Showing posts with label Nelson Mandela. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nelson Mandela. Show all posts

Saturday, December 7, 2013

‘President Latch-on’ knows how to find the limelight

President Barack Obama never even once visited the iconic Nelson Mandela while he was still alive, but count on him hogging all the limelight he can at the freedom hero’s funeral.

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.”


Mandela: Funeral Announced As Life Celebrated

Nelson Mandela's funeral will be held at his ancestral home in Qunu a week on Sunday, it has been announced.
The news came as grieving for the iconic anti-apartheid leader turned to a celebration of his life, and tributes continued to pour in.
South Africa's first black president died last night at his Johannesburg home following a long illness.
South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela waves as he arrives to attend the unveiling ceremony of a statue in his honour in London's Parliament Square
'Social equality is the only basis of human happiness.' Nelson Mandela
The 95-year-old had established a unique global status after spending nearly three decades as a political prisoner before leading his country through an unexpectedly peaceful transition to democracy.
Current South African President Jacob Zuma confirmed Mr Mandela's body will lie in state for three days before a funeral is held on Sunday  December 15 in Qunu, the village in Eastern Cape where he was born.
Children react during a gathering of mourners on Vilakazi Street in Soweto
Children at a gathering of mourners near Mr Mandela's former home in Soweto
Meanwhile, thousands of South Africans gathered outside Mr Mandela's home in Johannesburg's Houghton neighbourhood, where they sang traditional songs and danced in memory of the man affectionately known as Madiba.

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