Obama offers condolences to Castro family

The Hill ^ | 11/26 | HARPER NEIDIG

[ErikJohnsky]

President Obama on Saturday expressed his condolences over the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

In a statement, the president emphasized the renewed relationship between the two countries but steered clear of making any judgments about the controversial dictator’s legacy. “Today, we offer condolences to Fidel Castro's family, and our thoughts and prayers are with the Cuban people,” Obama said in the statement.

“In the days ahead, they will recall the past and also look to the future. As they do, the Cuban people must know that they have a friend and partner in the United States of America.”

[ErikJohnsky]

no condolences for the thousands murdered by the communist regime?? Go back to Kenya! Oh wait, they're capitalist today and majority non-Muslim, two things 0bama hates. He can go to Cuba and chill with Raul instead! At least Cuba (currently) has the communist part right!

[BenLurkin]

[Blue Highway]

Can’t wait till ALL of those people are out of jobs. That will save a bit of $$$$

[ColdOne]

will he order the flag lowered at wh?

[Skywise]

He’s just eyeing Castro’s position for his next job.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Meanwhile in Miami...

[FreeAtlanta]

yuck

All our nation and freedom loving people should ever say to him is “Adios Pendejo”

[Dana1960]

Every time I think I can’t hate Obama more, he makes a liar out of me.

[keat]

The Trump Effect continues. That cagey little press release would have been a whole lot more flowery if Obama hadn’t gotten his ass kicked in the election.

[tet68]

“Today, we offer condolences to Fidel Castro’s family,
Stalin’s family, Herr Hitler’s family, Pol Pot’s family
and the families of dead despots across the globe...

[lurk]

Interesting responses to the passing of a bloody tyrant. Tolerance is a dangerous form of blindness.

[Texas Eagle]

Not a word to the families of the political prisoners languishing in prison? Care to offer any encouragement that you will work with his successor to free them?

I figured as much.

[unixfox]

His “condolences” are all you need to know about who he REALLY is.

[Olog-hai]

Funny that the title says condolences went to the “Castro family” when one of the left’s major goals is abolition of the family.

[UCANSEE2]

"have the idiot say, 'our thoughts and prayers are with the Cuban People'."

[MtnClimber]

His brother, Raul, and the other communists in his administration should get the firing squad.

[MuttTheHoople]

Trump isn’t even inaugurated yet, and already enemy leaders are dropping like flies.

[UCANSEE2]

[Texas Eagle]

From a story on Foxnews.com:

While brother Raul was his closest confidant and successor as president, sister Juana, exiled in south Florida, called Fidel a "monster" to whom she hadn't spoken in more than four decades. . Eldest daughter Alina Fernandez, born from an affair with a married socialite who remained on the island decades later, blasted dad on exile radio from Miami.

Sounds like Obama's condolences are about as welcome to some of Castro's family as a pig in a mosque.

[Texas Eagle]

I wonder if Buoyance and Jay-Z will sing “Ave Maria” at the funeral.