Castro falls, possibly breaking leg

CNN ^ | October 21, 2004 | CNN Havana Bureau Chief Lucia Newman

[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.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

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.

[weegee]

DUDUheads got there in 5 posts

[weegee]

Here's sort of a Mt. Marxmoore:

[Cincinatus' Wife]

LOL

Very good (bad)!

[weegee]

Trust me, this is Oliver Stoned, not a clean cut Saddam Hussein...

[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?

[weegee]

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.

[clee1]

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

[Jet Jaguar]

So what is my prize? LOL!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Over the years, Jesse Jackson's never had a problem socializing and working with the slave master, Fidel Castro.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

He looks like he slept on the street.

[7.62 x 51mm]

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.

[cambodia]

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.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

LOL

[Caipirabob]

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!

[Fresh Wind]

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.

[muir_redwoods]

Good, I hope it hurts

A lot

[Cincinatus' Wife]

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

[No Surrender No Retreat]

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

[laconic]

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.