Castro, like Hamas, is for Obama
By Soren Dayton Posted in 2008 | Barack Obama | Cuba | Fidel Castro — Comments (7) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Fidel Castro writes on Barack Obama:
What did he say in his speech in Miami, this man who is doubtless, from the social and human points of view, the most progressive candidate to the U.S. presidency?
Meanwhile Castro attacks John McCain personally:
Cuban leader Fidel Castro blasted Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday for his criticism of the Cuban government this week, saying McCain had shown why he finished near the bottom of his class at West Point.
[Note by Jeff: The fact that McCain went to the Naval Academy (at Annapolis, MD), not the U.S. Military Academy (at West Point) appears to be lost on either Mr. Castro or on the writer of the Reuters article. If the former, that shows why Mr. Castro "finished near the bottom of his class at" the Petty Dictators Academy, and the lack of a correction in-text shows that the Reuters writer is either too ignorant to know the difference, too lazy to care, or too biased to correct Castro in favor of McCain. Of course, if it was just a mistake by the Reuters writer (and editor), then that simply demonstrates why they "finished near the bottom of [their] class at" Wannabe Journalist School. Either way, poor job by the news bureau all-stars.]
One candidate is attacked by Castro. The other is praised by Castro. And Hamas. Sometimes you know a man by his friends and enemies.
Just saying.
Progressive - how? Voting record? I think not. Castro is just as uninformed as some of our voters.
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This is the only election in history where a candidate is endorsed by terrorists!
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From Tom Hayden, The Nation:
Towards Venezuela, Obama is burdened with the contradictions of the liberal national security hawks, admitting that Hugo Chávez was elected democratically but asserting that Chávez doesn't "govern democratically."....
According to sources in Caracas and Havana, Hugo Chávez himself may privately dismiss all this Venezuela-bashing as mere election-year posturing. "If it helps Obama get elected, okay, we'll talk later," in the paraphrase of one close observer.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080609/hayden
And from today's Los Angeles Times:
Is Iran gunning for a victory by presidential candidate Barack Obama?
Depends on whom you ask. But, yeah. It is.
Despite the official line that it won’t make any difference who wins the U.S. presidency (after all, they say, America is totally under the thumb of “Zionists"), Iranians are watching the U.S. elections closely and rooting for a victory by the Illinois senator, who has said he's willing to agree to unconditional talks with Iran.
Not only is Obama’s middle name Hussein that of the prophet Mohammad’s grandson (revered as the saint of all saints by Iran’s majority Shiites) but the candidate’s foreign policy seems light years away from the saber-rattling of President Bush and Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee.
"For those worried about another war in the world, John McCain is not a suitable candidate to take office,” said an April 16 editorial in the moderate daily Seda-ye-Edalat:
He is tough and rigid not only towards Iran but also towards Russia and China. Many experts believe that his victory will be a message to Iran, Russia and China to either review their policies or get ready for confrontation.
Contrast that to what Iranian elites say about Obama.
“I should say, he is a phenomenon, based on what he has said so far,” Sadegh Kharazzi, a former Iranian diplomat squarely in the reformist camp now out of power, said. “Unless he is drawn into traditional Democratic Party ways, his election as a president will be welcomed in Iran.”
Wrote the conservative daily Hamshahri on May 7:
Obama has adopted the friendliest strategies regarding Iran, because he believes that America should change its policy in dealing with Tehran, while other candidates have more hostile policies.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/05/iran-tehran-car.ht...
This is ridiculous. The original article by Castro cannot be in anyway construed as an endorsement of Obama. It's Castro being Castro and taking an another opportunity to rant on the US. Not newsworthy.
"you know a man by his friends and enemies"
oh really?
Well John McCain and Ted Kennedy are actual dear friends. People being friends does not mean that they cannot hold strong differences of political opinion.
on the other hand,
Groups like Hamas or dictators like Castro are not friends to any presidential candidate. They are people that think their opinion matters in cases where it clearly does not.
Does anyone have a list of endorsements and implied endorsements that Obama has received from radicals, anti-Americans, and others who are trying to destroy our way of life? I think it would be great if there was such a list at one place.
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When John McCain wins this fall it will be too bad for Castro. He will still be stuck in 1959 and the embargo will continue. The Senator is right on Cuba. There will be democracy and economic freedom in Cuba again. People like making money too much. Besides, they will have to pay their cell phone bills.