Cubans Walk Out During Bush UN Speech

[951-Riverside]

Source: Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Cuba's foreign minister walked out of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday in protest of President Bush's speech in which he said the "long rule of a cruel dictator is nearing its end" on the communist island.

The Cuban delegation later issued a statement saying the decision by Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque to leave the session was a "sign of profound rejection of the arrogant and mediocre statement by President Bush."

In his speech, Bush looked ahead to a Cuba no longer ruled by Fidel Castro, the ailing 81-year-old leader of the communist-run government.

"In Cuba, the long rule of a cruel dictator is nearing its end," Bush said. "The Cuban people are ready for their freedom. And as that nation enters a period of transition, the United Nations must insist on free speech, free assembly and, ultimately, free and competitive elections."

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[shireen]

1. i turned off the tv 2 minutes into the speech

no matter how much I try to listen, in the end I'm too angry and have had enough of the BS!

[Lucinda]

7. Kudos...you lasted longer than I could have

I just can't watch him speak without yelling at the TV and scaring the cats. :)

[bdamomma]

2. * is disgusting., and wickedly delusional.

* is our nightmare.

[0rganism]

3. "long rule of a cruel (wannabe) dictator is nearing its end" in DC, too

our dear leader is a useless fuckwit who wouldn't know diplomacy if it came up and... gave him a stern talking-to.

[1932]

10. ...but he's not promissing free and fair elections and free speech here.

Their promissing no paper trails in elections and people getting prosecuted for supporting democrats.

[saigon68]

13. Yes the AWOL CHIMPANZEE will soon take his banana

and climb up into his tree

[xxqqqzme]

4. Did the nitwit use his drawl this time?

I loved Keith Olberman pointing out the drawl was dropped during the 'disgusting' reply @ the press conference last week.

[Sequoia]

5. and Free Enterprise, eh Georgie!

"I'm sure those Cubans are tired of driving around in cars from the 1950s. I say, let's just move GM to Cuba; they won't have a Union like these pesky protestors carrying signs instead of working. They hate "Merica and free enterprise." he joked.

:sarcasm:

[Judi Lynn]

6. You can be sure they'll will walk right back in October or November, when the Genral Assembly

will hold its 16th annual vote to condemn the U.S. embargo of Cuba, with only a few abstentions, and around THREE votes for the U.S., usually the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Israel!

They will surely feel vindicated AGAIN, and it's absolutely right that they should.

[Mika]

8. Hey Mr Bush, Cuba has been in a constant state of transition. Its called revolution.

And its been going on from before, and more ardently since 1959, when the US controlled oligarchy was kicked out.






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[lpbk2713]

9. The asshole wins hearts and minds everywhere he goes.

I wonder if they had to spell Cuba phonetically for this dipshit?

[Doctor_J]

11. The uniter strikes again

by the time we finally extricate him from the WH, the entire world will be united against us.

[MetaTrope]

12. All I can think about is, how would Bush pronounce "mediocre"?

:dilemma: