It's not safe to have this man anywhere inside the Beltway. "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I can't believe I used to admire this guy for his indepence. He is truly scary
Martin wrote: > John McCain, USNA '58. We're so proud of him. :P > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" wrote: By Jason Szep Fri Feb > 22, 11:34 AM ET > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080222/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_politics_mccain_castro;_ylt=AmvlgDEPu9NzP1gcKIAEaHztiBIF > INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner John > McCain suggested on Friday that he hoped retired Cuban leader Fidel > Castro would die soon and said Castro's brother will be a worse leader. > > > "I hope he has the opportunity to meet Karl Marx very soon," McCain told > a town-hall style meeting of about 150 people, referring to communist > theoretician Marx who died on March 14, 1883. > > Castro, 81, announced on Tuesday he was stepping down as president and > commander-in-chief of Cuba's armed forces after 49 years in power. His > brother Raul Castro is expected to be named Cuba's new head of state on > Sunday. > > "Apparently he is trying to groom his brother Raul," McCain said. "Raul > is worse in many respects than Fidel was." > > Castro has not appeared in public since undergoing stomach surgery and > handing power temporarily to Raul in July 2006. > > McCain, a four-term Arizona senator, has an almost insurmountable lead > over his last major Republican rival, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. > > McCain's approach to Cuba has generally echoed that of U.S. President > George W. Bush, who has tightened a decades-long trade embargo and has > rejected easing sanctions without a transition to democracy. > > McCain, who is popular among conservative Cuban-Americans, also has said > that if he wins the November 4 U.S. presidential election he would keep > up pressure for political change in Cuba's one-party state. > > That includes a travel ban and trade and financial sanctions enforced a > few years after Castro's 1959 revolution on the Caribbean island. > > McCain, 71, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, has accused Cubans of > participating in the torture of some of his fellow prisoners in Hanoi > during the Vietnam War. > > (To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales > from the Trail: 2008" online at http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/) > > (Editing by Bill Trott) > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get > organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A > Country" > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
