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McCain hopes for Castro's speedy demise | |
2008-02-23 | |
"But the point is, the point is that apparently he's trying to groom his brother Raul. My friends, Raul is worse in many respects than Fidel was." In a formal written statement, McCain also took a shot at Obama, the Democratic front-runner who renewed his offer to speak to leaders of US foes without preconditions in a campaign debate with rival Hillary Clinton in Texas. "So Raul Castro gets an audience with an American president, and all the prestige such a meeting confers, without having to release political prisoners, allow free media, political parties, and labor unions, or schedule internationally monitored free elections," McCain said. "Senator Obama says he would meet Cuba's dictator without any such steps in the hope that talk will make things better for Cuba's oppressed people. "Meet, talk, and hope may be a sound approach in a state legislature, but it is dangerously naive in international diplomacy where the oppressed look to America for hope and adversaries wish us ill." | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#1 A teeny-tiny good start for Mav. This sort of "attack" (I love how a substantive and well-founded criticism of someone's statements or ideas is now called an "attack") will need to become MUCH more vituperative and some way will be needed to get it past the media filters. |
Posted by: Verlaine 2008-02-23 11:32 |