We are feeling very good about Spain today!

It's so exciting! I've been whistling that wonderful "paso doble" melody all day long.  

It's one of my favorite Spanish tunes.  I guess that it's up there with "El Relicario" and "Virgen de la Macarena".  I love the traditional Spanish melodies.

I've just checked EL PAIS's website and the conservatives are doing just great in Spain.  

Let me congratulate the voters of Spain.  As of mid-Sunday, it looks like they are rejecting the socialists in style.

In many ways, I've had a special place in my heart for Spain.  

I was born in Cuba and raised in the US. 

I am a very proud Cuban American and admire the great contributions that we have made to the US.    We are one of the greatest success stories in US immigration history.   Our parents lost everything in Cuba, started with nothing and achieved wonderful levels in the US.

Yes, I love my Cuban American heritage and the sacrifice that our parents made standing up for freedom and starting a new life in the US. 

At the same time, I am the grandson of a man from Asturias who moved to Cuba in the 1920's.      My mother and father are the descendants of all of those wonderful Spanish immigrants who seeded Cuba.

Spain has changed a lot since my grandfather (Abuelo Pedro) and other ancestors moved to Cuba many years ago.   However, their influence is all over those of us who carry their names.  They taught us about honesty, hard work, devotion to family and to reject the "something for nothing" philosophy of socialist demagogues.

As I said, I've been whistling Spanish music all day.  I feel good about Spain today. 

Here is our Sunday night chat: 

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It looks like an important shake up is coming in Spain today!

We spoke with Jose M Guardia of BarcePundit about the elections in Spain.  It looks like the left will have a very long day at the polls.

Spain's problems are economic and the voters are bent on punishing the left.

This is Jose's summary:

"In Spain, dissatisfaction with the state of affairs runs so deep that the Socialists are poised to lose even here in the southern region of Andalusia, where the party has enjoyed a stranglehold on politics since democracy was restored in Spain in 1975. 

But a win for the Popular Party, or PP, could prove a poisoned chalice. 

It would inherit a nation beset by an unemployment rate of more than 20%, a shaky banking system and growing doubt by global investors about Madrid's ability to pay its debts and make the painful reforms required to get the economy back on track."

Jose is right.  The Partido Popular must be bold and offer a clear plan as soon as possible.  

No one has the answer for all of Spain's problems.   However, we do know that socialism does not work as Spain's voters have learned over the last few years. 

Again, I hope that Partido Popular is bold and calls for real change.   

Here is our chat with Jose:

 

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