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Fidel Castro Steps Down...
NYT via Drudge ^ | February 19, 2008

Posted on 02/18/2008 11:43:05 PM PST by silentknight

Fidel Castro Steps Down...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Cuba; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: breaking; castro; commierat; commies; communist; cuba; deathwatch; dictator; dictators; exdictator; fidel; free; goodriddance; hesalreadydead; murderer; president; reds; resigns; retirement; theend
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Castro’s sore point

http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/feb/18/castros_sore_point30989/

Ailing Cuban dictator Fidel Castro is taking a keen interest in the U.S. presidential elections. In August, he predicted “an apparently unbeatable ticket could be Hillary for president and Obama as her running mate.” Now, it seems, he is not so certain. What is certain is his hatred for Republican front-runner John McCain.

Castro has devoted the last three in a series of essays that he has been writing since illness forced him to hand power to his younger brother Raul Castro in July last year to an extraordinary attack on Sen. McCain. In the first article, published as usual on the front page of the official Communist Party newspaper Granma, Castro was responding to a statement Sen. McCain made when he was campaigning in Miami. Sen. McCain told Cuban exiles: “There’s a person I want you to help me find when Cuba is free, and that’s that Cuban that came to the prison camps of North Vietnam and tortured and killed my friends. We’ll get him and bring him to justice, too.”

Castro accused him of lying: “His accusations against internationalist Cuban revolutionaries ... are completely unethical.”


Well, McCain can’t be all bad, since Castro hates him so.


41 posted on 02/18/2008 11:57:42 PM PST by CreativePerspective
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To: silentknight
Whoa!


42 posted on 02/18/2008 11:58:41 PM PST by XR7
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To: dixiechick2000

Closing tags. Wow. A blast from the past.

Regards


43 posted on 02/18/2008 11:58:47 PM PST by ARE SOLE (Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment.. (A "Concerned Citizen".)
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To: silentknight

I thought he was gone over a year ago. What was Raul doing?


44 posted on 02/18/2008 11:58:59 PM PST by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: silentknight

45 posted on 02/18/2008 11:59:29 PM PST by bigjoesaddle (McCain is a liar and a crook. See amnesty and Keating Five.)
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To: rottndog

ROFLMAO


46 posted on 02/19/2008 12:01:01 AM PST by wafflehouse (When in danger, When in doubt, Run in circles, Scream and Shout!)
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To: ARE SOLE

LOL!

I know...;o)

More than once I thought it was my fault, and I didn’t know html from a hole in the ground. ;o)

FRegards...


47 posted on 02/19/2008 12:01:04 AM PST by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: rogue yam
Prayers up for Fidel.

I've never prayed for a commie tyrant mass murderer before. What does one say?

May he get what he deserves. Thy will be done, amen.

Good general purpose prayer, whether you like the guy or not. Leave it to His judgment.

48 posted on 02/19/2008 12:02:03 AM PST by ReignOfError
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To: silentknight

Oh wow...I hope he is dead.


49 posted on 02/19/2008 12:03:02 AM PST by Captainpaintball ( The first Amendment is the FIRST refuge of a scoundrel!!!)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

“Prayers up for Fidel.”

Yeah, prayers that he dies quickly and as soon as possible.


50 posted on 02/19/2008 12:03:25 AM PST by NoWayMcCain
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Jimmy Carter is deeply saddened.


51 posted on 02/19/2008 12:03:53 AM PST by CreativePerspective
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To: exnavy
Deserving The Best Casket


52 posted on 02/19/2008 12:04:58 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: silentknight
Time for a reunion:


53 posted on 02/19/2008 12:05:42 AM PST by atomic conspiracy (Rousing the blog-rabble since 9-11-01)
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To: rogue yam
I've never prayed for a commie tyrant mass murderer before. What does one say?

O Heavenly Father, we humbly beseech Thee that through Thy Wisdom and Infinite Grace, Thy Servant Fidel Castro may be rewarded with the Just Deserts of his Worldly Deeds.

Of course, that's just "Godspeak." He doesn't listen very well unless you couch it in those terms. In fact, Latin is the preferred medium, and the more voices that repeat the prayer, the more likely He is to take notice, being somewhat hard of hearing. But in plain English, one would simply hope that Castro gets what he deserves.

54 posted on 02/19/2008 12:05:51 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: silentknight
I can hear the weeping in Hollywood all the way over hear in the desert?

Bwa bwa bwa bwa our illustrious ICON and IDOL has exited stage left.

55 posted on 02/19/2008 12:05:51 AM PST by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
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To: silentknight

I’m sure hollyweird will be holding a candle-light vigil for Castro tonight.

I’m also sure MSNBC, BBC, NY Times and the rest of the liberal MSM inbetween their cryfests will be running gushing articles with lots of phrases like, “Misunderstood, good intentions, dynamic leader, deep reflection, respected by many world leaders, universal healthcare, etc, etc....”


56 posted on 02/19/2008 12:06:30 AM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: Westlander

LOL I like it, I like a lot.


57 posted on 02/19/2008 12:07:24 AM PST by exnavy ( note to islamists,God means love, not hate.)
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To: CreativePerspective

Will Jimmuh personalize the casket with his new Dremel tool he got for Christmas?


58 posted on 02/19/2008 12:07:26 AM PST by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: silentknight

It’s about time. Now, if he would hurry up and go meet his maker.


59 posted on 02/19/2008 12:08:13 AM PST by NRA2BFree ("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
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To: silentknight

This has been in the works for some time now. Chavez has his military goons all over Cuba. Older exiles here will rejoice and some younger Cuban Americans may get revolution fever but my guess is this doesnt mean much. Bush sent several signals...as have several others to the Cuban people but so far they havent reacted. A small amount of Cubans have made some noise but no general uprising. Ladies in White and a few human rights leaders come to mind.


60 posted on 02/19/2008 12:08:22 AM PST by rrrod
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