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Bill Richardson: "Talk to the bad guys"

New Mexico Gov and former pres candidate Bill RIchardson is jumping to Barack Obama's defense, after John McCain ridiculed his suggestion that he'd be open to talking to Raul Castro.

"John McCain -- like George Bush -- is afraid to talk to bad guys," said Richardson, who once met with Castro and memorably wrote in his autobiography about the Cuban leader's supposed bad case of dandruff. "He feels safer pretending to talk tough by hiding from them...This is the Bush-McCain foreign policy that has failed all over the world, and it has failed to promote change in Cuba. I have successfully negotiated with Castro and many like him, and I know that Barack has the judgment and experience to nudge the Cubans toward a better future."

Posted by Lesley Clark at 12:13 PM on May 20, 2008 in 2008 Presidential Election , Cuba | Permalink

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Why doesnt richardson and obama support Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet?
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