Earlier today, I had some kind words for President Obama. I’m going to issue some more — even kinder. Please don’t call 911 for me, as those services are overburdened.

Today, Obama praised Berta Soler, the remarkable woman who leads the Ladies in White in Cuba. For an article about this, go here. To read an interview I did with Soler last year, go here. I’m afraid it’ll cost 25 cents, for non-subscribers. Forgive me. In any event, Berta is a great woman, extraordinarily brave. (And she has one of the best, earthiest, most infectious laughs extant.)

Obama talked about the importance of civil society and brave citizens among us. Let me pick him up in mid-flight:

“It’s citizens who — right now — are standing up for the freedom that is their God-given right. And I’ve seen it myself in the advocates and activists that I’ve met all over the world. I’ve seen it in the courage of Berta Soler, the leader of Cuba’s Ladies in White, who endure harassment and arrest in order to win freedom for their loved ones and the Cuban people.”

There is nothing that dissidents appreciate more than to be named — to have their names named, in the Free World. There is nothing that their persecutors hate more than to have those names named.

Nice going, Mr. President. My friend Ted better announce quick or I’ll endorse Obama for a third term.