Obama’s path was shaped by Mandela’s story

New York Times ^ | Dec 06, 2013 | Michael D. Shear

[MeshugeMikey]

Without Nelson Mandela, there might never have been a President Obama.

That is the strong impression conveyed from Mr. Obama, whose political and personal bonds to Mr. Mandela, the former South African president, transcended their single face-to-face meeting, which took place at a hotel here in 2005.

It was the fight for racial justice in South Africa by Mr. Mandela that first inspired a young Barack Obama to public service, the American president recalled on Thursday evening after hearing that Mr. Mandela, the 95-year-old world icon, had died. Mr. Obama delivered his first public speech, in 1979, at an anti-apartheid rally

[MeshugeMikey]

his first public speech .

[Gene Eric]

First Lincoln, then the Rodeo Clown, now Mandela. I’m sure I missed a few.

[MeshugeMikey]

"Without Nelson Mandela, there might never have been a President Obama."

just a hunch but that jawline and mouth are strikingky familiar

the similarity is haunting

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Oh, FFS. How predictable. Of course, we could *never* have written such a story while Mandela was alive.

[MeshugeMikey]

the first line of the article...is bugging me.

I sense that these two share more than a love of communism

see the photos above.

[tumblindice]

Just in case you thought it was about planting Mandrake, Barry shows up on cue to say, “Look at me!”

[2ndDivisionVet]

Indeed.

[BenLurkin]

Pinkos. Both of them.

[boycott]

So we can blame Mandela for this crap?

[MeshugeMikey]

whos mouth and jaw are we looking at :??

obama or mandela?

[MeshugeMikey]

perhaps even more so than the writer knows...

scarey isnt it,,,is it obama..or is it mandela?

somebody collect some dna while theres still time..

[Gene Eric]

>> Pinkos. Both of them.

Anyone who embraces communism is an idiot.

[VeniVidiVici]

wow! This was in need of a barf alert.

[jocon307]

“So we can blame Mandela for this crap?”

Yes. And Bush. And oh, what the heck, I blame De Klerk too!

THANKS GUYS!

[BookmanTheJanitor]

good grief...how embarrassing

[jocon307]

These MSM schmucks are going to try and go back to their Obama slurp fest now, but I don’t think it’s going to work.

[Huskrrrr]

More likely “Reverand” Wright and Bill Ayers shaped Obama’s path.

[dalereed]

If he’s following the same path, when does his prison time start??

[MeshugeMikey]

The Question Of The Day, Hour, Week and Year!

[MeshugeMikey]

he and Jay Carney use the same barber evidently!