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McCain: Obama-Castro handshake akin to greeting Hitler
seattlepi.com ^ | December 10, 2013 | Joel Connelly

Posted on 12/10/2013 2:24:35 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

President Obama received a mighty ovation in Johannesburg, South Africa, speaking at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, but found himself under immediate fire from right-wing media and the man he defeated for the Presidency in 2008.

The cause was Obama’s handshake with Cuba’s President Raul Castro, upon arriving at the soccer stadium where presidents, celebrities, dictators and exuberant South Africans gathered to pay tribute.

“It gives Raul some propaganda to continue to prop up his dictatorial, brutal regime, that’s all,” McCain snapped to reporters on Capitol Hill.

Should the 44th president have extended his hand? “Of course not,” said McCain. “Why should you shake hands with somebody who’s keeping Americans in prison? I mean, what’s the point?”

And then, he likened Obama to the pre-World War II British prime minister, saying: “Neville Chamberlain shook hands with Hitler.”

Greeting dictators is not unheard of among American presidents. Richard Nixon shook hands and took tea with Mao Zedong, shortly after the ruler’s bloody Cultural Revolution. Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter all shook hands with, even embraced Soviet ruler Leonid Brezhnev.Obama greeted Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez in 2009.

Ex-U.S. President Herbert Hoover shook hands with Hitler on a visit to Germany. Two U.S. president put up Romania’s communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu at Blair House, the guest quarters across from the White House. Jimmy Carter greeted Fidel Castro in 2000 at the funeral of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

At the soccer stadium, Obama also warmly greeted Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, who has been on the outs with Washington, D.C., over the National Security Agency’s global spying.

Still, the right-wing press was at full cry after the Johannesburg handshake. “HANDSHAKE OUTRAGE” said a story on Fox News’ website. The Drudge Report made it a news lead.

Jimmy Carter took a different view, saying: “Significant? I hope it will be an omen for the future.”

Obama was tough on tyrants in his eulogy to Mandela, and equally tough on politicians who paid tribute to Mandela “but resist even modest reforms that would challenge chronic poverty and growing inequality.”

He did, however, seem to extend an olive branch that Raul Castro might reach for.

“South Africa shows we can change, that we can choose a world defined not by our differences but by our common hopes,” Obama said. “We can choose a world defined not by conflict but by peace and justice.”


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1 posted on 12/10/2013 2:24:35 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Yeah, at Stalins funeral.


2 posted on 12/10/2013 2:26:41 PM PST by jwalsh07
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a world defined not by our differences but by our common hopes,

what common hopes might those possibly be, barry?

he does think were all too stupid to actually read or hear what hes saying.

the commies want “fundamental change” we dont. theres not much commonality there.


3 posted on 12/10/2013 2:27:13 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: Tailgunner Joe

He is saying this as a response to Ted’s tweet. This is nothing more than an attack on Cruz.

Or polling. McLame doesn’t do anything without polling.

But... what is the lamestream and BOR gonna say about the Maverick now?

They are in such a slobberfest over Mandela. How is this going to play out?


4 posted on 12/10/2013 2:27:26 PM PST by esoxmagnum (Turtles don't win fights, they just turtle up. Victory belongs to the aggressor, not the turtle.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

nothing to see here , move along

Commies of a feather flock together


5 posted on 12/10/2013 2:28:38 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Sorry John, but you have put your own ‘brand’ ahead of the nation too many times in the past several years, and I don’t really care if once in awhile you decide it is OK to express the obvious. Principle isn’t contextual. I’m sorry, but you need to rethink who you want to be.


6 posted on 12/10/2013 2:28:47 PM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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Obama-Castro handshake akin to greeting Hitler

Come now. I don't believe it was that bad for Castro.

7 posted on 12/10/2013 2:30:36 PM PST by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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And then, he likened Obama to the pre-World War II British prime minister, saying: “Neville Chamberlain shook hands with Hitler.”
Worse. Did Hitler kill anyone up to that time?
Unlike the Castro brothers...
8 posted on 12/10/2013 2:31:17 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Revelation 6:10)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Broken Clock and John McCain.


9 posted on 12/10/2013 2:32:12 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Hoodat

Hold your calls, folks. We have a winner.


10 posted on 12/10/2013 2:32:52 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Which one is he implying is Hitler?


11 posted on 12/10/2013 2:32:57 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Tailgunner Joe

McCain shaking Obama’s hand is like greeting Hitler.


12 posted on 12/10/2013 2:34:03 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Which one’s Hitler?


13 posted on 12/10/2013 2:34:49 PM PST by Argus
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To: Tailgunner Joe

The whole Mendela affair in S. Africa was simply a political move by them all.....nothing to do with the man himslef...he was the pawn they are using to show “unity” a let’s get together and make political points here and there amongst ourselves. It was about the “Global Agenda” of uniting the World ‘in their eyes’.

The best show, however, was ol’ Michelle getting her pants in a knot when Obama flirted quite openly with the “other woman” sitting on Obamas other side!

Laughed myself silly with the photos of Michelles obvious jealousy showing and in full bloom...enough she made him change seats while she sat between them! Doesn’t take much for her great insecurities to be seen and her body language to speak without any words! HAHAH! Great entertainment!

I suspect once these two are out of the white-house they’ll live seperate lives , like Hillary and Bill, though I doubt very much Michelle could pull it off. She’s still just a Chicago ...well nough said.


14 posted on 12/10/2013 2:35:50 PM PST by caww
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To: Tailgunner Joe

A true barry. Sort of like shaking his own hand.


15 posted on 12/10/2013 2:35:50 PM PST by onedoug
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To: Tailgunner Joe
McCain is surrendering the argument?

Obama was pally-wally with a Klu Klux Klan kleegle/recruiter.

No need to play the Hitler card.


16 posted on 12/10/2013 2:36:27 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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Hey whats the big deal, its just a Commie dictator shaking hands with another Commie dictator..I wonder if Castro gave Obama any pointers


17 posted on 12/10/2013 2:37:17 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Or Bashir Assad, right John?


18 posted on 12/10/2013 2:42:11 PM PST by Defiant (Obama is The Bard of Canard.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Did McCain find his backbone?


19 posted on 12/10/2013 2:49:24 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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“South Africa shows we can change, that we can choose a world defined not by our differences but by our common hopes,” Obama said. “We can choose a world defined not by conflict but by peace and justice.”

Hussein must buy his manure wholesale. He spreads it real thick.

20 posted on 12/10/2013 2:52:58 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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