Bernie Sanders in the last few days has repeated some things he said over the years regarding Cuba. That's no surprise until you realize what the man just said. Sanders repeated that Fidel Castro did good things for Cuba. He pointed to a literacy program that Castro started shortly after he took control in Havana. So what if Castro's government killed thousands and put tens of thousands or more into prison camps. So what if he took away the right of free speech, freedom of religion, economic freedom, and even the right to think for oneself. So what if Castro's troops literally killed thousands of Cubans trying to flee from that country. It didn't matter, cause he put in a good literacy program. That's really the sort of claptrap that Bernie Sanders is now pushing.
I mention this because of a story I read tonight from the son of a Cuban refugee. This fellow's father was a doctor in Cuba prior to Castor taking power. This doctor was well know for providing treatment to poor patients for free. When Castro took over, however, the health system was centralized under government control and it was no longer allowed to provide free service outside the government system. The doctor managed to get his wife and children out of Cuba to Miami, but he stayed to take care of his elderly parents. Soon after that, the doctor learned that the police were planning to arrest him. He quickly joined a humanitarian group going to South America to provide aid. On the very day he left, the police came to arrest him, but he was already gone. They arrested his parents instead. The doctor never went back but managed to get to the USA to join his wife and family. Imagine being condemned to prison for the "crime" of providing free healthcare for the poor outside the government system.
A system that would arrest a doctor for this "crime" is not made into an acceptable government just because it has a literacy program of which Bernie approves. The very idea that Sanders would praise a monster like Castro really tells us all that we ever need to know about him. He can never be allowed to be president of the United States.
I mention this because of a story I read tonight from the son of a Cuban refugee. This fellow's father was a doctor in Cuba prior to Castor taking power. This doctor was well know for providing treatment to poor patients for free. When Castro took over, however, the health system was centralized under government control and it was no longer allowed to provide free service outside the government system. The doctor managed to get his wife and children out of Cuba to Miami, but he stayed to take care of his elderly parents. Soon after that, the doctor learned that the police were planning to arrest him. He quickly joined a humanitarian group going to South America to provide aid. On the very day he left, the police came to arrest him, but he was already gone. They arrested his parents instead. The doctor never went back but managed to get to the USA to join his wife and family. Imagine being condemned to prison for the "crime" of providing free healthcare for the poor outside the government system.
A system that would arrest a doctor for this "crime" is not made into an acceptable government just because it has a literacy program of which Bernie approves. The very idea that Sanders would praise a monster like Castro really tells us all that we ever need to know about him. He can never be allowed to be president of the United States.
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We, as a country, are a melting pot. Problem is; the crap that floats to the surface, never gets scraped off.
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