Fidel Castro has stepped down as the President (and whatever other titles he has bestowed upon himself over the years) of Cuba.
I have been surfing the net looking for reactions. I wondered what John McCain, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton think about this?
McCain made his thoughts known early:
“We must press the Castro regime to release all political prisoners unconditionally, to legalize all political parties, labor union and free media, and to schedule internationally monitored elections.”
Obama was quoted:
“Fidel Castro’s stepping down is an essential first step, but it is sadly insufficient in bringing freedom to Cuba. Cuba’s future should be determined by the Cuban people and not by an anti-democratic successor regime. The prompt release of prisoners on conscience wrongly jailed for standing up for the basic freedoms too long denied to the Cuban people would mark an important break with the past.”
In addition, Obama said that the United States should be prepared to take steps to normalize relations with Cuba and to ease the longstanding embargo on trade with the island nation, if its government “begins opening Cuba to meaningful democratic change.”
Clinton stated:
“I would say to the new leadership, the people of the United States are ready to meet you if you move forward toward the path of democracy, with real, substantial reforms.”
Obama thinks the United States needs to ease the embargo of Cuba. Why does that not surprise me after posting about his Houston headquarters having a Cuban flag with the image of Che Guevara on it hanging on a wall.
Clinton said the USA is ready to mean they if Cuba moves forward towards democracy. Note the words "moves forward towards democracy" and not "become a democracy."
McCain stated what Cuba needed to do. I can go with that. I wish he issued a more forceful statement, but it was definitely better than the statements of Oprah's Love Child or The Super Bitch.
"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." - General George S. Patton , Jr. as portrayed by George C. Scott in the movie "Patton".
4 comments:
Who gave Hillary permission to speak for all the people of the US. You are a senator from NY. You don't represent me. With any luck you never will. Obama will kumbaya with anyone. He's pathetically weak.
Law and Order Teacher: If either of them EVER get to the White House, they will cozy up to Catsro, Jr., Hugo Chavez, Ahmadinejad and anyone else they can to further their agendas.
Those quotes are telling but unsurprising. McCain is right on although I would have liked something a bit more forceful as well. I'd like nothing better than to see Cuba a free country.
The Vegas Art Guy: Yes, it would be nice if he had sounded off like he had a pair.
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