Castro blasts and praises Obama (the "progressive" is his favorite candidate

Politico ^ | 5-26-2008 | Ben Smith

[Kleebo151]

Fidel Castro has a fascinating op-ed in the state-run Cuban paper Granma, attacking Obama's recent Cuba speech with a slight note of regret that such a "progressive" candidate has taken such a hard-line stance.

Castro charged that "Presidential candidate Obama’s speech may be formulated as follows: hunger for the nation, remittances as charitable hand-outs and visits to Cuba as propaganda for consumerism and the unsustainable way of life behind it."

But he also made clear that Obama is his preferred candidate: He's "doubtless, from the social and human points of view, the most progressive candidate to the U.S. presidency."

[Kleebo151]

It will help Obama sooo much in Florida that he's Castro's favorite candidate.

[TheWasteLand]

So Obama picked up the Castro endorsement? I’ll bet he’s working really hard on the Chavez, Mugabe, and Kim Jong-il onces as we speak.

[null and void]

and bin Laden...

[Dumpster Baby]

The Dem candidates are immune to embarrassment and shame that they are favored by communist dictators, mass murderers, and terrorists.

A person is defined by who his enemies are, and are not.

[UltraKonservativen]

Hamas loves him, Castro loves him, Chris Matthews loves him, Jane Fonda loves him....The list of anti American idiots that love this loser grows everyday.
We need a commercial that shows this list of endorsers...oh wait, that's forbidden too?

[andyandval]

Spoken like a true cadaver.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"the most progressive candidate to the U.S. presidency."

This, from a dictator who won't even allow the internet in his prison camp of a country.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Obama’s already got the voters who would be favorably impressed by a Castro endorsement. Not going to help with the undecided and those thinking of voting for Mr. Barr.

[1035rep]

See, I told you it was just a family spat. Obama and Castro have already made up.

[rdl6989]

Agreed, this is the best “ghost writing” I’ve seen in a long time.

[Kleebo151]

And check this out: Fidel says that the reason why he doesn't praise Obama more is that he would be doing his adversaries a favor:

Were I to defend him, I would do his adversaries an enormous favor. I have therefore no reservations about criticizing him and about expressing my points of view on his words frankly.

Read whole op-ed: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/mayo/lun26/Reflections-26may.html

[MtnClimber]

Do you think Castro, Chavez, Mugabe, and Kim Jong-il could be superdelegates? :)

[tiredoflaundry]

Do you think Castro, Chavez, Mugabe, and Kim Jong-il could be superdelegates? :)

Why not! Jimmah Carter is one! ;o)

[Numbers Guy]

Don’t worry, Joe Klein, Fareed Zakaria, and Jonathon Alter will come out and explain that Castro endorsed Obama because Fidel thinks that endorsement will help defeat Obama.

You see, Castro really fears an Obama presidency because then the U.S. will start being really peachy keen and nice to other nations and that will make meanies like Castro look bad by comparison. And meanies don’t like to look bad.

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[Oldeconomybuyer]

Under normal circumstances getting praise from a communist dictator would doom a presidential candidate. However, with a GOP that lost its conservative bearings and a democratic party hugging the extreme bitter left, this could be just the endorsement that puts Barry in the White House. Pathetic.

[plain talk]

but will obama reject the endorsement?

[SayNoToDems]

Castro's endorsement will clearly help him in DC,Massachusetts,Vermont,California and other places.

[386wt]

The list of anti American idiots that love this loser grows everyday.

Don't forget Iran's Imanutjob.

[Charles Bronson Forever]

Stick around, folks, the party’s just getting started. Here’s to Barry O’ Castro.

[Fox_Mulder77]

Barry should avoid Miami now, if he cares about his image. Having thousands of protesters hounding every camera filming him is not going to look very good.