Jay Nordlinger on Che- & Castro-lovers

First, a snippet from L.A. Congressthug Diane Watson's paean to them:

And you know the Cuban revolution that kicked out the wealthy — Che Guevara did that. And after they took over, they went out among the population to find someone who could lead this new nation, and they found . . . an attorney by the name of Fidel Castro.

Nordlinger responds:

But, some years ago, I...had to swallow that these people — certainly some dismaying percentage of them — actually like it: actually like the dictatorship and all the murderous oppression that goes with it. You can’t remain entirely ignorant or naïve after 50 years of this dictatorship. And that is a very, very bitter pill to swallow.

One more point: Many of the leaders of the Cuban democracy movement are black — “Afro-Cuban.” President Bush gave the Medal of Freedom to one of them (the political prisoner Oscar Biscet). Many of Castro’s most ardent supporters in the United States are black: Charlie Rangel, Maxine Waters, Randall Robinson, and so on. What must the black Cuban democrats think of these Castro champions?

Good question. How about this one: What do you think of the Cuban democracy advocates who are in prison for speaking truth to power? It ought to be asked, directly and in front of cameras, because people like Charlie "What income?" Rangel are the heart of the Democrat Party. Michael "Gets seated next to Jimmy Carter" Moore ought to be asked that one as well.