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Castro Casts Lot With Clinton-Obama

Posted Aug 28, 07 3:27 CDT in Politics,  US 

(Newser) – One week after both Democratic hopefuls called for democracy in Cuba, Fidel Castro has called a Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama ticket “apparently unbeatable.” A Granma editorial attributed to the ailing revolutionary—who is rumored to be dead—says the US opposition he’s faced over the years is fodder for Florida’s Cuban exile community.

Having outlasted nine US presidents, Castro had a word for almost every one, Reuters reports. George W. Bush “needed fraud” in 2000, and Bill Clinton was “really kind” when the two met that same year. But Jimmy Carter, who oversaw a thaw in US-Cuba relations and didn’t attempt to overthrow the dictator, was Castro's favorite.

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In a common practice to buy and sell goods in tall apartment buildings, a woman lowers a basket on a rope to the street in Old Havana, Friday, July 27, 2007, next to a hanging photograph of Fidel Castro....   (Associated Press)
A man is reflected in a portrait of Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Old Havana, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. Castro said recently that Cuba is "marching ahead" without him in power, insisting that he is consulted...   (Associated Press)
Cuba's acting President Raul Castro delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the 54th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution in Camaguey, Cuba, Thursday, July 26, 2007. Castro told tens of thousands of...   (Associated Press)
An employee decorates her working place with pictures of Cuban...   (Getty Images)
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