Michelle Malkin » Race-baiter Democrat Rep. Diane Watson praises Cuban health system, Castro & Guevara who “kicked out the wealthy”

Race-baiter Democrat Rep. Diane Watson praises Cuban health system, Castro & Guevara who “kicked out the wealthy”

By Michelle Malkin • August 28, 2009 04:03 PM

Longtime readers of this blog will be quite familiar with race-baiting Democrat Rep. Diane Watson of California.

She attacked Ward Connerly for marrying a white woman.

She bragged about Washington, D.C. being a “chocolate city.”

She polluted the Hurricane Katrina aftermath with race card-playing nonsense.

Thanks to KABC, there’s audio of Watson heaping praise on Castro, Guevara, and the Cuban health system at her town hall meeting last night — as well as injecting her usual racial poison into the health care debate. (For a reminder of what Cuban health care is really like, click here.)

I wrote up a transcript of her remarks. Bring an airsickness bag before reading:

WATSON: You might have heard their philosophical leader. I think his name is Rush Limbaugh. And he said early on, “I hope that he fails.”

Do you know what that means? If the president, your commander-in-chief, fails, America fails.

Now, when a senator says that this will be his Waterloo, and we all know what happened at Waterloo, then we have him and he fails. Do we want a failed state called the United States?

And remember: They are spreading fear and they are trying to see that the first president that looks likes me fails.

Now just understand what’s at the bottom line.

And you know we just got, 48 hours ago, we just go back, we were in Beijing, China, Hong Kong, China, we were in Taiwan, we were in Guam, we were all over the Far East.

I just want you to know: People look at the United States as a country that has changed its way and has elected someone from Kenya and Kansas, I’ll put it like that.

And they’re saying, “We thought you would never do that.”

So we don’t want to have this young man, and he just turned 48 — we want him to succeed, because when he succeeds, we regain our status. We regain our status.

It was just mentioned to me by our esteemed speaker, “Did anyone say anything about the Cuban health system?”

And lemme tell ya, before you say “Oh, it’s a commu–”, you need to go down there and see what Fidel Castro put in place. And I want you to know, now, you can think whatever you want to about Fidel Castro, but he was one of the brightest leaders I have ever met. [APPLAUSE]

And you know, the Cuban revolution that kicked out the wealthy, Che Guevara did that, and then, after they took over, they went out among the population to find someone who could lead this new nation, and they found…well, just leave it there (laughs), an attorney by the name of Fidel Castro…

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#202

On August 29th, 2009 at 12:28 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

Capitalism >> Communism
#203

On August 29th, 2009 at 12:39 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

Obama’s Communist Global Poverty Act

Obama vs. Jesus
#204

On August 29th, 2009 at 12:40 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

Ayers is a Violent, Revolutionary Communist.
What is Obama?
#206

On August 29th, 2009 at 12:45 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

Edouard said: Why can’t Republicans ever use this stuff for ads?

You bring up a good point and one also brought up by a caller in to Rush Limbaugh yesterday concerning the RNC being totally off the mark. They sent him fund drive letter with a questionaire asking what liberal issue is the one you most most oppose? As he described, guess what issues were NOT on the list? Illegal Immigration, Government Run Heath Care, Crap and Tax, the bail out bill, CFC, the stimulus bill, etc.

Here is the RNC asking for money and they either don’t know what the real hot button issues are or they are afraid to bring them up.

So good question Edouard, why doesn’t the RNC use clips like this one? My answer is that IF we had someone like Glenn Beck instead of Michael Steele running the RNC then we WOULD see videos like this one – a LOT of them.

Strike while the iron’s hot.
#207

On August 29th, 2009 at 12:56 pm, rightisright said:

On August 28th, 2009 at 4:12 pm, rowsdower said:

lgm, honey-I think we’ve found your soulmate.

What a great post, pretty well sums it up for lgm….lmao…ty

Think about it now, you can imagine the constituents that voted for this racist fool, sorta like the same ones that voted for the empty, suited, Kenyan we have as president.

Thanks to this kind of idiocy racism is alive and well in America, albeit coming from the other side.
#208

On August 29th, 2009 at 12:57 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

or better still, this other one that Michelle wrote about in – This Ain’t America No more
#209

On August 29th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

imcoe said: I’ve said for many years that the real racists and race-baiters in this country are the blacks. They just keep it going and going and EverReady Bunny. Just another case on point.

But you can’t say that without mentioning the fact that there is a good reason for them to feel that way – they are BOMBARDED with the racist message from the left that they are somehow being denied their place at the table. They hear that over and over then look at their run-down neighborhood and think, yeah, whitey did this to me!

And they’d be CORRECT! White DEMOCRATS did that to their life by fostering a culture of dependancy treating them to AA, set-asides, reparation and ‘diversity inituatives’ as though blacks really are incapable of competing on a level playing field, no different really than how blacks are perceived by members of the KKK, (the only difference is that the KKK has no hidden agenda).

The only reaction a black person ought to have to all the pity the democrat party directs toward black people is – OUTRAGE! But too many do not for the same reason you can boil a frog slowly.
#212

On August 29th, 2009 at 3:09 pm, shooter said:

And you know, the Cuban revolution that kicked out the wealthy, Che Guevara did that, and then, after they took over, they went out among the population to find someone who could lead this new nation, and they found…well, just leave it there (laughs), an attorney by the name of Fidel Castro…

She / they are equating EXACTLY the nature of Castro and Che to Obama and his admin.
Diane Watson and ACORN and SEIU are the Che team of today.
I’m beginning to believe there is a national effort to FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE AMERICA forever…INTO a CUBA/fascist/dictator state with B Hussein Obama in as their dear leader.
How long until we hear more about no term limits for presidents?
By January 2010 is my guess.
#213

On August 29th, 2009 at 3:16 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

On August 28th, 2009 at 11:04 pm, englishqueen01 said:

OT – Our son was born yesterday via c-section…

EQ, Happy un-birthday! to the little guy – can’t say, Happy birthday since I’m late to the party.

And congrats to you and the Prince Consort. Children are the precious jewels we parents treasure. Joy, peace and good health to you all!
#214

On August 29th, 2009 at 3:43 pm, TigerLady said:

EnglishQueen-dittos to the birth of your son. May God bless your family!
#215

On August 29th, 2009 at 4:25 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

I still want to know what this woman makes. She made knowing what she makes fair game by her comments. In order to know a good thing from a bad thing, who should or should not be kicked out, we now need to know who is and who is not “wealthy”.

How do we find out her status on the “not wealthy” vs. “wealthy” scale?
#217

On August 29th, 2009 at 4:44 pm, corkie said:

Some people aren’t smart enough to understand the real issues so they just assume the issue is something simple – such as race.

Example conversation:

Normal person: “I don’t like excessive levels of deficit spending by governments.”

Stupid person: “You’re a racist.”
#218

On August 29th, 2009 at 4:48 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

“excessive levels of deficit spending”

What if that’s a people group? Like I belong to the excessive levels of deficit spending tribe of the Great Southwest?

Would you be a racist then if you didn’t like excessive levels of deficit spending?
#219

On August 29th, 2009 at 5:39 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/w000794/

I found these. Not current. Interesting company she keeps however.
#220

On August 29th, 2009 at 5:49 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

This place lists a lot of stuff but you have to register.

http://www.legistorm.com/
#221

On August 29th, 2009 at 6:02 pm, Leatherneck said:

Just another Anti-American. Maybe, she should live in Cuba, and take Obama’s Aunt with her.
#222

On August 29th, 2009 at 6:09 pm, orlandocajun said:

Is anybody surprised this moron is representing Los Angeles? Don’t they give away welfare checks and other free stuff to her constituents there?

Anyone, anyone, bueller…bueller?

If there were justice in this world, we could deport this crazy bioch to Cuba.
#223

On August 29th, 2009 at 6:30 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

I’m pretty sure cuba actually enforces its immigration laws so Auntie Obama may not be allowed in.
#224

On August 29th, 2009 at 6:47 pm, TigerLady said:

jsmiddleton4 said:
I still want to know what this woman makes

JS, she isn’t including herself in her comments about wealth. Don’t you understand that she is exempt from the punishment that will come to the masses? Her exemption comes from several points. 1. She is a black politician ( I know, I’m a racciiiiist). 2. She’s a dumbocrat.

It’s the same as The Won telling us to turn down our thermostats in the winter then turning UP the thermostats in the Oval office. He’s exempt because he’s in that special group who are high above the common man.

The is no longer the America you knew.
#225

On August 29th, 2009 at 7:14 pm, Ron said:

Yes, Representative, I want this president to fail. Yes, I want him to fail, but I don’t care what color he is. I think his color is Marxist, not black, not anything traditional. He’s not a Democrat so much as a Social Democrat in the European tradition. And I am not in favor of importing the Big Government of the EU here — its failing there, and we don’t need to “try” it here. And I sure as heck don’t want him to “try” Castro’s health care system here — how infuriatingly stupid would hat be?
#226

On August 29th, 2009 at 7:32 pm, Cowboy said:

Yep, its a great country Cuba is. They can’t even get toilet paper to wipe they’re but. Great country indeed.
#227

On August 29th, 2009 at 7:32 pm, Cowboy said:

SUPPORT GLENN BECK!
#229

On August 29th, 2009 at 7:57 pm, infidel4life said:

Two simple reasons why Watson keeps getting elected:

1. She’s black.

2. She tells her lazy, uneducated, uninformed, ignorant, miserable constituents that their miserable lot in life is the white oppressor’s fault, and that they don’t have to change.

And they swallow all the hateful racist leftist propanganda without question.

L.A. is a dead city. And the dead AME church where she made her comments as much represents true Christianity as the parasites in Washington D.C. represent real America.
#230

On August 29th, 2009 at 8:10 pm, starlightwoman said:

WATCH THIS VIDEO!!!!!

HERE
#231

On August 29th, 2009 at 8:30 pm, yohannbiimu said:

Castro’s Cuba:

The Leftist Utopian paradise that Obama and this idiot woman hope to bring to the United States.
#232

On August 29th, 2009 at 9:57 pm, sbw999 said:

I get chills of embarrassment that our Congress contains numerous braindead POS like this moron. Spin spin spin, the founding fathers spin spin spin in their graves. YEECHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
#233

On August 29th, 2009 at 10:15 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

“Her exemption comes from several points.”

Yes. So? I didn’t say she wants me to know. I said I want to know. It’ll show her hypocrisy quite clearly. Of course she doesn’t care nor think its relevant. I’m sure her voter base doesn’t care either. They’ll just think its a good thing as she stuck it to whitey to get her money.
#234

On August 29th, 2009 at 10:53 pm, KVal57 said:

That POS is a traitor. Pure and simple. Go to hell, lady.
#236

On August 30th, 2009 at 12:57 am, Vntnrse said:

O/T sort of….

Guess who tried to call me at home yesterday.

Global Solutions

Gee, I wonder how they got my home phone…
#237

On August 30th, 2009 at 12:59 am, Texas Teacher said:

I normally like to avoid vulgarity in public discourse, but I am going to call her office on Monday and ask whoever answers the phone, “How do you like working for the biggest F***ing Retard in the history of the US Congress?”
#238

On August 30th, 2009 at 2:59 am, Politicalguano said:

Chocolate and dog sh*t have similar color – and she does have sh*t for brains – so is it possible that she really meant that most of the corrupt, racist, felon AMERICAN NEGROS (as in college fund) are in fact dog sh*t? Got a president that smells like – BO.
ANyway, “folks”like her give justification to white people to despise NEGROS. Thank GOD that they are not all like her so that it is possible to treat many black AMerican people decently and hope. I only had 3 black patients ever pay their bills – didn’t matter that I saved their lives and kept them being paralyzed – I was white so they screwed me. Been assaulted and robbed by blacks too. I personally give up on them for the most part – I don’t care much if you blacks live or die, just stay away from me and if you break into my home I will shoot you dead.On the other hand, if you’re a decent human being and not dog sh*t, then you’re welcome in my home. Im quite pleased Ted Kennedy is DEAD -
#239

On August 30th, 2009 at 7:35 am, jangar said:

Today’s modern black democrat mouthpiece.
#240

On August 30th, 2009 at 9:09 am, Dimsdale said:

I guess this “genius” couldn’t fathom that she was given the “special” tour for visiting politicians.

Is she the best affirmative action and racially motivated elections can do?
#241

On August 30th, 2009 at 11:30 am, McCloud9 said:

ANY Elected Represenative that talks like this woman should IMMEDIATELY be replaced.
Maybe I am cutting into her First Ammendment rights…BUT, hey Lady… There is NOTHING in the Constitution protecting STUPID! Your FIRED!
#242

On August 30th, 2009 at 1:05 pm, Valerie said:

Michelle,

For completeness’ sake, you need to add the link to Rush Limbaugh’s actual statement on the subject. This woman is lying about what he said. I’m no great fan of Rush, but I did read the transcript of his remarks some time ago. Perhaps one of his regulars has the link.
#243

On August 30th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, Cathy B said:

Here you go Valerie

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_012209/content/01125117.member.html
#244

On August 30th, 2009 at 2:41 pm, graysonret said:

I’m sick of these black leaders, as well as hispanic leaders, yelling “racist” every time someone critisizes them. I’m also sick of BET, NAACP, black history month, and having to put up with their “name-calling” when I can’t return it, for fear of being accused of a “hate crime”. A black or hispanic killing a white is no big deal; the reverse has everyone screaming for his head…or a beer meeting. Ms. Watson, you’re trash. Personally, I would like to use a proper description, but, being white, I am not allowed.
#245

On August 30th, 2009 at 3:03 pm, fgmorley said:

Looks to me like she got the Michael Jackson skin trreatment. And man, she did get hit with an ugly stick.
#248

On August 30th, 2009 at 7:49 pm, rightwingrocker said:

This woman is nuts.

Yeah. Go down to Cuba and see what the hospitals there are like.

I’ll stick with what I have here … even if I have to deal with debt collectors to pay for it, thank you very much.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
#251

On August 30th, 2009 at 10:42 pm, WestCoastCoconut said:

If the Cuban healthcare is so frinkin great why are there so many Cuban refugees risking to come over to Florida??? This stupid ignorant slut has no idea what the common Cuban lives like under this brightest leader she has ever met!!! How does she get elected??? Oh yeah ACORN buddies.
#254

On August 31st, 2009 at 1:10 am, Jet Jaguar said:

Black people are precious in God’s sight. He created them. He loves them. They are truly of equal and inestimable worth, as are whites and all other humans. It is too easy to measure the worth of black people by their predominant and evil black sub-culture in this country (the USA). The blacks who overcome this crippling limitation are to be admired and imitated. I am white, and overcame an ignorant, emotionally incestuous, hillbilly culture. I did this through surrendering my life to Jesus Christ. He transformed me. My family has rejected me. They believe that I betrayed them by not continuing the “dance” – not involving my life and the lives of my wife and children in their pitiful and petty squabbles – the drama of living by crises to crises. I have transcended their legacy of shame, immorality, crime, drunkenness, blaming, and futility. My particular heritage is not worthy of being mentioned alongside the great patriots of our land, but thanks be to God that I am born again to royal blood: 1 Peter 2:9-10 NASB

…but you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for god’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light; for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of god; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Please pray for our brother and sister black Americans to overcome as I have. At the throne of God in the next life, all ethnicities will be represented. If you’re not loving them now, you will by then, or you won’t be there.
#256

On August 31st, 2009 at 7:39 am, HomeoftheBrave said:

What a complete POS…. a TRAITOR and a subversive. Her comments have nothing to do with skin color. That’s an alinsky cover. She’s a flat-out communist sympathizer. Go to hell you commie POS!
#257

On August 31st, 2009 at 8:16 am, rightwingrocker said:

Yeah. Great stuff Fidel did there with those hospitals. And if the patients get hungry they can eat the cockroaches crawling around on the floor in the ER.

If Cuba’s such a wonderful place, why doesn’t this dummkopf just move there?

Enough already.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
#258

On August 31st, 2009 at 8:18 am, rightwingrocker said:

This woman does not understand what it means for America to succeed. America’s success is not defined by the degree to which an executive succeeds in implementing his plans; its success is defined by the degree to which her people are free and successful on their own without the aforementioned executive. It would be really nice to see a lib or two acknowledge this. I won’t be holding my breath.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
#259

On August 31st, 2009 at 8:28 am, graysonret said:

This woman does not understand what it means for America to succeed.

She, as well as some other politicians today, are only interested in their own success, then success of the party. They could care less about America succeeding unless it happens, that day, to help their own path.
#260

On August 31st, 2009 at 8:58 am, jangar said:

This woman does not understand what it means for America to succeed.

I her eyes, we (America) are the enemy against her ideals. And she’s not alone in her beliefs. There is an army of educators from coast to coast, from K to graduate school, who firmly believe in these communist/socialist/marxist ideas, and brainwash the masses. Accurate textbooks have all but been eliminated from the classroom, and this is what is left.
#262

On August 31st, 2009 at 9:10 am, Stubby said:

If the banished “N” word were in the dictionary, her picture would be sufficient.
#263

On August 31st, 2009 at 9:16 am, Socky said:

And you know we just got, 48 hours ago, we just go back, we were in Beijing, China, Hong Kong, China, we were in Taiwan, we were in Guam, we were all over the Far East.

I’m sorry, what country is she the queen of?
#265

On August 31st, 2009 at 9:45 am, sonofdy said:

I’m sorry, what country is she the queen of?

Upper annusitia

This idiot can’t even get her history right. Castro led the revolution, not Che.

Che was however the guy who executed all the dissenters.
#267

On August 31st, 2009 at 10:06 am, spaceycakes said:

I searched the whole thread & could not find one post by lgm.

He’s either embarrassed & won’t say so, or he agrees & won’t say so.

I happen to think that he’s embarrased that he agrees.
#275

On September 1st, 2009 at 4:56 pm, ammo john said:

I don’t know if this was a true Cheaptickets email, or spam (it was in my Yahoo Spam folder, so I deleted it), but the subject was: “Sign the Petition: Support Travel to Cuba” (or something to that effect).

Did anyone else get this, too?
#276

On September 1st, 2009 at 4:58 pm, ammo john said:

I guess I should’ve searched it before commenting:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2326694/posts