DOES THIS ELECTION mean I’m not supposed to call Castro a “dictator” any more? I’m with Josh Chafetz on this one:

This just goes to show that, in addition to being brutal and oppressive, the Cuban regime is also incompetent. All 609 ran unopposed? Which genius in Fidel’s inner circle was in charge of this? Couldn’t they at least scare up two Communists to run against each other, so they could at least plausibly claim to be holding free elections? As it is, why even bother with the election? — it’s not fooling much of anyone …

But there are those who will point to it, just as there are those who think that Saddam just won a democratic election.