Thread: Fidel Castro..."How can we help President Obama?"

Fidel Castro to Congressional Black Caucus members: 'How can we help President Obama?'


How's this for hope and change: U.S. officials flying to Cuba, not to interrogate prisoners at Guantanamo Bay but to meet with the Castro brothers in order to ease the 50-year tensions between the two nations.

The aging, ailing, cigar-smoking icon Fidel Castro had three members of Congress visit with him today in Havana, which resulted in the bearded one asking, "How can we help President Obama?" In an effort to improve the relationship between Cuba and the U.S., Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) and Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.) were the first U.S. officials to meet with the 82-year-old former dictator since his intestinal surgery in July 2006.

Greg Adams of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana confirmed that the three members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with Castro, who handed the communist torch to his brother Raul in early 2007. Cuban state television is expected to release more details of the meeting tonight, Adams said.

Six members of the caucus met with Raul Castro on Monday for more than four hours. That meeting was also a first, as he had not yet met with any U.S. officials since he became the Cuban in charge.

"I'm convinced Raul Castro wants a normal relationship with the United States," Lee said after the meeting with the 77-year-old, the Associated Press reported. "He's serious."

"I think that what really surprised me, but also endeared me to him, was his keen sense of humor, his sense of history and his basic human qualities," Rush said. "I intend to do everything that I can when we get back to the States to make sure that normalization with our relationship with Cuba is given proper consideration both within the House of Representatives and the neighborhoods of America."

According to Lee's official website, the other members of the delegation were Reps. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.), Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio), Michael M. Honda (D-San Jose) and Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach).

-- Tony Pierce

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washing ... -cuba.html

"I'm convinced Raul Castro wants a normal relationship with the United States," Lee said after the meeting with the 77-year-old, the Associated Press reported. "He's serious."

Yea, i'm sure....how much is this relationship going to cost the US tax payers?

"I think that what really surprised me, but also endeared me to him, was his keen sense of humor, his sense of history and his basic human qualities," Rush said. "I intend to do everything that I can when we get back to the States to make sure that normalization with our relationship with Cuba is given proper consideration both within the House of Representatives and the neighborhoods of America."

Only a complete idiot could and would possibly say this about some of the worst dictators (The Castro Brothers) and violators of human rights who have ever lived. And just what do they have to say about THAT.

They are "endeared" to them. WOW.

I think this is great, normalized relations means no more automatic political refugee status for Cubans. Lots of them would move back to Cuba if they allowed free enterprise like China does.

Hmmmmmmmm..........why are Democrats meeting with a Communist?
They must really hate America is my take but I'm pretty PO'd right now.

Makes the whole Obama bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia seem sorta important and tied together in some weird, "arrogant nation" "non-Christian" (per Obama) way. I'm sick of this President saying bad things about Americans. I won't even go into the Pirates of the Caribbean attack today on an American ship. Geeeeezzzzzzzz...................

HOW CAN WE HELP OBAMA MY AZZ.



ITS MORE LIKE HOW MONEY US THE US GOING TO SPEND HERE?

"I think that what really surprised me, but also endeared me to him, was his keen sense of humor, his sense of history and his basic human qualities," Rush said. "I intend to do everything that I can when we get back to the States to make sure that normalization with our relationship with Cuba is given proper consideration both within the House of Representatives and the neighborhoods of America."

Uh............hello, Cuba is a totalitarian communist state!

Bowman wrote:

I think this is great, normalized relations means no more automatic political refugee status for Cubans. Lots of them would move back to Cuba if they allowed free enterprise like China does.

Cuba will remain a communist state, regardless of its relations with the U.S. I disagree on your comment that lots of Cubans would move back to Cuba. Actually, improved relations will probably make it much easier for the Cubans already here to bring all their family members over.