DeclinetoState
09-23-2007, 04:11 PM
BOOK: CASTRO'S SON SAYS DAD DYING; BUT CUBAN LEADER DETERMINED TO OUTLIVE BUSH PRESIDENCY
Fri Sept 21 2007 15:43:35 ET
The highly anticipated book on Fidel Castro from one of the preeminent authorities on Cuban and Miami politics and CBS' consultant on Castro, Ann Louise Bardach, WITHOUT FIDEL: The Death of Castro and Other Tales (Scribner) confirms for first time that the Cuban leader is terminally ill and dying -- yet determined to outlive the Bush presidency.
An excerpt of the book reveals: "A few weeks after Fidel Castro's surgery, his son, Antonio Castro, an orthopedic surgeon and the doctor for Cuba's national baseball team, was more forthcoming with some of his foreign counterparts at an international baseball event. Asked solicitously about his father's health, the amiable Antonio shook his head sadly, and said: 'Lo que el Viejo tiene -- es fulminante.' or 'What my old man has -- is insurmountable.'"
Bardach will examine the last, secretive months of the Cuban leader, based on sources with access to Castro's private hospital suite.
Drudge (http://www.drudgereport.com/flash8.htm)
Given that the Bush presidency will last less than a year and a half longer, that's not very ambitious, IMHO. Remember when his docs were telling us he could live to 130?
Fri Sept 21 2007 15:43:35 ET
The highly anticipated book on Fidel Castro from one of the preeminent authorities on Cuban and Miami politics and CBS' consultant on Castro, Ann Louise Bardach, WITHOUT FIDEL: The Death of Castro and Other Tales (Scribner) confirms for first time that the Cuban leader is terminally ill and dying -- yet determined to outlive the Bush presidency.
An excerpt of the book reveals: "A few weeks after Fidel Castro's surgery, his son, Antonio Castro, an orthopedic surgeon and the doctor for Cuba's national baseball team, was more forthcoming with some of his foreign counterparts at an international baseball event. Asked solicitously about his father's health, the amiable Antonio shook his head sadly, and said: 'Lo que el Viejo tiene -- es fulminante.' or 'What my old man has -- is insurmountable.'"
Bardach will examine the last, secretive months of the Cuban leader, based on sources with access to Castro's private hospital suite.
Drudge (http://www.drudgereport.com/flash8.htm)
Given that the Bush presidency will last less than a year and a half longer, that's not very ambitious, IMHO. Remember when his docs were telling us he could live to 130?