Castro ... or Woody Allen?
Posted on 07/08/2013 11:18:54 AM PDT by Nachum
Speaking an event hosted by the conservative nonprofit FreedomWorks, Rafael Cruz described President Barack Obama as being “just like a dictator like Fidel Castro.”
The Cuban-born father of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz spoke at length about his life in Cuba, his experiences with socialism and authoritarianism, and the false promises of dictators. Cruz told the crowd of tea party supporters, “as a teenager I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young charismatic leader rose up talking about ‘hope and change.’” As the crowd laughed, Cruz threw them a curve ball: “His name was Fidel Castro.”
Rafael Cruz then drew comparisons between policies of Castro and Obama, stating, “That same man who had been talking before about hope and change, now was talking about how the rich are evil, about how they oppress the people, and about the need to redistribute the wealth. He began attacking the press, curtail freedom of the press, attacking religion, confiscating property. Then he began instituting socialized medicine, and imposing wage-and-price controls. Basically reducing everybody’s salary to a least common denominator.”
He then became more specific, saying, “I think the most ominous words I’ve ever heard was in the last two State of the Union addresses, when our president said, ‘If Congress does not act, I will act unilaterally.’ Not much different than that old bearded friend that I left behind in Cuba. Government by decree, by executive order, just like a dictator — like Fidel Castro.”
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” He then became more specific, saying, “I think the most ominous words I’ve ever heard was in the last two State of the Union addresses, when our president said, ‘If Congress does not act, I will act unilaterally.’ Not much different than that old bearded friend that I left behind in Cuba. Government by decree, by executive order, just like a dictator — like Fidel Castro.””
God bless him for telling the truth!
Yet the left continues to believe that socialism/Marxism can be made to work if the right people (them) are in charge.
Not really. Castro was not as bad. Nor, was we as dangerous.
” Yet the left continues to believe that socialism/Marxism can be made to work if the right people (them) are in charge.”
Yeah....time to kill another 100 million people to set them free....
Yep
And to save the planet.
Yeah well, a majority want us to be like Cuba.
So what do you want me to say?
Yeah..
I think you are right, but my question is, will Odumbo try to stay in power as long as Castro?
Castro didn’t need a teleprompter.
An important difference.
Also, Castro did not come into power because of the fawning collusion of the Cuban media.
Castro could throw better. Probably still can, even though he is a 90 year old death warmed over old coot...
Castro ... or Woody Allen?
I wonder what sorta views Marco Rubio’s daddy has......
Based on the Tree/Apple model, I am really liking Ted Cruz!
And ‘progressives’ say, “Wow, that’s really great to hear! Does someone have a problem with that?”
Castro was an evil but hard-working communist thug. Obama is the same except that he’s lazy.
“Castro was an evil but hard-working communist thug. Obama is the same except that he’s lazy.”
That is what you get when you hire people based on how they look.
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