for doing what he s done, he just can t handle america can t handle him. the press can t handle him. going to stay with tv. thank you for joining me tonight. the cuban government just released hundreds of new guidelines that are intended to bring capitalism into the socialist country. but you ll never hear either of the castro brothers say the word capitalism. that s in the rewrite. and as governor of alaska sarah palin defied the republican party, fought big oil companies, and even vetoed a bill banning benefits for same-sex partners of state workers. how then did she become the face of right-wing anger and extremism? that s coming up.
statement last night that they have separated after 25 years of marriage. the couple described it as amicable. said they would not comment from the and asked for privacy for them and their four children. this program for one, will respect the family s privacy. still to come this hour cuba decides to let a little more capitalism, just a little, and don t call it capitalism. that s many the rewrite. whew! i need a break from programming
time for tonight s rewrite. the communist party of cuba continues its relentless march toward capitalism, of course. but the castro brothers can never admit that their revolutionary ideal of a pure socialistic economy is impossible to maintain and the more cuba clings to it, the more cuba suffers. fidel actually hinted at this as far back as the first party congress after the first 15 years of strict cuban socialism he said on december 17th, 1975, there is no doubt that in the organization of our economy we have ered on the side of islism and sometimes even ignored the reality of the objective economic laws we should come ply with. yesterday, the cuban government issued hundreds of new guidelines intended to open the cuban economy to more
raul castro sounded downright republican in criticizing the ration system. he said, since the ration book is designed to provide equal coverage to 11 million cubans there are more than a few examples of on surdities such as allocating a quo ta of coffee to the newborn. you don t have to read between the lines to know that the ration book is on its way to becoming cuba s version of our food stamp program. instead of providing government subsidized food for everyone cuba will eventually be providing it for those only who need it just like we do. raul castro said quote, the social welfare system is being reorganized to ensure a rational and deferrable support to those who really need it instead of massively subsidizing products
why is the obama administration allowing details like that to leak when they re trying to improve their relationship with pakistan? lawrence, leaks don t necessarily all come with the approval of the president and national security team. there are lots of agencies in the u.s. government. there are lots of people who want to get versions of their story out there. i suspect it s a what this was. it careerly didn t serve the diplomatic interest of the united states right now. but if that s what happened, then there are going to be people in the government who are going to talk about it. thanks for joining me tonight, michael. thank you, lawrence. ahead in this hour, cuba gives up on cuban socialism and looks north for inspiration for a new kind of socialism. that s in the rewrite. and donald trump s well deserved humiliation continues with a disastrous showing in a