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Castro falls, possibly breaking leg
CNN ^ | October 21, 2004 | CNN Havana Bureau Chief Lucia Newman

Posted on 10/21/2004 12:28:51 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- President Fidel Castro fell, possibly breaking his leg, after giving a graduation speech Wednesday in the central Cuban city of Santa Clara.

Sending a buzz through the crowd, the 78-year-old leader appeared to trip as he was walking away from the podium.

In an effort to calm the crowd, Castro took the microphone after a few minutes, saying: "Just so that there won't be any speculation, it seems that I broke my knee." He apologized for any concerns he may have caused for those who care about him and then joked how his spill was likely to make headlines in the international media.

Looking shaken, the Cuban leader of 45 years was taken to the hospital where he said he would probably get a cast, promising to get back to normal as soon as possible.

.....Castro's state of health is considered a state secret and is not discussed by the government.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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To: weegee
Maybe Dan can run down there and get a death bed interview.

Maybe Barbara Walters can join him to recapture the feelings she felt for the commie creep.


41 posted on 10/21/2004 1:31:52 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Jet Jaguar
DUDUheads got there in 5 posts
42 posted on 10/21/2004 1:34:32 AM PDT by weegee (To the MSM: "There's got to be a morning after" How can you face us after the lies and distortions?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Here's sort of a Mt. Marxmoore:


43 posted on 10/21/2004 1:37:34 AM PDT by weegee (To the MSM: "There's got to be a morning after" How can you face us after the lies and distortions?)
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To: weegee

LOL

Very good (bad)!


44 posted on 10/21/2004 1:38:33 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Trust me, this is Oliver Stoned, not a clean cut Saddam Hussein...


45 posted on 10/21/2004 1:40:14 AM PDT by weegee (To the MSM: "There's got to be a morning after" How can you face us after the lies and distortions?)
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To: weegee
America! Can you believe that THIS is the man who did a major historical biopic to explain who was behind the Kennedy assassination???

F'n talking (and smoking) with his new buddy Fidel Castro?


46 posted on 10/21/2004 1:42:11 AM PDT by weegee (To the MSM: "There's got to be a morning after" How can you face us after the lies and distortions?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
This is the only image I could find tying Castro and Glover:

FYI, MCI did cancel their relationship with spokesman Danny Glover as a result of protests.

Looks like you win. You named more of Castro's close friends than I did.

47 posted on 10/21/2004 1:48:18 AM PDT by weegee (To the MSM: "There's got to be a morning after" How can you face us after the lies and distortions?)
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To: Bon mots

If the price is right... I'll make you one!


48 posted on 10/21/2004 1:57:46 AM PDT by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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To: weegee

So what is my prize? LOL!


49 posted on 10/21/2004 1:59:45 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: weegee
Over the years, Jesse Jackson's never had a problem socializing and working with the slave master, Fidel Castro.


50 posted on 10/21/2004 2:01:00 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: weegee

He looks like he slept on the street.


51 posted on 10/21/2004 2:01:40 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Hopefully, he'll die from complications. I just can't believe that we haven't whacked this subhuman in over 50 years, and ended the unending horror in Cuba.


52 posted on 10/21/2004 2:02:52 AM PDT by 7.62 x 51mm (• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

My house is just around the corner from the Cuban Embassy in Cambodia. Will make sure and walk by the gates this evening and do my best impression of their great leader falling over.


53 posted on 10/21/2004 2:17:02 AM PDT by cambodia (I've spent more Christmas's in Cambodia than Kerry)
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To: cambodia
LOL


54 posted on 10/21/2004 2:20:40 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Castro recently blamed the hurricanes that hit Cuba on the US. I always knew that GW could shoot beams from his eyes affecting the weather (They say that Jackie Johnson on channel 7 here in SoFlo used to affect the tides.) I suppose now GW has the superhuman ability to offset gravity. 4 more years!
55 posted on 10/21/2004 2:21:10 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

He should call Kerry. Kerry can cure problems like that. When he's president, Castro will just jump out of his wheelchair and walk again.


56 posted on 10/21/2004 2:25:13 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Heinz-Kerry: "The common man doesn't look at me as some rich witch.")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Good, I hope it hurts

A lot

57 posted on 10/21/2004 2:31:36 AM PDT by muir_redwoods
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To: Caipirabob

Yes. And Fidel Castro blames 50+ years of food and freedom shortages (communist confinement) on the U.S.


58 posted on 10/21/2004 2:35:48 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Crazieman

I'll bet the democrats sent flowers and a get well card to their boy. Kerry was weeping because his hero fell down like a commie klown. Castro bro's days on this earth a numbered, with just a few left. After skerry loses this election and castro bro dies. Skerry can be exiled to cuba to take fidel's place. Che' Skerry the revolutionary freedom fighter for the commies. Bush/Cheney 2004


59 posted on 10/21/2004 2:48:30 AM PDT by No Surrender No Retreat
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Ordinarily, I'd wish someone who broke their leg the best. Not Castro, he's a mass murderer, thief on a grand scale and one of the world's great liars and mountebanks. This garbage actually urged the Soviets to use their Cuba-based missiles on US cities and was severely disappointed when they didn't! I hope he suffers.


60 posted on 10/21/2004 2:50:42 AM PDT by laconic
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