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Castro Endorses Obama
Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall Street JournalPresident Obama has received yet another endorsement, this time from the daughter of Cuban military dictator Raúl Castro. Mariela Castro proclaimed her support for the sitting president 10 days ago, during a visit to the United States. "I believe that Obama needs another opportunity and he needs greater support to move forward with his projects and with his ideas, which I believe come from the bottom of his heart," she said in a CNN interview in New York. I'll bet Mitt Romney is shocked, shocked and disappointed. The dictator's daughter, who is a vociferous proponent of the Cuban status quo, Surprise again! was ostensibly in the U.S. to discuss matters pertaining to her field of expertise, which has something to do with advocating for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights. She'll fit right in at the Democratic National Convention. As the Cuban-born writer Carlos Alberto Montaner put it in a syndicated column last week, "Mariela is tolerant of sexual preferences and intolerant of all the rest." He added: "For her, freedom and emotional coherence are something very specifically situated south of the navel."... Posted by: Mike 2012-06-11 |
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