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  • Asner Defends Castro: "We Didn't Have a Free Election in 2002"

    05/08/2003 12:35:27 PM PDT · by fight_truth_decay · 96 replies · 2,489+ views
    MRC ^ | Thursday, May 08, 2003 | BrentBaker
    Ed Asner sees a greater threat from the Bush administration than from the hapless Fidel Castro who is being pushed around unfairly. Defending Harry Belafonte and Danny Glover signing a letter denouncing the U.S. for threatening Cuba, Asner charged on Wednesday's Buchanan & Press on MSNBC that "they may well be put in prison here for...the support they're giving to Castro, the way things are going in this country." Asner insisted that those put to death by Castro, for trying to hijack a ferry so they could escape to the U.S., received a "very fair" trial. Blaming the U.S. for...