You know things are bad when Daniel Ortega’s former “Sandalista” groupies start bashing him relentlessly and even calling for international sanctions against his regime. (“Yikes!” liberals must gasp. “An embargo?! Like the one against Cuba?!”)
You know things are especially bad when this bashing spills over to his (normally irreproachable for leftists) patrons and mentors Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. To wit:
“Daniel Ortega is following in the steps of the dictatorship in Cuba,” sputtered Bianca Jagger this week. “Get rid of anyone who denounces the human rights violations that are being committed; get rid of all the opposition; get rid of all the great leaders of the Catholic Church, all the journalists, and anyone speaking up, from farmers to politicians. I have been speaking out to foreign governments about the impact that Daniel Ortega is having by acting with total impunity; the fact that the international community is dragging its feet in imposing effective sanctions against his government; the fact that the world seems indifferent to what is happening in Nicaragua and the relentless oppression and persecution.” (More from The New York Post here.)
Dear Bianca. Well, at least she’s willing to recognize the glaringly obvious, though of course her “in” days are long over, and it makes little difference now how fashionable she is or isn’t.
And by the way, Mick looks like a fetus in that photo. Yikes.