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Judi Lynn

(160,540 posts) Wed Jun 17, 2015, 07:25 PM Jun 2015

White House dismisses Jeb Bush dig against Obama's plan to tour Cuba

White House dismisses Jeb Bush dig against Obama's plan to tour Cuba
By Susan Crabtree | June 16, 2015 | 2:39 pm

The White House declined to respond to a charge from Jeb Bush that President Obama is acting like a "glorified tourist" by planning a trip to Cuba at some point before his presidency ends.

During Bush's announcement speech in Miami Monday, the former Florida governor derided Obama's intentions to visit Havana by saying, "We don't need a glorified tourist to go to Havana in support of a failed Cuba."

White House press secretary Josh Earnest declined to directly comment on Bush's statement statement, noting that he has tried to be very "disciplined" about reacting to remarks from 2016 candidates. Instead, he vigorously defended Obama's decision to try to normalize relations with Havana, and argued that the U.S. policy with Cuba over the last five decades has "failed."

"It didn't bring about a government that was protecting the basic human rights that we so value in this country," he said.

More:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2566371

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141120328

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HassleCat

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1. Talk about failures

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Wed Jun 17, 2015, 07:30 PM

Jun 2015

The White House response was perfect. We've been trying all sorts of crazy stunts and dirty tricks to depose Castro. I don't know if the plan to put poison in his beard was real or not, but who knows with the CIA? Finally, after 50 years of pointless hardline rhetoric and bizarre embargoes, people are waking up and realizing we will be more successful if we just relax and act normally. Well, not Jeb Bush, of course. He doesn't realize any such thing. Of course, here's a man who can't figure out if he would have invaded Iraq or not.

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