How Long Does It Take for Someone to Admit His Policies Failed?

So Fidel Castro has admitted the Cuban economic model doesn’t work. Considering how much he ran the country into the ground, you’d think he would have figured that out after maybe a decade. Or if not that, surely he would have noticed things hadn’t improved after two decades. And if not that, surely he should have seen how it wasn’t a great idea after three decades — especially when the Soviet Union collapsed. But if that wasn’t enough, you’d think four decades of the ruining the country would be enough to make him say, “Maybe we were wrongheaded.” But, no, it took five decades.

So, anyway, here’s a preview of what Obama will be like fifty years from now. The important thing is that eventually he learns.

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  1. -Almost all People learn pretty quickly when their own backside is on the line. Fidel never lived a day of discomfort just his people did. When Obama loses his job he might learn something bout his “recovery plan” then. Bush walked in right as the .com bubble burst and 9/11. Reagen walked into a collapsing currency and the Savings and Loan scandal and the banking collapses that followed. Obama has noone to honestly blame but himself and those who have chosen to reject reality and live in the marxist bubble that can only exist on college campuses and coffee houses.

    If you haven’t read it

    http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/rule-by-professors/

  2. It is easy to not notice the effects of your policies for five decades when you have silenced that pesky concept known as free speech. That is why we need to ban all blogs, radio talk shows, and print media with the exception of the New York Times and Chris Matthews. Only then will things get better.

  3. He’ll say the same thing he says now: It was Bush’s fault. However, his remarks will be met with derision and scorn, history having judged Bush’s seven years of prosperity and his handling of The War on Terror (yep, it’s back) in a positive light.

  4. “They burned a Koran. That made my plans fail. It’s all the fault of that evil Boooosh.” B. H. Obama

    He has borrowed more money than all the presidents from Washington through Reagan COMBINED. Maybe the banks can’t loan what they have already loaned to the gummint. What a loser.

    Obama must be Islamic for Loser.

  5. Oooooh castro better watch out or he wont get more hugs from danny glover or sean penn. the marxist in the White House only wishes he were as bad a castro. carter on the other hand is rejoicing about not being the worst in U.S. history anymore.

  6. I wouldn’t read anything into this. Mao admitted that his policies hadn’t worked. He did this several times. Unfortunately for the Chinese people, most of the new plans were worse than the previous ones.

    El dictador may have a new plan, but it’s not likely an improvement.

    It’s the same for Obama. Forty years from now, he’ll realize his plans were completely wrong. Then, he’ll come to the conclusion that he should have spent even more money while assigning even more blame than he had indeed already done.

    To their graves, neither will ever even consider the primacy of empirical evidence over abstract theory.

  7. So, anyway, here’s a preview of what Obama will be like fifty years from now. The important thing is that eventually he learns.
    Black men don’t live that long. He should come to that conclusion sooner, like Nov 2012. If not, he’ll have plenty of time to think when he’s back in Chicago.

  8. But they didn’t fail. Fidel ruled his entire life then turned it over to one of his kids. As far as Fidel is concerned, communism was a spectacular success – he lived a great life! Sure, it sucked for most everybody else, but that’s a small price to pay. For him, anyway.

    Ol’ Stogie Breathe is only saying this so he can suck up to the pinkos in the Whitehouse and in Congress. He’s never gonna have so many marxists in DC as he has right now. So WTF, utter a few mindless platitudes (it’s all the rage these days anyway) and maybe he can get some more of the embargo lifted.

    Don’t think for a moment that the commies, libs, democrats and other enemies of freedom know for a fact that their policies will bring a heaping helping of misery and poverty. Well, I suppose some of the foot soldiers are too stoooopid to realize it, but I can guarantee you that the leaders know full well what they are doing and what is the inevitable result.

  9. EnemyoftheState says:
    Castro failed because he didn’t have the czars that obuma has.

    Did anyone else catch the news that he’s appointed a Bedbug Czar? That title would be a real resume builder (as in):

    Bumashave, Exalted Czar of All Bedbugs

  10. How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop? Mr. Owl never made it without biting. O-bah-muhh just bites. Totally.

    What’s next? Will O-bah-muhh say Fidel’s economic model is ‘Too Big To Fail’, and get the Democrat Congress to pour money into that rat hole?

  11. Oh my dear Frank, a liberal will never admit he’s failed. His ego won’t allow it. His view of himself held up by years nay decades of concern, by everyone who counts, over his self esteem will not allow him or anyone else to even hint that something he’s done has been less then stellar. After all as someone once said ( in the movie The Incredibles) saying everyone is special is just another way of saying no one is. So keep one watching as the Man who would be god”, continues to destroy everything we hold dear.

    How’s that hope and change working for your Huffpo, ABC, CNN et al? The only ones getting any are unions, teachers and illegals. I can’t wait for part two, it ought to be a knee slapper.

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