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Gothmog

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41. Havana gives front-page coverage to Bernie Sanders for praising Fidel Castro

Wed Feb 26, 2020, 04:49 PM

Feb 2020

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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders views on the Cuban revolution have earned him a storm of criticism in the U.S. But there’s one place where his comments have received glowing, front-page reviews: Cuba.

Granma, the Communist Party newspaper, prominently displayed a report about Sanders and his praise of “some of the social programs implemented by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro.”

“U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, today one of the strongest candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party to the November presidential elections, recognized Cuba’s role in sending doctors worldwide,” Granma said.

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article240626672.html#storylink=cpy

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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No, Bernie Sanders' Discussion of Cuba's Castro is Nothing Like Obama's [View all] Gothmog Feb 2020 OP

K&R uponit7771 Feb 2020 #1

Thank you! The whataboutism ignoring context is nauseating. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2020 #2

This sanders' talking point was used on a number of threads. Gothmog Feb 2020 #3

you can always count on @JoeBiden to defend @BarackObama 's record and legacy. Gothmog Feb 2020 #4

I'd be concerned if we couldn't. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2020 #10

BS from BS question everything Feb 2020 #5

I see too many repeating this.. Cha Feb 2020 #6

In a general election Bernie Sanders would never be saved by comparisons to Obama Awsi Dooger Feb 2020 #7

"FYI- Castro's "literacy program" was an ideological indoctrination ploy" Cha Feb 2020 #8

Ana Navarro tweeted pretty much the same sentiment peggysue2 Feb 2020 #9

No idea who this guy is but he's totally and obviously wrong. DanTex Feb 2020 #11

Nope. False. ehrnst Feb 2020 #12

LOL. Right! DanTex Feb 2020 #14

Nice try. ehrnst Feb 2020 #15

It's true though. And that's why Bernie is so far ahead in the polls. DanTex Feb 2020 #17

And now we have a red herring fallacy... ehrnst Feb 2020 #18

Nope. Bernie is ahead in the polls. And the smears people try against him are nonsense. DanTex Feb 2020 #19

A school of red herrings! ehrnst Feb 2020 #20

LOL. "Desparation." Have you seen the polls? That's a serious question. DanTex Feb 2020 #21

More frantic attempts at the red herring fallacy.... ehrnst Feb 2020 #22

LOL at the GIFs. That must explain why the anti-Bernie people have been so successful.... DanTex Feb 2020 #23

The "anti-Bernie people" ehrnst Feb 2020 #24

Smearing Bernie with his own words! Once again defending the indefensible redstateblues Feb 2020 #28

On Cuba, Bernie's words and Obama's words are the same words. That's the point. DanTex Feb 2020 #29

If Bernie is nominated FL is gone. redstateblues Feb 2020 #38

Not remotely close... AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #43

Joe defended Barack Obama's honor. Biden, who rarely riles a crowd, was often greeted by cheers Gothmog Feb 2020 #36

But, Trump ads in the G.E. will focus only on Bernie's praise of Castro. oasis Feb 2020 #13

It is sanders who is wrong for making crap up about President Obama Gothmog Feb 2020 #25

Obama is on video saying the exact same thing as Bernie. DanTex Feb 2020 #26

I loved the way that Joe Biden called sanders out for this misstatement Gothmog Feb 2020 #30

Context matters dlk Feb 2020 #34

Yes fallout87 Feb 2020 #32

This makes me smile Gothmog Mar 2020 #48

Kick mcar Feb 2020 #16

Wow, so basically you are saying that the difference between the two statements... ProgressDiv Feb 2020 #27

Would be interesting to see a response to this. nt redqueen Feb 2020 #39

I'm still not going to be upset about increases in literacy. n/t TCJ70 Feb 2020 #31

How about the political prisoners....cool with their plight? AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #42

No. And neither was Sanders if you listen to everything he said... TCJ70 Feb 2020 #44

That's my point..I DID listen to him.....in many interviews...going back years AncientGeezer Feb 2020 #46

Nuance escapes many voters dlk Feb 2020 #33

I gotta hand it to Putin, he really knows what he's doing. rusty quoin Feb 2020 #35

Why Bernie Sanders's repeating Cuban propaganda rankles so many Latinos Gothmog Feb 2020 #37

So the US funding coups and terrorists aren't "some of history's worst crimes"? redqueen Feb 2020 #40

TY! Cha Feb 2020 #47

Havana gives front-page coverage to Bernie Sanders for praising Fidel Castro Gothmog Feb 2020 #41

K Cha Feb 2020 #45