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Carter To Replace Castro?

Posted by GayPatriot at 2:58 pm - August 1, 2006.
Filed under: Leftist Nutjobs,Liberals,Post 9-11 America

Not only would the shoe fit, but Jimmy might as well live in a Communist country based on his public statements about his own nation…..

Carter Downplays Castro Succession Rumors – Scrappleface.com

(2006-08-01) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today downplayed rumors that he’s on “the short list” of potential replacements if surgery fails to restore the health of ailing Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

Mr. Carter dismissed as “mere coincidence” that his Op-Ed piece critical of the Bush administration’s foreign policy appeared in The Washington Post the same day that news broke of Mr. Castro’s surgery and temporary transfer of power to his brother Raoul.

But an unnamed source close to the icon of progressive social policy said, “no one in Cuba has the necessary charisma to fill Fidel’s shoes, and no one in the world has demonstrated a greater affinity for Castro’s vision of a progressive social order coupled with a consistent record of working to diminish U.S. power and influence abroad.”

…too bad this is only a parody.  For now.

-Bruce (GayPatriot)

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28 Comments

  1. Thankfully Carter is past 80, otherwise he would be a serious contender for Kofi Anan’s replacement.

    Comment by Frank IBC — August 1, 2006 @ 3:24 pm - August 1, 2006

  2. Seriously, I could see this happening. Besides, with his knowledge as a master builder, he could also revitalize Havana’s infrastructure. Who said that Habitat for Humanity wasn’t a good resume-builder?

    Regards,
    Peter H.

    Comment by Peter Hughes — August 1, 2006 @ 3:45 pm - August 1, 2006

  3. Bruce, that’s a funny parody! But I think Cuba’s population has suffered enough for a few generations.

    I thought I read on a DemocratUnderGround thread that JimmineyCricketCarter was in the running to replace Cesar Chavez of Venezula –plus CindySheehan as Veep and the new CEO of Venezula’s nationalized oil industry.

    We’d get rid of two of them at once; such a deal.

    And its farther away than Cuba.

    Comment by Michigan-Matt — August 1, 2006 @ 4:35 pm - August 1, 2006

  4. #2 – MMatt, it’s Hugo Chavez, not Cesar. But I can understand the confusion; after all, they both espouse the same beliefs of radical socialism. It’s easy to make that mistake.

    Maybe they both had the same IP addresses! (Hat tip – V the K.)

    Sorry Dan, Bruce, but I couldn’t resist….

    Regards,
    Peter H.

    Comment by Peter Hughes — August 1, 2006 @ 4:53 pm - August 1, 2006

  5. But it’s such an opportunity for Carter to beat his own record of collapsing a country’s economy!

    Comment by North Dallas Thirty — August 1, 2006 @ 7:26 pm - August 1, 2006

  6. Peter, ugh. Thanks for the correction –too long a day for me. C Chavev is a liberal icon and “hero” in this neck of the woods for some on the radical Left here.

    Comment by Michigan-Matt — August 2, 2006 @ 4:24 am - August 2, 2006

  7. Carter was an unsuccessful President, but he’s arguably the best former President in modern history. His post-presidential work is inspiring and a standard to which future former presidents could be held. That said, on point, and completely unrealistic is the idea that Carter as President of Cuba would eventually bring democracy to Cuba and bringing democracy to the world, and particularly Cuba, so we’re told, is one aim of the US government, irrespective of the leanings of the government in power.

    Comment by Daniel FTL — August 2, 2006 @ 5:25 am - August 2, 2006

  8. Carter as president was largely ineffective, but he had been put into an almost impossible situation by the previous administrations of Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and to a lesser extent Kennedy and Eisenhower. Oh, and, to some extent, we can go back to FDR.

    Comment by raj — August 2, 2006 @ 9:03 am - August 2, 2006

  9. Oh, and regarding Castro and the Cuban “American” exiles in FL, it is interesting to note that more than a few of them had been dispossessed by Castro after Castro overthrew their patron, the dictator Fulgencio Batista, ally to the mobster Myer Lansky. The “Cubanos” wanted the US government and military to return them to their former positions and wealth in Cuba.

    So much for their allegiance to the US.

    /sarcasm

    Comment by raj — August 2, 2006 @ 9:13 am - August 2, 2006

  10. RajIan- Where are you getting your Cuba info, Cuba and the Cubans by George Galloway? You might want to also take a look at France and the French by Jerry Lewis.

    Comment by BoBo — August 2, 2006 @ 10:23 am - August 2, 2006

  11. Re #10 BoBo — August 2, 2006 @ 10:23 am – August 2, 2006

    I notice that the website proprietor is still not enforcing is purported “commenting rules.”

    No surprise.

    Comment by raj — August 2, 2006 @ 10:38 am - August 2, 2006

  12. #11 Sorry, I forgot to add this #10

    /sarcasm

    All better now, right?

    Comment by BoBo — August 2, 2006 @ 10:43 am - August 2, 2006

  13. BoBo, bingo. You nailed it.

    Comment by Michigan-Matt — August 2, 2006 @ 12:32 pm - August 2, 2006

  14. I keep wondering….if we’re so interested in bringing democracy to the world, then why haven’t we done so just 90 miles from our doorstep in Cuba?

    Comment by Kevin — August 2, 2006 @ 7:56 pm - August 2, 2006

  15. Lefty Moonbats Dread the Possibility of Freedom and Democracy Returning Cuba

    Comment by V the K — August 3, 2006 @ 9:15 am - August 3, 2006

  16. #3 Michigan-Matt — August 1, 2006 @ 4:35 pm – August 1, 2006

    I thought I read on a DemocratUnderGround thread that JimmineyCricketCarter was in the running to replace Cesar Chavez of Venezula –plus CindySheehan as Veep and the new CEO of Venezula’s nationalized oil industry.

    Methinks that Matty typed a bit too fast. Cesar was the lettuce picking guy in California. Hugo is the president of Venezuela that Bush and his buddies tried to overthrow.

    So much for Matty’s bois in the Bush malAdministration’s interest in democracy.

    BTW, just how old are you, Matty? Cesar Chavez came to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s, and he died in 1993. Just how old are you to still have Cesar Chavez on your brain?

    Comment by raj — August 3, 2006 @ 10:54 am - August 3, 2006

  17. raj, thanks for the correction but it was

    already

    taken care of by others… how well do you read for

    comprehension

    ?

    By the way, the community is awaiting your proof of the last round of baseless allegations you toss about against VdaK, NDXXX, me or others.

    Time to put up or shut up, raj. Stay on task.

    Comment by Michigan-Matt — August 3, 2006 @ 11:29 am - August 3, 2006

  18. sorry for the errors in posting; try it this way:

    raj, thanks for the correction but it was already taken care of by others… how well do you read for comprehension?

    By the way, the community is awaiting your proof of the last round of baseless allegations you toss about against VdaK, NDXXX, me or others.

    Time to put up or shut up, raj. Stay on task.

    Comment by Michigan-Matt — August 3, 2006 @ 11:49 am - August 3, 2006

  19. [Comment deleted.]

    Comment by raj — August 3, 2006 @ 11:53 am - August 3, 2006

  20. raj, you DON’T read or comprehend. It was taken care of in #5 by Peter, acknowledged by me in #6.

    Care to say “Sorry” for once on a simple point? I understand it’s nearly impossible for arrogant, presumptive liberals to ever do that… TeddyK, PaddieK, LeakingLeahy, CheatingBiden, etc.

    Come on, raj. You can’t even admit your were wrong on something as simple as an earlier correction having been made if it means you were wrong? What is it about lawyers and liberals that make them physiologically unable to say “I was wrong; please accept my apology?”

    Comment by Michigan-Matt — August 3, 2006 @ 12:05 pm - August 3, 2006

  21. raj, didn’t ignore it. It isn’t important. Now admit your error, please. Be true to your manhood and admit you were wrong. Ask for forgiveness. Provide an apology.

    Stay on task. Quit the spinning.

    Comment by Michigan-Matt — August 3, 2006 @ 12:06 pm - August 3, 2006

  22. #21 Michigan-Matt — August 3, 2006 @ 12:06 pm – August 3, 2006

    Still no response to my “BTW” paragraph in #16, repeated in #19.

    Matty, stop trying to spin me.

    Comment by raj — August 3, 2006 @ 12:11 pm - August 3, 2006

  23. Carter as president was largely ineffective, but he had been put into an almost impossible situation by the previous administrations of Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and to a lesser extent Kennedy and Eisenhower. Oh, and, to some extent, we can go back to FDR.

    Funny, Reagan was able to quickly overcome the handicap of having all these presidents, AS WELL AS CARTER, prior to him, but he was able to overcome it fairly quickly. But of course, liberals claim that he had nothing to do with the fall of Communism in eastern Europe just a few months after he left office.

    Comment by Frank IBC — August 3, 2006 @ 12:33 pm - August 3, 2006

  24. [Comment deleted.]

    Comment by Michigan-Matt — August 3, 2006 @ 12:33 pm - August 3, 2006

  25. Re #24, Webmaster, please stop deleting comments. It is impossible to follow the commentary.

    Comment by raj — August 3, 2006 @ 2:05 pm - August 3, 2006

  26. First you call for GP to enforce his own rules, now you are asking him not to do so.

    Make up your mind, Not-Ian.

    Comment by Frank IBC — August 3, 2006 @ 3:37 pm - August 3, 2006

  27. #26 Frank IBC — August 3, 2006 @ 3:37 pm – August 3, 2006

    First you call for GP to enforce his own rules, now you are asking him not to do so.

    If he isn’t going to enforce them uniformly–and he hasn’t–he should end the charade and not enforce them at all.

    Then again, it is his web site. He can be a capricious as he wants.

    Comment by raj — August 4, 2006 @ 9:19 am - August 4, 2006

  28. You know, it’s funny how some libs on this board rant and rave about “fairness” in deleting posts, yet when one post WHICH ISN’T THEIR OWN gets deleted, they call the Webmaster on the carpet for enforcing their own laws.

    Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

    Regards,
    Peter H.

    Comment by Peter Hughes — August 4, 2006 @ 4:19 pm - August 4, 2006

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