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Cha

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22. President Obama didn't.. so No.. there's no "wondering"..
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 03:38 AM
Feb 2020
BS was talking about what he thinks Castro's revolution brought to Cuba in 1959.

President Obama was talking about the post 2014 strides that Cuba had made as part of the negotiated
pre-conditions for normalizing US-Cuba relations. Cuba had to meet benchmarks during the gradual process of moving towards normalization.


President Obama made the remarks at a joint press conference in Cuba in March 2016.

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My problem with Bernie's Castro comments. [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 OP
True cherryinpa Feb 2020 #1
Makes you wonder though why Obama OliverQ Feb 2020 #3
Wasnt running for President cherryinpa Feb 2020 #4
Not the same and certainly not when considered in context. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #16
No, Bernie Sanders' Discussion of Cuba's Castro is Nothing Like Obama's Gothmog Feb 2020 #19
you can always count on @JoeBiden to defend @BarackObama 's record and legacy. Gothmog Feb 2020 #20
President Obama didn't.. so No.. there's no "wondering".. Cha Feb 2020 #22
It only "needed to be said" because the media is digging up old clips to smear Bernie with. DanTex Feb 2020 #6
Smearing Bernie with his own words. redstateblues Feb 2020 #9
No kidding! Cha Feb 2020 #23
Indeed ... he makes unforced errors at a rate exceeding even Biden ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #2
At least he doesn't "misremember" HopeAgain Feb 2020 #10
Touche ... but I could bring up 'at least Biden hasn't done XYZ' wrt Bernie ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #12
"I'm not Trump" isn't a winning strategy Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #14
Bernie "should not get into high concept political history." DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #5
I'll go a step further. I think many of the early excesses of the regime.. Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #8
If you compared Castro to the rest of the South American dictators womanofthehills Feb 2020 #18
Bloomberg never needed justification to run third party booley Feb 2020 #7
Most of the problem with this is cannabis_flower Feb 2020 #11
I'd immediately deflect Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #13
"were voting Trump anyway. " TwilightZone Feb 2020 #15
I did not mean the Cuban community generally Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #17
I live in South Florida and it's not close to correct Awsi Dooger Feb 2020 #24
The sanders talking point on President Obama is simply false Gothmog Feb 2020 #21
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