects that are absolutely strictly forbidden in American small movies, they can all shoot, the most basic point, Animal cruelty is against U.S. law and Florida law! β
"They only charge a low salary, they don't need insurance, they don't need to sign a formal contract, they don't need to join a union, and the crew is full of illegal immigrants from top to bottom, and even if the police catch them red-handed, they will be helpless, because they will say to the police, we are entertaining ourselves, and this is what those Cuban smugglers do."
"My wife and I have been unemployed for more than two months, even if we have lowered the floor, even the group *, **, ** these shameful subjects have agreed to shoot, but we have not found a job opportunity, this is the cruel reality of the 18th constituency, you can't make money by selling your body."
"I'm standing here, knowing very well that I'm never going to be elected, but I'm very happy to hear Mr. Laven's speech, and I'm very happy that there are people among the candidates who, like me, are aware of the serious harm that Cuban smugglers have done to the 18th constituency, and everyone, we have to deal with these illegal smugglers, otherwise if this kind of malicious development continues, my wife is ready to go to those illegal crews to start animal abuse, I don't want to ...... Seeing a group of illegal stowaways* My wife, or my wife riding an animal, I also don't want to be in the great America, because the smugglers take their jobs and end up starving to death on the streets. β
"That's all I have to say, thank you, moderator, thank you."
After Andy Hogan finished speaking, the audience was in an uproar, if Jeff LaVine's speech made many American citizens believe that Cuban smugglers robbed them of their money, then this Andy Hogan's speech made them feel that these Cuban smugglers are too disgusting, those subjects that make people feel disgusting just by listening to them, those subjects that white Americans can't shoot, Cuban smugglers will shoot, they are so disgusting.
Tommy shook his head slightly after hearing this, a little pity: "The speech performance is very bad, this handsome guy's acting skills are not good?" It is estimated that it is eaten by special rice ~~~ and it sounds more like an advertisement for a small movie about Cuban smugglers, and even I want to buy a video to see how Cuban girls abuse animals. β
The moderator tried to take a deep breath to calm himself quickly, and said as calmly as he sounded as unaffected by Andy Hogan's speech as possible: "All the candidates have given their own answers when they have spoken, and then there is a free discussion session on the candidates' speeches, which will last for 15 minutes, Ms. Kennedy, what do you think of the other candidates' statements on this topic?" β
"I was surprised by Ms. Pepper's statement, Mr. Claude Pepper has been a member of the House of Representatives for 25 years, and I can't move forward with a proposal for 25 years, I don't understand why she thinks she can push for success if she is elected, and I think Ms. Pepper may not be very aware that the work of a member of parliament is different from her previous work as a corrections officer, that people in Congress do not support the proposal, and you can't just call the police to arrest people who don't support you." Rosario Kennedy aimed his fire directly at Joanna Pepper next to him:
"Ms. Pepper has always said that she wants to run in accordance with her uncle, Mr. Claude Pepper, and I would like to ask you, are you also prepared to be like your uncle, who has been hostile to Cuba during your tenure as a member of the House of Representatives, and I remember what he said at that time, for the sake of the stability of the United States, he called on the United States Government to fund the Cuban rebels in Congress, to destroy Cuba in various ways, including but not limited to the destruction of infrastructure, to force the Cuban people to panic and put pressure on the government because of the lack of water and electricity, If you really ......"
Joanna Pepper listened to Rosario Kennedy's cross-examination of her with a calm face, this kind of attack between debates is very normal, in order to attack the opponent, in addition to direct swearing is not allowed, any cynicism, sarcasm and ridicule are routine operations, she is not in a hurry to interrupt, just looking for a better entry point to interrupt the other party, and then take advantage of the situation to start her own long speech, to ensure that the attraction of the audience is pulled to herself.
After all, Jeff LaVine has stolen everyone's limelight during the answer phase, and voters, whether they support him or not, must admit that tonight must be the plumber who has impressed everyone the most.
Then in the free discussion stage, you have to seize the opportunity, if not the most impressive, at least second.
Just when she was sure that Rosario would attack her from her uncle's hostile attitude towards Cuba, and she had chosen a good counterattack angle, and was about to speak, Jeff suddenly said loudly:
"If Ms. Joanna Pepper's statement struck Ms. Kennedy as incredible, then I was even more struck by Ms. Kennedy's righteous and awe-inspiring questioning at this time, that Ms. Rosario Kennedy's Cuban surname is Aquiles, which is comparable to Kennedy's surname in Cuba, that Ms. Rosario Kenneth's grandfather, Elicio Aquiles, was the president of the Senate of Cuba, that his father and mother were both senators, and that his uncle and grandfather were Mario GarcΓa Aquiles, who was added president of Cuba before the Revolution. She also has three uncles who served as mayor of Havana, the capital of Cuba, among other important positions. β
Hearing Jeff help herself question Rosario, Joanna Pepper didn't cry out of gratitude, on the contrary, she almost burst out on the spot!
This is a line that he is ready to refute Rosario! Why did this guy judge so accurately, just after Rosario finished saying that Pepper was hostile to Cuba and was about to question his own gap, he overwhelmed the other party and shouted loudly?
After he finished this set of words, what did he say?
"Family has nothing to do with me, I came to the United States when I was fifteen, I ......" Rosario Kennedy didn't expect that it was Jeff who was the first to attack, she hurriedly opened her mouth to interrupt Jeff, but Jeff raised his voice and did not interrupt his speech, without considering that women should be respected, and said straight down:
"How much aid did the U.S. government give to the Rosario Kennedy family and Cuba at that time, hundreds of millions, and then what? Not long after the family finished collecting the money, Castro led the revolution and ousted them from power, and those American aid funds were wasted, I would like to ask Ms. Rosario-Kennedy, do you remember the promise made by the Aquiles family to the US government that Cuba would not be bewitched by the Soviet Union, and even if it appeared, it would definitely be resolved as soon as possible, and the United States would never be affected? β
"I didn't know the situation in Cuba at that time, I said, I was only fifteen years old at the time, and I want to say that history is not ......" Rosario's face could not pretend to be calm at this time, and at this time he quickly increased his voice to insert Jeff's speech, but Jeff's voice was obviously louder, and the speed of his speech was faster, and his hands pressed the podium, and his voice seemed to be trying to suppress anger:
"If I'm not mistaken, it was President Kennedy who gave Cuba in 1960, and then less than half a year after the aid money, which was made up of American citizens' tax payments, was sent to Cuba, you and your grandfather, your grandfather, your father, your mother, and those uncles flew to Miami on a special plane, leaving Cuba intact to Castro, and the whole family became Americans!"
"And years later, you can still happily marry Mr. David Kennedy in Miami, as if your family and the Kennedy family had never happened to the American people to waste a lot of aid and the Cuban people to lose their freedom."
"If you question Ms. Pepper's ability to move forward with the proposal, can I question your ability as well, I fear that if a revolution breaks out in Miami one day, you will not only run away with your family members, but maybe you can also take the Kennedy family with you, of course, taking away the Kennedy family is also a good thing for the American people, otherwise if they continue to do wrong things all the time, the American people will also want to take them, you have two ex-husbands, the first ex-husband is Cuban, and the second is Irish, If you love Cuba, why don't you keep the surname of your Cuban-American ex-husband and insist on the divorce using the surname Kennedy, can you answer me?"
Rosario Kennedy was stunned by this question!
Jeff or Tommy, the previous historical grand propositions are all illusions, they are used to slip Rosario's brain, and when her brain has been trapped by the words spoken by Jeff, she thinks that Jeff is going to use this matter to make trouble, and cuts in from an unexpected angle!
Just to make her unable to react, stunned for three seconds!
At this moment, Gerard Richman suddenly opened his mouth to Jeff at this time, attracting everyone's attention and allowing Rosario to breathe a sigh of relief: "Mr. LaVine, from answering the issue to discussing freely, you have been venting your anger, you are trying to incite everyone to join you in hostility against colored people in your district, as a white person you ......"
"I'm not hostile to anyone, including Cuban-American citizens, I'm only hostile to foreigners, I'm a veteran, and my career has taught me that I'm always going to protect this country and beat those foreigners who want to trouble this country to their homes! I repeat, I do not discriminate against Cuban-American citizens! And Cubans do not represent Cubans, because Cuban citizens, every time they get American status, they have sworn to the national flag, and I believe that they, the Americans, will be willing to stand with me, an American, and fight those Cuban smugglers, unless they break their oath of naturalization! If they do that, the U.S. government can consider stripping them of their nationality so that they can stand on the side of foreigners, and then I will be hostile to them. Jeff directly opened his mouth to cut off the other party's trouble, and then didn't give the other party a chance to find trouble again, and looked directly at the other party, with a resolute look that didn't care that you all challenged me:
"Mr. Richman, you're a Haitian, you're ......"
"I'm an American, and I love America." Richman was quick to add: "I was just born in Haiti. β
"I don't think you love enough, because you've been focusing on helping illegal smugglers get refugee status as soon as possible, I understand, you've been enthusiastic about helping more than 1,000 Cuban smugglers get refugee status for more than ten years, it's really warm-hearted, but there is another data, your more than ten years of legal career, have refused more than 30 black American compatriots who want to ask you for legal help but are penniless, I want to ask, this is how you love this country? Is this your attitude towards people of color equally? β
Richman doesn't know how many he has rejected in his career for more than ten years and still want to let him help with lawsuits, this kind of thing is too common, lawyers are not volunteers, and they want to waste their tongues without money, let alone black compatriots of the same color, even relatives of the same blood don't want to make themselves free, once they open their mouths, countless will surround them like flies, which is a trivial matter that every lawyer has encountered.
But the most vicious point of Jeff Lavin's remarks is that he described his normal business of helping more than 1,000 Cuban illegal smugglers obtain refugee status for more than 10 years for more than a decade as enthusiastic help, and then put it together with his own rejection of more than 30 poor black ghosts!
Let the black man in front of the TV sound like he Gerald Richman has betrayed the black man, calling on the black man to vote for his candidacy, while refusing to help the black man in need, and running to help the Cuban smugglers who have robbed the black man of his job.
Richman didn't even think of how to refute, just when he was about to cool off, fortunately, Joanna opened her mouth at this time, and actually challenged Jeff: "Mr. Lavin, the question you just asked Mr. Richman ......"
These three are all politicians, and they just ranked one, two, and three in the mock vote before, there are no fools, and they save each other tonight, not because of their close relationship, but because they all realize that they must beat Jeff LaVine down, this plumber is so terrible, he is now firmly occupying the microphone, so that the eyes and ears of the audience are firmly locked on him, and it doesn't matter who the three of them are elected in the end, because although they compete with each other, they all know each other's price, and even if they lose the election, they can trade with the elected.
And it is necessary to cooperate with Jeff to suppress him, and then let this guy unscrupulously attack Cubans through nativism, which will only make the Democratic Party lose the support of more Cuban-American voters and push them to the Republican Party, and it is necessary to make it clear to Cuban-American voters in front of the TV that Jeff LaVine only represents himself, and the three of them represent the attitude of the Democratic Party.
As soon as Joanna Pepper finished speaking, Jeff had already regained the right to speak, and this reaction speed made Joanna's heart sink, how many manuscripts did this guy's election team prepare to provide him with firepower in this primary?
Can one person dominate the microphone and spray the other six candidates indiscriminately until they are speechless and have nothing to say?
"Ms. Pepper! Have you figured out how to answer the question that Ms. Rosario Kennedy just asked? If you think about it, I happen to have another question waiting for you now, Mr. Claude Pepper became a senator in 1936, only lost the election in 1950, and then began to start all over again, competing for a seat in the House of Representatives, many politicians' careers are gradually rising, why is Mr. Pepper's career woo~~~" Jeff simulated an airplane with his palm and made a downward sliding motion: "Keep sliding?" β
Seeing that Joanna Pepper was about to open his mouth to answer, Jeff himself preemptively said: "Because he once went to the Soviet Union to meet Stalin, and after he came back, he seriously declared in Congress that Stalin is a person that the United States can fully trust, the Soviet Union is a symbol of human progress, and the Soviet Union and the United States can coexist peacefully." In fact, Stalin and the USSR taught him a lesson and made him a joke in Congress, and the Americans knew that this guy was played by Stalin! That's why he lost the election, and people couldn't accept a man who had been tricked by the Soviet Union to continue to serve as a senator. β
"Then why did he serve as a member of the House for so long? You can't snatch my microphone, die, Ms. Joanna-Perber, I'll give you the answer, because since the day he ran for the House of Representatives, he focused on one thing, against the Soviet Union and against everything related to the Soviet Union, including Cuba, which was propped up by the Soviet Union. β
"So, you'd better generously admit that you're against the Soviet Union, against Cuba, against those Cuban smugglers, listen to your uncle, and do the right thing, because that's the fundamental reason why he's been able to hold the House of Representatives for twenty-five years."
About Rosario's family information, it's not me who made it up, or the candidates in the election, except for Jeff, who I made up, everyone else is a real person~
(End of chapter)