LIEBERMAN: 'IF I LOSE PRIMARY, I'LL RUN IN CUBA'

[Don Davis]

Given the overlapping developments of troublesome polls in Connecticut, and the sudden illness of Fidel Castro, Senator Joe Lieberman announced today that if he fails to beat Ned Lamont in next week’s Democratic primary, he intends to run for the position of El Commandante in Cuba.

Lieberman emphasized that he would look forward to running under Cuba’s electoral system, where he wouldn’t be subjected to the type of degrading primary challenges that a three-term U.S. Senator has to put up with.

Senator Lieberman also discounted any problems created by cultural differences, saying that as an orthodox Jew, he would have no problem growing a Castro-like beard.

“Besides,” Lieberman added, “the Cuban and Jewish people have a lot in common; they both prefer Florida to their home countries.”

Lieberman, anticipating the worst-case scenario in the Connecticut primary, also went out of his way to praise Cuban culture, asserting “that unlike some former President who shall go nameless, Cubans know what to do with a good cigar.”

In related news, President Bush, sick of trying to clean up his own messes, cited the developments in Cuba as a precedent for handing power over to brother Jeb. However, this met with strong objections from a bi-partisan majority in Congress, who expressed a preference that Bush be succeeded by Raul Castro.

Finally, asked about the scenario of a Jew getting embroiled in the politics of a Latin communist dictatorship, Woody Allen was quoted as saying that it was absolutely “Bananas.”

[MrPrax]

1. LOL...

Good one...and since it made me laugh out loud...it gets a kick and an R

[NoPasaran]

2. LOL!

:rofl:

[flordehinojos]

3. as a cuban who left cuba in l961, and as a cuban who believes Janet Reno

did the right thing in returning elian to his father; as a cuban who believes that the future of Cuba should be up to the cubans who have stayed in the island, lived in the island, suffered the shortages of the island, and not to united states democracy shpreading, terrar conquering, or ass-holed diaz-balart brothers, or ros-lehtinen dictates, i find lieberman's humor appalling and offensive.

[geardaddy]

5. It's satire.

I agree with everything you said, but Lieberman didn't say this. It's satire by Don Davis.

[flordehinojos]

7. okay, thanks a lot.

do i appreciate the satire? well, maybe, just a bit, but i'm not sure. okay, i'll be a good sport--being that it is satire, i have to laugh.

[adarling]

4. bravo sarcasm...at its best

gave you a vote :)

[Don Davis]

6. Gracias!

Thanks to all for your kind words and support. Now I have to buy some Danish for my visit to the palace of El Presidente.

[TlalocW]

8. You forgot the part where Lieberman says

Even though he's considering a run for the position of El Comandante de Cuba, it should be clear to his constiuents (both in Connecticut and the hypothetical ones in Cuba), that it is he, not Ned Lamont, who is the progressive democrat in this/these race(s).

TlalocW

[Laelth]

9. Nicely done.

:toast:

:kick:

-Laelth

[RobertSeattle]

10. "Hannity and Lieberman" on Faux News this Fall !

[Vidar]

11. Well done.

[yurbud]

12. That sounds like the Bush plan for when Castro dies anyway

[yellowcanine]

13. Maybe Katherine Harris could marry Raul and become the Cuban Evita.

[Douglas Carpenter]

14. source?

:wow: