It is interesting that Obama did not invite the Clintons.
The Clintons are still going. Hillary needs to for the support of the black community in her 2016 campaign.
I heard Bill Clinton was going.
Clinton was down in Brazil for some ....thing I don’t know what when the photo-OP of the century ...EXCUSE ME I mean tragic death of Mandella occured.
Looks like some fake charity crap. http://nypost.com/2013/12/07/obama-ex-presidents-bill-clinton-and-george-w-bush-to-attend-mandela-services/
I bet obama will talk non-stop to President George W. Bush about where Bush was wrong, and how he made America so much better. He will also constantly point his finger. Hopefully Bush takes a break from being sober during the flight.
IMO, President Bush is a class act.
A person has died-—he can’t do more harm. He was asked by the resident to go.
To do otherwise would be terribly ungracious.
It’s not like his going makes a political statement. When the president of the US asks you to do something, you honor his office (if not the man) by doing it.
Didn’t invite the Clintons.....Very, very good point
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013
By David Horowitz On December 6, 2013 In Daily Mailer,FrontPage
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/david-horowitz/nelson-mandela-1918-2013/print/
Mandela began as a terrorist and never turned his back on monsters like Arafat and Castro, whom he considered brothers in arms. When he was released from prison by deKlerk, he showed unexpected statesmanship, counseling reconciliation rather than revenge, no small achievement in a country in which the “liberation” movement (led by Mandela’s wife and party) placed oil filled inner tubes around the necks of former comrades and set them on fire.
But if a leader should be judged by his works, the country Mandela left behind is an indictment of his political career, not an achievement worthy of praise – let alone the unhinged adoration he is currently receiving across the political spectrum.
South Africa today is the murder capital of the world, a nation where a woman is raped every 30 seconds, often by AIDs carriers who go unpunished, and where whites are anything but the citizens of a democratic country which honors the principles of equality and freedom.
Liberated South Africa is one of those epic messes the Left created and promptly forgot about.
I read they are going too, maybe even Jimmy Carter. Conservatives will do more good when they let trivial things go and focus on things like “why isn’t someone in court over - Fast and furious, Bengazi lies, IRS lies, Web Site lies - if you can lie the FBIO - see scooter’s jail sentence then what about lying to congress? Push congress to take action not just talk. Leave funerals for the TV gossips.