FIDEL CASTRO is...

[Senusret I]

I swear, this is worse than the Generalissimo Francisco Franco death watch!

[jon1856]

OTW-you beat me just because of the timing of the announcement
(Reuters) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he will not return to lead the communist country, retiring as president 49 years after he seized power in a revolution and became a central figure of the Cold War.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080219/...Ru34dY3d6s0NUE
Message from the Commander in Chief
Dear compatriots:
Last Friday, February 15, I promised you that in my next reflection I would deal with an issue of interest to many compatriots. Thus, this now is rather a message.
The moment has come to nominate and elect the State Council, its President, its Vice-Presidents and Secretary.
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2008/02...l/artic10.html

Updated CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americ...tro/index.html

Updated FoxNews:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331149,00.html

Updated MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23229795/

I do find the timing "interesting" to say the very least.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I swear, this is worse than the Generalissimo Francisco Franco death watch!

By the way...

In today's News, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead...
--Chevy Chase on Early Saturday Night Live...

OK, if we can put the US politics aside for a minute, I think it was Letterman who had a really funny line.

He was saying that conventional wisdom assumes Raul Castro will take over the country, but there is one other possibility.

Fidel's idiot son, Fidel W. is also being mentioned.

I laughed out loud...

[jon1856]

For any of those with an interest:
1) A commentary by Cal Thomas:
http://www.caglepost.com/column.aspx?c=5482&pg=1
The Left’s favorite dictator, Fidel Castro, is “resigning” as Cuba’s president of the Council of State. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL), who was born in Cuba and, at the age of 15, along with his brother, was evacuated from Cuba during Operation Pedro Pan, observed: “…Castro has resigned from a position he was never elected to in the first place.”

2) Some of the leading Op-Ed cartoonist pitch in:
http://cagle.com/news/CastroQuits/