Obama tells leaders to follow Mandela’s example

Associated Press ^ | Jun 29, 2013 9:54 AM EDT | Julie Pace and Nedra Pickler

[Olog-hai]

President Barack Obama encouraged leaders in Africa and around the world Saturday to follow former South African President Nelson Mandela’s example of country before self, as the U.S. president prepared to pay personal respects to relatives who have been gathered around the critically ill anti-apartheid icon.

“We as leaders occupy these spaces temporarily and we don’t get so deluded that we think the fate of our country doesn’t depend on how long we stay in office,” Obama said. …

Obama decided to avoid stopping in his father’s home nation of Kenya because of international disputes there. The International Criminal Court is prosecuting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta for crimes against humanity, including murder, deportation, rape, persecution and inhumane acts allegedly committed by his supporters in the violent aftermath of Kenya’s 2007 elections. …

[Olog-hai]

Mandela’s example? Obama just told Zuma to step up the necklacing.

[BenLurkin]

Exactly.

[anoldafvet]

Mandela is a Communist.

[Cheerio]

OBAMA, leader of the GLOBE. Makes one want to wretch.

[American in Israel]

“Country before self”, that’s rich coming from Obama on his Hundred Million Dollar world wide tour. Perhaps he has not noticed but we are running a deficit here. Seeing how Obama has spent more than the Gross Domestic Product of most third world nations on his personal vacation plan, its obvious to all that it is Self before Country for him.

[Gay State Conservative]

Which Mandela?

[DoughtyOne]

When Mandela was originally arrested years ago, it was because he was found in the presence of a bomb making effort. He was thus a person willing to associate with bombers and keep quiet about it. He was a terrorist.

So now Obama tells others to be like Mandela.

I’m beginning to wonder if Obama can read cursive.

[Dallas59]

[Verginius Rufus]

Well, probably most of them deserve to spend 27 years in prison.

[lump in the melting pot]

The sad thing is, despite his open Marxism, association with ANC necklacers, and contribution to the inevitable eventual collapse of South Africa, I dislike Mandela less and respect him more than Obama.

[molson209]

Kelly Wright on Fox just called him a Freedom Fighter ,barf

[Gay State Conservative]

I suppose that one could argue that Mandela had fewer advantages..perhaps even far fewer...and therefore less could reasonably be expected of him than could be expected of Osama Obama.

[Old Sarge]

Obama decided to avoid stopping in his father’s home nation of Kenya because of international disputes there.

Odd. Senator Odinga had no issues with helping out his cousin Odinga...

[NormsRevenge]

BBC News

Obama praises Mandela ‘inspiration’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23109574

US President Barack Obama says Nelson Mandela’s “moral courage” is an inspiration to the world, as he has a private meeting with members of Mr Mandela’s family.

[NormsRevenge]

expect an uptick in subsidized tire sales

[trebb]

I’m all for the suggestion - after spend race-baiting, murderous time (which many have already done), spend a LONG time being incarcerated, emerge as an irrelevant shell of a commie, and then hit the death beds. He actually gave them some perfect advice.

[Rummyfan]

“We as leaders occupy these spaces temporarily and we don’t get so deluded that we think the fate of our country doesn’t depend on how long we stay in office,” Obama said.

I'm not even sure what he's trying to say … and furthermore could care less.

[TigersEye]

Are you in doubt that 0bama is a terrorist?

[DoughtyOne]

No, I’m just thinking he’s probably as stupid as that witness in the Zimmerman trial.

[TigersEye]

...we don’t get so deluded that we think the fate of our country doesn’t depend on how long we stay in office,” Obama said.

He is saying that the fate of our country does depend on how long he stays in office. I will now join other FReepers who have said that 0bama intends to stay in office past the end of his second term.