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Is Obama Talking Secretly with Raul Castro?
WorldNetDaily ^ | 8/30/08 | Humberto Fontova

Posted on 08/30/2008 11:48:55 AM PDT by slickeroo

Is Obama talking secretly with Raul Castro?

August 30, 2008

By Humberto Fontova

"As I left Havana earlier this month," writes Dr. Rens Lee, senior fellow at Philadelphia's prestigious Foreign Policy Research Institute, "Cuba was eagerly awaiting the United States' November presidential elections. The buzz around the capital, reportedly from a highly placed source, was that Barack Obama has already talked to Raul Castro by phone."

(Note: I notified the Obama campaign of these claims and asked for a response or clarification. It has not responded.)

Dr. Rens Lee explains that the buzz was reported by both highly placed Cuban officials and by an experienced Western diplomat posted in Havana. Lee also cautions against an outside chance that the report is simply wishful thinking from Cuban officials based on Obama's Castro-friendly campaign promises.

The wishful thinking is certainly warranted.

(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...


TOPICS: Cuba; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cuba; foreignpolicy; obama; raulcastro
Wouldn't surprise me in the least.
1 posted on 08/30/2008 11:48:55 AM PDT by slickeroo
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To: slickeroo

Hell, they probably send each other suggestive text messages.


2 posted on 08/30/2008 11:50:51 AM PDT by humblegunner (I'm voting for McCain because he's white.)
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To: slickeroo

Why would a Cuban with any sense be excited about Obama talking to Raul Castro?


3 posted on 08/30/2008 11:50:55 AM PDT by popdonnelly (I'll tell you a secret: we're smarter and more competent than the Left.)
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To: slickeroo

Me neither. Hey, he said he’d speak to anyone . . . without preconditions . . . like being elected first?


4 posted on 08/30/2008 11:51:51 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: slickeroo

( Is Obama Talking Secretly with Raul Castro to be his VP if he loses in NOV ? ) there now, fixed.


5 posted on 08/30/2008 11:52:13 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: slickeroo
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6 posted on 08/30/2008 11:52:59 AM PDT by pipecorp
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To: slickeroo

“(Note: I notified the Obama campaign of these claims and asked for a response or clarification. It has not responded.)”

It has not responded which means he was/is talking to Raul.

Period!


7 posted on 08/30/2008 11:57:28 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: slickeroo

Probably. He’s most likely talking secretly with all the socialists on the planet. What a loser.


8 posted on 08/30/2008 11:57:32 AM PDT by madison10 (McCain/Palin 2008)
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To: slickeroo

He probably needs a copy of Che’s talking points.


9 posted on 08/30/2008 11:57:46 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (Being less than a total pro-lifer on FR is a lot like being less than a total Obamite on DU)
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To: slickeroo

Obama and Castro may be related for all we know...Obama’s parents got around to quite a few place seperately.


10 posted on 08/30/2008 12:06:56 PM PDT by KriegerGeist (Lifetime member of the "Christian-Radical-Right-Wing-Kook-Factor")
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To: slickeroo

Hello Raul. Hugo suggested I call and discuss those Russian missiles you guys are buying.
...
Michelle sends her best to Fidel.


11 posted on 08/30/2008 12:09:06 PM PDT by Religion and Politics
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To: slickeroo

Okay you have one Communist talking to another Communist.
This is strange to anyone for what reasons.


12 posted on 08/30/2008 12:29:25 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Got Freedom ? Thank a Veteran...... Want to keep Freedom? Don't vote Obama)
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To: slickeroo

Obama, smoking a cuban cigar, responds no I’m not.


13 posted on 08/30/2008 12:30:43 PM PDT by mainerforglobalwarming
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To: slickeroo

Does Raul speak English? We know that Obama doesn’t speak Spanish. Maybe Raul can tape a commercial endorsing Obama, to run in the Florida market the week or so before the election.


14 posted on 08/30/2008 12:32:05 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: slickeroo
In Miami for the last 10 years I have noticed a dramatic INCREASE of refugees coming here all trained in the medical field. After investigating and asking on my own I have discovered that most of them are sending cash to Cuba to their families. I believe this is a program that Cuba has been working for a while. Get the people trained in Cuba “let them go” and then have them send money back to Cuba. I have a cousin who married a Mexican man and then moved to Mexico. From Mexico sh must send $30.00/month to the Cuban government. If she does not do this she will hit with the total amount+fees upon returning to visit family. Cuba is just a giant welfare state siphoning off US dollars and this a-hole Hussein would “give them a break”.
15 posted on 08/30/2008 1:03:44 PM PDT by FreeManWhoCan (An American in Miami)
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To: slickeroo

Sure hope Rush has read this article or someone has sent it to him. What a piece Obama is.


16 posted on 08/30/2008 1:06:08 PM PDT by GrandmaPatriot
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To: Verginius Rufus

Both Castros speak very good English. Never forget that they were the very well to do sons of an executive of United Fruit, attended prep schools and are university educated. Fidel is a lawyer by education.


17 posted on 08/30/2008 1:18:50 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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