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Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies
CNN ^
| 12-05-2013
| By Faith Karimi
Posted on 12/05/2013 2:11:15 PM PST by Red Badger
Nelson Mandela, the revered statesman who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead South Africa out of decades of apartheid, has died, South African President Jacob Zuma announced late Thursday.
Mandela was 95.
"He is now resting. He is now at peace," Zuma said. "Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father."
"What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human," the president said in his late-night address. "We saw in him what we seek in ourselves."
Mandela will have a state funeral. Zuma ordered all flags in the nation to be flown at half-staff from Friday through that funeral.
Mandela, a former president, battled health issues in recent months, including a recurring lung infection that led to numerous hospitalizations.
With advancing age and bouts of illness, Mandela retreated to a quiet life at his boyhood home in the nation's Eastern Cape Province, where he said he was most at peace.
Despite rare public appearances, he held a special place in the consciousness of the nation and the world.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: communism; communist; karlmarx; mandela; marxist; procommunist; prodictator; usefulidiot; vomit
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To: Red Badger
SA armory.
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posted on
12/05/2013 2:43:51 PM PST
by
JPG
(Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
To: mort56
Yes Mandela was evil
a lot of whites still getting genocided in South Africa
82
posted on
12/05/2013 2:43:53 PM PST
by
Democrat_media
(Obama ordered IRS to rig 2012 election and must resign)
To: Impy
When you’re stuck in the box of what mere man to glorify, your options for being sensible get cut off.
83
posted on
12/05/2013 2:44:21 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: Tzimisce
He was a loud and proud Marxist with a thug/gangster for a wife.
Are we still talking about Mandela? Or did you switch to Barry?
84
posted on
12/05/2013 2:44:50 PM PST
by
Old Yeller
(America: Under Iranian hostage since Jan. 20, 2008.)
To: Red Badger
From the CNN commenters “If I had a father, he would have looked like Mandela.” - BHO
If he had a father. LOL
To: Oliviaforever
2 socialists on a date on the dating game?
86
posted on
12/05/2013 2:46:00 PM PST
by
Democrat_media
(Obama ordered IRS to rig 2012 election and must resign)
To: Red Badger
"We lost another Ghandi..."
Ye gads...
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posted on
12/05/2013 2:46:03 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: Oliviaforever
You must be kidding. This is photo op that The Usurper cannot afford to pass up. He’ll probably be asked to speak!
88
posted on
12/05/2013 2:46:12 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(Don't twerk me, Bro!)
To: Oliviaforever
An American president with a commie terrorist.
He was South Africa's President, not ours.
And he did get along pretty well with the US, all things considered.
89
posted on
12/05/2013 2:47:26 PM PST
by
x
To: Red Badger
It’s a little unseemly that an American President got to the microphone faster for Mandela than he did for his own Lybian Ambassador.
Amb. Stevens was unavailable for comment.
90
posted on
12/05/2013 2:49:25 PM PST
by
ProfoundMan
(Time to finish the Reagan Revolution!)
To: x
That’s more George Bush being gracious, than Mr. Mandela.
91
posted on
12/05/2013 2:51:16 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: Red Badger
father of modern South Africa By their fruits ye shall know them.
How many Nelson Mandela schools/streets/community organiz... centers will now be named [in the US] in his honor? Is there an app for that?
92
posted on
12/05/2013 2:51:38 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: a fool in paradise
30 Bishop Tutu came to not like the man. ... Bishop Tutu has been mighty vocal against whites in SA for several years since his retirement. This does not seem to jive with your statement.
To: MacNaughton
I think Bishop Tutu hates everybody, period.
94
posted on
12/05/2013 2:52:41 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Fire Muschamp. Go Michigan State!)
To: MacNaughton
Not all white-haters are united, if that’s what you are trying to get at... they have their own thangs.
95
posted on
12/05/2013 2:53:28 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: Red Badger
Marx, Lenin and Stalin have a new card partner.
To: Ezekiel
Is there an app for that? Dunno, type "Nelson Mandela" into Google Maps? Anyhow, he's just one sign of modern folly.
97
posted on
12/05/2013 2:54:47 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
To: ProfoundMan
Its a little unseemly that an American President got to the microphone faster for Mandela than he did for his own Lybian Ambassador.Bump!
To: billyboy15
Well, they are now in control of their crap place.
So, there’s pride....
99
posted on
12/05/2013 2:55:48 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Red Badger
I’m very much afraid that South African whites will discover that Mandela was all that kept the lid on wholesale race wars and expropriation. The mines and farms will be first. Zimbabwe here we come.
100
posted on
12/05/2013 2:55:58 PM PST
by
JimSEA
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