Speech: Bush Refuses to Lift Cuba Embargo

Yahoo.com ^ | Mon May 20, 2002 - 10:55 AM ET | SCOTT LINDLAW, AP

[umgud]

Bush refuses to lift embargo? Carter going to be real upset.

[Miss Marple]

This was a great speech. I liked how he stuck in that bit about Castro protecting his cronies. Ha!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The White House on May 15, 2002 held fast to its hard-line policy on Cuba, as it prepared for a major speech by President George W. Bush that could step up pressure on Cuban President Fidel Castro's communist state. 'Cuba is the last tyrant left on Earth ... one of the last great tyrants left on Earth,' White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said. Cuban President Fidel Castro is seen speaking in Havana May 10. Photo by Rafael Perez/Reuters

Fidel Castro - Cuba

[Miss Marple]

One step at a time. Did you see that we are entering into an energy agreement with Russia?

[F16Fighter]

Jimma Carter has been validated as a "useless" idiot...

Now maybe once and for all he can concentrate on coloring books and making really big decisions like which yellow crayon from the 64-pack of crayolas to use to color Big Bird's fur.

[Anamensis]

Equally ironic from the other side is liberals huffing that we have brought on the rage of the "Arab street" by continuing to deal with dictatorial regimes like the Sauds. But they hate our embargo of Cuba. Now, why would that be??

[Grampa Dave]

A little more insight to Cuba/Fidel's work re bio terrorism. I have posting warnings about this since last November. (Link to Fidel's work re bio terrorism for his al Qeada buddies)

In one speech, our Stealth President has pinned Tio Fidel against the wall for the world to see what a dangerous thug he is. Then GW has proven to the world how dangerous Carter is re Carter's lust for communists and the enemies of America.

How long will it be, before Al Hunt has one of his hate opeds in the WSJ condemning GW for this speech and praising Carter/Fidel and feeling so sorry for the Cubans hurt by GW?

[Miss Marple]

Hopefully, Hunt is trying to justify his polling expenses to his Dow Jones bosses. Ha!

I would guess the next polling question will be about Cuba and sanctions, or Iraq and sanctions/war. We will have to see what the DNC talking points are this week, and then we can safely predict the poll.

President Bush leaves for Russia this week, where he will have lots of positive news. They are desperate to stop this evidence that GW knows what he's doing. The Rats are going to cause some sort of trouble, IMHO. I am looking forward to seeing President Bush and President Putin in St. Petersburg. Lots of good news from that quarter, I think.

[biblewonk]

This embargo is BS. Cuber doesn't have oil so it's easy and safe for us to bully them. They are not 1 percent as dangerous to us as Saudi Arabia. The only reason for the embargo is to appease a bunch of cuban americans in a swing state. It makes me sick.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

This embargo is BS. Cuber doesn't have oil so it's easy and safe for us to bully them.

The only "bullying" going on is in Cuba, by Castro on the Cuban people. Stop and think.

[Defiant]

Maybe Bush should encourage Carter to run for President if he disagrees with policy. After all, Carter still has another term available. Bwahhhaaahaaaa.

[Redbob]

Jimmy Carter - one-term governor of a small Southern state...

[SteamshipTime]

The only "bullying" going on is in Cuba, by Castro on the Cuban people. Stop and think.

You stop and think. Saudi Arabia, China, and Pakistan are all as dictatorial as Castro yet because we need their oil, cheap labor, or some other commodity, we trade freely with them. Why not with Cuba? Because: (1) there is no economic downside to an embargo; (2) it can be used to whip the neo-cons into a pep rally; and (3) protect the Republican base in a swing state.

It has nothing to do with ideology and everything to do with expediency. When it was Batista slitting throats and enriching his cronies, we didn't have a problem with it.

[jrlc]

Carter is at best a well-meaning fool -- more to the point, he has simply become AN OLD FOOL.

[toenail]

"This was a great speech. I liked how he stuck in that bit about Castro protecting his cronies. Ha!"

Was this the same Bush who signed into law the Incumbent Protection Act, which would jail Americans for so much as broadcasting a voting record immediately before an election? Hypocrite.

[Miss Marple]

Well, still picking at that scab, are you?

[Sabertooth]

Good for the President.

There's no reason America needs to cave in to Latin American countries suffereing from the effects of their own corruption.

[toenail]

"Well, still picking at that scab, are you?"

I happen to like the Bill of Rights, Miss Marple.