Nelson Mandela Dead At 95 Rip.

[D.B. Cooper]

A leader without peers. A true role model. Spent 27 years in prison. After his release he becomes president of his country. Amazing story.
RIP.

http://www.nytimes.c...mandela.html?hp

 

[Vagrant Violet]

What a shock... Despite his advanced age and failing health, it is still such a shock. So very sad. He was an incredible soul, may he rest in peace.


"Do not judge me by my successes. Judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again." - Nelson Mandela

 

[ghost]

What a shock... Despite his advanced age and failing health, it is still such a shock. So very sad. He was an incredible soul, may he rest in peace.


"Do not judge me by my successes. Judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again." - Nelson Mandela

Is a Vagrant Violet similar to an Iron Butterfly?

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Given the abuse he suffered for so many years, it's extraordinary that he enjoyed such a long productive life.

 

[Rich One]

A true example at 72 he left the prison and became President...!!

Now that he's dead all can honor his memory...! but was hated then....!

http://www.thedailyb...hated-then.html


In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan placed Mandela’s African National Congress onAmerica’s official list of “terrorist” groups. In 1985, then-Congressman Dick Cheneyvoted against a resolution urging that he be released from jail. In 2004, after Mandela criticized the Iraq War, an article in National Review said his “vicious anti-Americanism and support for Saddam Hussein should come as no surprise, given his longstanding dedication to communism and praise for terrorists.” As late as 2008, the ANC remained on America’s terrorism watch list, thus requiring the 89-year-old Mandela to receive a special waiver from the secretary of State to visit the U.S.

 

[Rich One]

Mandela's daughter is S.A. Ambassador in Argentina.

 

[ghost]

Mandela's daughter is S.A. Ambassador in Argentina.

Wonder why they sent her to such a tertiary mission?

 

[ajoknoblauch]

A true example at 72 he left the prison and became President...!!

Now that he's dead all can honor his memory...! but was hated then....!

http://www.thedailyb...hated-then.html


In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan placed Mandela’s African National Congress onAmerica’s official list of “terrorist” groups. In 1985, then-Congressman Dick Cheneyvoted against a resolution urging that he be released from jail. In 2004, after Mandela criticized the Iraq War, an article in National Review said his “vicious anti-Americanism and support for Saddam Hussein should come as no surprise, given his longstanding dedication to communism and praise for terrorists.” As late as 2008, the ANC remained on America’s terrorism watch list, thus requiring the 89-year-old Mandela to receive a special waiver from the secretary of State to visit the U.S.

This pretty much sums up the legacy of Reaganism.