I guess when your policies are so left wing and socialist, famous Communinists like Fidel Castro back you for President!
...he gave Senator Barack Obama an endorsement of sorts, calling him “the most progressive candidate to the U.S. presidency” while also berating him for his plan to continue the trade embargo against Cuba. “Were I to defend him, I would do his adversaries an enormous favor,” Mr. Castro said. “I have therefore no reservations about criticizing him.”

“I am not questioning Obama’s great intelligence, his debating skills or his work ethic,” Mr. Castro wrote.

But, he added, “I am obliged to raise a number of delicate questions.”