Obama: When (ex-)dictators attack
Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:06 AM by Domenico Montanaro
The campaign finally got a favor from one of these rogue leaders the potentially presumptive Dem nominee wants to meet with. Fidel Castro attacked Obama for pledging to keep the embargo in place if elected. "In a column published Monday by government-run newspapers, Castro said Obama was ‘the most-advanced candidate in the presidential race,’ but noted that he has not dared to call for altering U.S. policy toward Cuba. ‘Obama's speech can be translated as a formula for hunger for the country,’ Castro wrote, referring to Obama's remarks last week to the influential Cuban American National Foundation in Miami."
More: "Castro said Obama's proposals for letting well-off Cuban Americans help poorer relatives on the island amounted to ‘propaganda for consumerism and a way of life that is unsustainable.’ He complained that Obama's description of Cuba as ‘undemocratic’ and ‘lacking in respect for liberty and human rights’ was the same argument previous U.S. administrations ‘have used to justify their crimes against our homeland.’”
It's possible that Obama body man Reggie Love -- of Duke hoops and football fame -- will become one of the most famous body men of all time once this general election gets into full swing. Here’s a profile of him in the New York Times.
The AP looks at Obama’s fight for Western states. “Obama is signaling, even before the Democratic primary formally wraps up, that he intends to fight this fall for Western states that narrowly went Republican four years ago. New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado aren't definitely Democratic blue or Republican red. Instead, they're known as ‘purple states’ by political junkies. Together, they account for only 19 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House. But those votes could be vital in a close race, particularly if Obama's weakness among white, blue-collar voters carries over from the primary race and cuts his chance of winning some other states where Democrats usually do well.”
“Filling in for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and tying himself to the family's legacy, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama urged college graduates Sunday to ‘make us believe again’ by dedicating themselves to public service.”
