Obama’s not-so-secret admirer: Fidel Castro

It takes a committed communist to know one.

AP reported on Fidel Castro’s fascination with our Dear Leader.

Fidel Castro appears to have a fascination with the American leader that would make Obama Girl jealous, writing obsessively not only about his politics, but of his youth and vigor.

And unlike with past American heads-of-state — he slammed President George W. Bush as a genocidal drunk — Castro seems to genuinely like the fresh face in Washington.

Since handing over the Cuban presidency to his brother in February 2008, the 83-year-old has continued to publish his thoughts in essays called “Reflections of Comrade Fidel,” which are dutifully printed in state media and read repeatedly on government-controlled radio and television.

Hardly a week goes by without a mention of his nemesis to the north, the most recent on Thursday. In an opinion piece that took up an entire newspaper page, Castro waxed philosophic about everything from Obama’s Asia trip to his prospects for re-election.

Last month, Castro pronounced it a good thing that the American president was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In September, he termed Obama’s call-to-action on global warming courageous.

“It really is an obsession,” said Ann Louis Bardach, a longtime Cuba observer and author of the recent book, “Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana and Washington.”

She noted that Castro confessed to being riveted by coverage of Obama’s January inauguration, which he told visiting Argentine President Cristina Fernandez made him very happy. …..

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