So apparently in Cuba nobody is making a big deal about the handshake. It is only

[applegrove]

the right in the USA that has gone crazy over it. They cannot let any attempt to paint Obama as a communist sympathizer gone astray.

“But the most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly and with unflagging attention. It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over. Here, as so often in this world, persistence is the first and most important requirement for success.”
― Adolf Hitler

[arcane1]

1. Imagine, the US media making up bullshit in order to sell ad space.

[Cha]

2. Can imagine how rubio's constituents are

handling it.

Wow, that sounds just like the US republicons! You don't think they got that from ol hitler's playbook, do ya?

[applegrove]

3. I know. I looked up "quotes" and "propaganda" on the internet because I was looking

for something that would describe the right's actions. This fit exactly. I thought of not posting it because, well, Hitler said it. But it is too close to how the GOP actually behave.

[Cha]

4. Yeah, sometimes "hitler" does need

to be brought into the conversation.. especially when his quote about propaganda(that he was so proud of) is the very techinique that US republicons use on the brainwashed masses. With the help of the US RW MediaWhore$$$$.

You saw PBO's Tribute to Madiba, right, applegrove?

[applegrove]

6. Nope. I could not stay up. I could not stay awake. I heard a bit on

the news. I should not have taken my ptsd meds at midnight.

[Cha]

7. Well here it is..

The Full Transcript and the Video..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110220080

[applegrove]

8. Thank you thank you thank you

The line I did hear and loved was about Mandela "freeing his people and his jailers".

[Cha]

9. Wonderful attitude from Madiba and driven

home by President Obama!

[calimary]

5. I heard another one attributed to him that is one of my all-time favorite quotes

especially considering the bush/cheney experience (and beyond, of course):

"What luck for the leaders that men do not think."