Fidel Castro Praises ObamaCare Passage

The Cuban model for health care

Does this surprise anyone? It shouldn’t.

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Thursday declared passage of American health care reform “a miracle” and a major victory for Obama’s presidency, but couldn’t help chide the United States for taking so long to enact what communist Cuba achieved decades ago.

“We consider health reform to have been an important battle and a success of his (Obama’s) government,” Castro wrote in an essay published in state media, adding that it would strengthen the president’s hand against lobbyists and “mercenaries.”

But the Cuban leader also used the lengthy piece to criticize the American president for his lack of leadership on climate change and immigration reform, and for his decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, among many other things.

Castro supported Obama during his candidacy, and he’s tickled to death, now, that his ideological little cousin to the north is emulating his policies.

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Via William Teach:

Obama, speaking in Iowa City, soothed his disappointed progressive audience, Thursday by admitting that ObamaCare will lead us to “universal health care” or single payer.

So, yes, this is a common-sense bill. It doesn’t do everything that everybody wants, but it moves us in the direction of universal health care coverage in this country and that’s why everybody here fought so hard for it. (Applause.)

Which is what we’ve been saying all long, but our warnings about Obama’s ultimate designs were branded as “misinformation” by the White House.

Last year, the Liar in Chief tried to explain away the YouTube videos that showed him expressing support for single payer; as something he favored, “only if we were starting from scratch.”

Remember that howler? I sure do. I believed it for approximately 0 seconds.