Posted on 12/06/2013 3:05:17 PM PST by re_nortex
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reacted today to news of former South African President Nelson Mandela's passing:
"Nelson Mandela will live in history as an inspiration for defenders of liberty around the globe. He stood firm for decades on the principle that until all South Africans enjoyed equal liberties he would not leave prison himself, declaring in his autobiography, 'Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me.' Because of his epic fight against injustice, an entire nation is now free.
"We mourn his loss and offer our condolences to his family and the people of South Africa."
Probably Senator Cruz had little choice but to utter these platitudes. I doubt that what he actually thinks about Mandela.
I think he’s inoculating himself for a 2016 run.
Sometimes, Senator, it’s better to just not say anything.
Did he mention he was/is a COMMIE?
That's the only logical explanation. I'll give our fine Texas Senator Cruz for keeping his remarks brief and not following others with loads of effusive praise for the anti-Semitic murderer.
they are committing genocide against white people in South Africa( stage 6 genocide) . google and check images also
the latest trend is rape , and disembowelment of white women in South Africa, with the Sanction of the black government(legacy of Mandela). google this if you think i’m lying
the U.S. news media celebrates this
they are raping then disemboweling (while alive) white women some as old as 80 and young little girls too
Ted Cruz was out to lunch or something
I really do not understand how someone could be so wrong on this.
He’s running for president. He has to say something positive.
Say what?
Picking a foreign issue pissing off conservatives is not going to help him much.
I guess PC demands that people say nice things about brutal, black communists when they die, huh?
“Probably Senator Cruz had little choice but to utter these platitudes.”
I imagine that only a very small portion of American voters understand what Mandela was about - perhaps 0.05% of us. Which is not hard to believe when people get their news from the TV and don’t put in the effort to search the interwebs for “why was Mandela in prison?”
```Oh - I know. Because he was BLACK!! `````
In the end, a miss-step on Mandela by anyone that does not know the truth does not warrant the same disdain as those that make a mistake in supporting obamacare, amnesty, gun control, etc.
((Shrug))
Mandela wasn’t a saint but Apartheid wasn’t exactly happy happy joy joy either.
Conservatives should learn to ignore this sort of thing. Its not worth the anger.
I’m just not impressed with him or his intellect like some are. I think he’s a lose canon and not very bright. And no, I don’t care where he went to school. I’ve met some idiot law review editors in my day.
As for me, still looking for our standard bearer.
Mandela wasn’t defending liberty, he was blowing up innocent people and necklacing blacks who refused to join. He was leader of a terror organization for crying out loud.
Hmmmm...Defender of liberty? Like supporting Nazism means one is for racial equality? Geez Ted, even BO told the truth about this guy:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/6/bill-oreilly-reminds-nelson-mandela-was-communist/
You do not have to support Apartheid to denounce terrorism.
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