Castro Answers Carter

Wall St. Journal ^ | July 9, 2002 | Editorial

[The Raven]

Former President Jimmy Carter is in Venezuela this week to attempt a reconciliation between President Hugo Chavez and his opposition. There are fears in Caracas of a repeat of the violent April protests that killed 19 and ended with a failed coup. So we wish Mr. Carter luck, though we hope he does better with Mr. Chavez than it turns out he did with Cuba's Fidel Castro in May.

[The Raven]

the state claimed to get eight million signatures. Cuban workers and schoolchildren then got three days off to watch a special session of the Cuban congress "consider" the proposal and finally pass it.

No vouchers there. It might be a worthwhile exercise to study propaganda methodologies of the commies. Our Constitution is based on excesses of European statists.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Mr. Carter's visit brought a kinder, gentler Castro to the evening news in America, but it did little for the cause of freedom in Cuba. Something to think about as the world's media descend on Caracas.

Bump!

[river rat]

Poor, simple Jimmy Carter -- foiled again...
Still doesn't recognize bullshit from communist tin horn dictators.
The old boy should give up his vision of a "Peace Prize", and accept his legacy as one of the more unremarkable Presidents of our era....
Semper Fi

[Valin]

Jimmy, give it up please. Just go build houses, It's where you can do the most good.

[boris]

18 USC 953, the Logan Act:

Sec. 953. - Private correspondence with foreign governments

"Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both."