t is a matter of public record that Obama ignored Mr. Mandela during all four years of his first term as president.
Michelle Obama briefly visited Mandela during her 2011 South African trip before going on safari with her two daughters.
During Obama’s June 2013 South African trip, Obama “deferred” to the family of an ailing Mandela by not visiting Mandela at his sick bed.
Does anyone notice how Obama excels at latching on to public figures like any common opportunist? Today it’s Nelson Mandela. Yesterday it was Pope Francis.
Obama gives the world the impression that he has suddenly fallen in love with an allegedly-gone-completely-Marxist Francis.
After first channeling most of the American presidents, Obama proves he will hitch a ride on anybody’s little red wagon he views as important.
“I am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Nelson Mandela’s life,” said Obama. “And like so many around the globe, I cannot fully imagine my own life without the example that Nelson Mandela set”.
Too bad, Obama hadn’t taken the opportunity to speak those passionate words into the ear of Mr. Mandela during his first term of office when Mr. Mandela was still alive.
These are the words Obama used in describing his newfound admiration for Pope Francis: “I think Pope Francis is showing himself to be a just and extraordinarily thoughtful, and soulful, messenger of peace and justice.”
