Is he trying to appeal to the “Minority” here? What a goofy move. He apparently didn’t read the history books before they were rewritten to fit the communist agenda.
Good for Ted. It shows that he is running for president in 2016. If he had denounced Mandela, he would have had no chance of winning. He would have been labeled an extreme racist who is for apartheid. The press would be all over and have him figuratively dressed in sheet with a burning cross. Ted not only has the right stuff, he is making the right moves.
I’m voting Cruz in 2016!
He's trying to preempt Rand Paul's major outreach to Blacks. Both of them are being silly. Unless they plan to toss $100 bills off the roofs of public housing projects, they won't win even 1% more of the Black vote.
No. America blacks don't give a crap about Mandela and Cruz isn't trying to win their votes.
He's trying to appeal to that vast swath of voters who view Mandela as a hero of the anti-Apartheid movement. Unfortunately for Senator Cruz, his most ardent supporters are bound and determined to "educate" him on the eve of a funeral about their views on Mandela, painting themselves as frothing-at-the-mouth racists and hobbling any future political ambitions Senator Cruz might have held.
Way to go people!
Look, I have absolutely no use for Mandela, and I've made that clear on various threads. I don't like the fact that Cruz is going, but something was eventually going to crop up we would criticize him for. We don't agree with our spouses 100% of the time, so why would we ever have perfect, unblemished agreement with any politician?
Like I said, I wish Cruz wasn't going, but I'm not going to discard him over this. He gets too much RIGHT for me to do that. And as for pandering to the minorities, remember....Cruz was the only person with the guts to stand up and speak the truth to Trayvon's mother.