Nelson Mandela RIP

[Admiral Yi]

Castro was a cunt, as was his henchmen Guevara.

He's not that bad.  By communist standards he's a saint.

And he's a very useful object lesson on the joys of income equality.

[PDH]

I fully expect Fidel Castro to get some love around here as well when he passes away, PDH.

The best thing I can say about Castro is that he was born the same year as my Dad.

[CountDeMoney]

And he's a very useful object lesson on the joys of income equality.

Because income inequality was so much better.

[garbon]

And he's a very useful object lesson on the joys of income equality.

Because income inequality was so much better.

Just think how much you'd be enjoying it if you were back in the saddle.

[Admiral Yi]

Because income inequality was so much better.

I thought that was self evident.

[CountDeMoney]

Because income inequality was so much better.

I thought that was self evident.

Not for most Cubans in the 1950's, it wasn't.

[Razgovory]

As a point of fact, Batista was a liberal.

Along with Hitler.

[Admiral Yi]

Not for most Cubans in the 1950's, it wasn't.

And thus the usefulness of the object lesson.

[derspiess]

I wonder what Al Haig would think of Seedy's Castro fanboyism.

[CountDeMoney]

I wonder what Al Haig would think of Seedy's Castro fanboyism.

I probably could've convinced him in reducing the number of monthly CIA-sponsored operations against Cuban economic interests during the Nixon Administration to about half, from 4 or 5 to maybe 2 a month.

[Razgovory]

I wonder what Al Haig would think of Seedy's Castro fanboyism.

What would your fellow Republicans think of you praising a Black Radical Socialist lawyer and community organizer turned President.

[Razgovory]

At least some Conservatives remember.

The message says "No one has commented yet". OK, so what's to say? Mandela was a cold blooded, communist, murderer. Rather redundant, to be sure, but that's the part that leftists don't want to hear anyone say because the truth hurts.

Exactly right. The MK were ruthless scum. And the ANC has set SA back decades. It's the story of Arfica.

Top commenters from the Breitbart site.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2013/12/07/Cornel-West-We-Are-Witnessing-the-Santa-Clausification-of-Nelson-Mandela

[jimmy olsen]

Breitbart is no where near mainstream.

[Siege]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25249520

[dps]

Really?  You think that's a majority view here?

No, you guys have rewritten your history on how Mandela was viewed.

Go on.

Many Conservative politicians in this country opposed Mandela's efforts and called him a terrorist back in the 1980's.

As someone pointed out earlier, terrorism is a tactic, not an ideology.  And yeah, lots of people thought that if the ANC took power, Mandela would become a 2-bit dictator like Mugabe or Amin (though not crazy like Amin).  And frankly, you were a fool if you didn't at least acknowledge that it was a possibility that he would rule as a dictator.  He proved his doubters wrong--he proved to be a better man than he could have been.  And now people, including many of those same doubters, are praising him for that.

I don't see that as re-writing history.