Castro urges 'fat' Gov. Bush to get fit

[sabra]

http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/13341005.htm

Castro urges 'fat' Gov. Bush to get fit

TALLAHASSEE - In a recent harangue about how a suspected anti-Cuba terrorist entered the United States, Fidel Castro singled out Gov. Jeb Bush -- and went straight for the gut.

Castro called the governor ''the fat little brother in Florida'' and wondered if Bush had helped Luis Posada Carriles into the country, according to a transcript released Monday of the Nov. 17 address to University of Havana students, who erupted in laughter.

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'Forgive me for using the term `fat little brother' '' Castro said. ``It is not a criticism, rather a suggestion that he do some exercises and go on a diet, don't you think? I'm doing this for the gentleman's health.''

The governor's office wouldn't ''dignify this with a response,'' a spokesman said. In an e-mail, Bush declined Monday to discuss Castro's comments, saying questions about it were the product of a ``slow news day.''

[SpiralHawk]

1. "the fat little brother" How embarassing

but then again, it's just a "suggestion" for Jebbie's own good.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

2. Jebbie does have

that endomorphic body type of his awful Momma. Dear Leader, of course, is more physically similar to his awful Daddy.

[Benhurst]

3. Castro got it wrong.

Jeb is not Dubya's little brother. He is Dubya's fat pig older brother.

[Fridays Child]

4. I thought Chimpy was the oldest.

:shrug:

[thereismore]

I thought chimpy was the oldest, but since he is infantile... nt

[Tarc]

7. Age

Dubya was born in 46, Jeb in 53.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. He is the oldest.

Not sure how the rest of the sibs are ordered.

[VegasWolf]

5. Shouldn't Shrub look younger then? I thought the good thing about

being simple minded was that your true age never shows.

[Benhurst]

10. Sorry for the brainfart. You all are right. Jeb was the one Bar and

Poppy wanted to be president, but he was younger.

[LisaL]

12. Nope. Castro is right. Jeb is the fat baby , he is younger than Bush.

[SteppingRazor]

6. Funny...

Not that Castro's exactly a model of health, of course.

[donsu]

9. the man is old, what do you want

nt

[SteppingRazor]

13. Indeed. He also has a beard. n/t

[Bridget Burke]

22. Castro gave up smoking!

A few years ago, he was filmed at a Havana gathering of cigar aficionados. He was looking trim in uniform--& spoke politely to the fat-cats blowing their money. Of course, they were accompanied by overly-made-up women.

The crowd reminded me of this Diego Rivera mural:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

11. can't stand him...never voted for him

BUT I have met him and he isn't fat. He looks fat because he has a double chin, but he is not fat in his physique.

He ACTS like a fatboy, though. And I get to say that because I am most definitely horizontally challenged.

[Mend]

19. about how tall is jeb? I have never seen him and I don't watch him

on tv. He is definitely porcine with the look-up-the nostrils snout, when bush is more chimpanoid.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

20. I'd say he is about six feet tall. He's a large man.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

21. Just googled it

he is 6'3".

[slybacon9]

23. No way. He's tall!

[Lisa]

24. he's certainly taller than his older brother ...

Doesn't exactly tower over him, but you can see the difference in photos, when they're standing next to each other. Yet one more thing for Georgie to feel insecure about!

(notice that Jeb is bending down in this pic)



It's amazing how many photos there are out there, where Georgie somehow manages to stand on stairs, etc., so he appears taller.




More realistic:




(I don't know who the guy in the middle is ...)

[cliss]

14. That's funny!

I love the part, "I'm doing this for the gentleman's health". Like Jeb would actually take advice from Castro, and actually lose weight.

"Oh, well Fidel thought I was too fat, so I took his advice and went on the Atkins' Diet".

LOL

[tanyev]

15. "fat little brother"

:spray:

[MyDogSpot]

16. I'd rather be known as the "fat brother" than the "dumb brother"

[hlthe2b]

17. Both Castro and Chavez are very good at getting their "goat..."

Pretty damned amusing if you ask me. It makes it hard for the dead serious "commie hating" RW to keep hammering their supposed threat to the US--- when they come off as so humorous (and very aware of the Bushie's insecurities)

[Lena inRI]

18. Agreed totally. . .

the "fat" easily translatable as "fat cat" which is idiomatic for spoiled, silver-spooned brat, who has no meritorious reason to be Florida's leader. . .both Bush brats are all about spoils system, legacies, and corruption.

Castro and Chavez speak from their maturer, proletarian background culled from a worldly, humbling awareness of desperately poor people.

Bushies are the "fat cats" for a fatted, self-indulgent American culture.

Pardon the image all you lovely real cats out there.
;)

[Hand]

25. Har har har!!!!

:rofl: Viva Fidel! :toast: