Obama’s meeting with Castro infuriates GOP presidential candidates

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President Obama’s face-to-face meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday angered Republican candidates vying to succeed him — and might help elevate an issue that so far hasn’t resonated widely among GOP primary voters.

Obama and Castro’s meeting lasted about an hour and focused mostly on the “practical” issues surrounding the reopening of respective embassies in both countries — including the ability of U.S. diplomats to move more freely around Cuba, according to administration officials who briefed reporters after the exchange.

A majority of Americans — and Cubans — support reestablishing diplomatic relations between the two countries and ending the decades-long economic embargo of the island nation. But Republicans controlling Congress have no plans to do so, citing Obama’s engagement with Cuba as an another example of his misguided foreign policy.

The rapidly expanding Republican presidential field also includes several candidates deeply opposed to Obama’s worldview and some — given their home state politics, family lineage or general opposition to Obama — are especially angered by his overtures to Cuba.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-meeting-with-castro-infuriates-gop-presidential-candidates/2015/04/11/e95cf1d0-dfbd-11e4-a500-1c5bb1d8ff6a_story.html?tid=hpModule_ba0d4c2a-86a2-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394

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1. Latest on Americas Summit: Obama meets privately with Maduro

President Barack Obama has met privately with his Venezuelan counterpart amid a deepening dispute over recent U.S. sanctions on seven senior Venezuelan officials.

Venezuela’s presidential office says Obama and President Nicolas Maduro met on the sidelines of the Summit of Americas in Panama on Saturday.

Maduro aide Teresa Maniglia says in a tweet that “there was a lot of truth, respect and cordiality” at the meeting.

She says the two leaders greeted each other in Spanish but offers no additional details.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/latest-on-americas-summit-pot-bangers-protest-over-maduro/2015/04/10/621062ac-dfe5-11e4-b6d7-b9bc8acf16f7_story.html

[malaise]

4. He and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff also patched things up

after the NSA spying scandal. She'll be heading for an official visit to the US in June.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Of course it does.

The fact that Obama puts his pants on every morning infuriates GOP presidential candidates.

[PSPS]

3. Obama’s <fill in blank> infuriates GOP presidential candidates

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. Yup. What doesn't piss them off? n/t

[hatrack]

20. "Conservative policitican angrily eats breakfast" "Conservative politician angrily brushes teeth"

"Conservative politician angrily cashes royalty check"

"Conservative politician angrily engages in sexual intercourse with supermodel"

"Conservative politician angrily wins lottery"

[m-lekktor]

5. f**k those nutjobs. he did the right thing!nt

[DonViejo]

6. The Republicans screaming the loudest will be the first Americans trying to buy

vacation homes/condos in Cuba. Wait and see. I expect Papa and Baby Cruz to go down and try to get back the property they abandoned years ago. Ditto for the familia Rubio.

[Cha]

8. Infuritating the clowns.. Priceless! Whine on, Idiots.

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Mahalo bemildred

[sheshe2]

18. I love when our President infuriates them.

Good job, Mr. President. Dayum good job.

Yeah!!!!!!!!! He dropped the Mic again.

Thanks Cha great image!!!!

[Rex]

9. You know it's coming.

[sheshe2]

19. Please proceed Mr. President!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

30. This ^ ^ ^

[Politicalboi]

10. How can the GOP hold on to the Cuban voters in Florida

If they support this move, and the GOP assholes don't.

27 Electoral votes go to Hillary Clinton!!!!!!

[Smithryee]

15. Nope.

Hillary Clinton will not be the nominee..

Bernie Sanders will humiliate Clinton in the debates and rise on his own - and of his own accord.

[BeyondGeography]

11. Specialists in spittle spasms

Fuck 'em.

[libdem4life]

12. Two great items of news...Peace Talks and Republicans in a snit.

How dare he try to wage peace when war is ever so much more exciting and profitable. Not. Might as well dry your tears Dudes...there's more to come.

[tabasco]

13. Poor wittle warmongers

[bemildred]

14. I just love the way he sandbagged them.

"It's going to be a terrible summit." "Venezuela is a national security threat." "Obama to get an earfull at summit."

[Reter]

16. Except Rand Paul

“The 50-year embargo just hasn’t worked,” he said in a radio interview at the time. “If the goal is regime change, it sure doesn’t seem to be working.” Wow, he's right.

[bemildred]

17. Yeah, I've noticed that, he is right from time to time. It's disorienting. nt

[2naSalit]

23. So is a broken clock. n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

29. Ask him flat out if nukes are off the table.

[GoCubsGo]

21. And, the sky is blue, water is wet...

The perpetually outraged are outraged. Same shit. Different day.

[HipChick]

22. Republican souls burning..

[muntrv]

24. memo to repukes: The Soviet Union is dead.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. GOD DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We need more war!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Wizard]

26. Still no remedy for Teabagger Tourette's (NT)

[The Wizard]

27. self delete

[Spitfire of ATJ]

28. Castro has been one of their Goldstein's for generations.

[randome]

31. A civil war: the Congressional branch of our government versus the Executive branch.

Will it continue when Clinton is President?
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