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December 05, 2013

Nelson Mandela Dies at Age 95;
Obama, Get This, Eulogizes Mandela By Injecting Himself Into His Life
— Ace

Obama's remarks on Mandela were largely about how Mandela had inspired him. How the first political event Obama attended was an Anti-Apartheid rally. Observers of Obama know, of course, that Obama feels a life isn't validated or worthy unless Obama can somehow connect himself to it.

But even worse than that was the quotation Obama chose to honor Mandela with. It just so happens that this quotation is perfectly aligned with Obama's current political narrative: I screwed up, but I'm going to keep on working until I get this fixed.

So here's what Obama deemed to be the most important quotation of Mandela's life:

"I'm not a saint, unless your definition of a saint is a sinner who keeps on trying."

That's not Mandela's most important quote.

That's the Mandela quote that's most politically useful to Obama.

But to Obama, these are the same thing.

Not Very Hard to Predict The Actions of an Evil Dullard:

actually Obama does have a staged propaganda photo of a "private" sojourn in Nelson Mandela's cell. We should see that rereleased soon.
— SquatchPride69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 5, 2013

And... boom.

Rest in peace, Nelson Mandela. pic.twitter.com/4qlqsXLp6e
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 5, 2013

That's the photo I was talking about-- the staged White House propaganda photo of a supposedly "private" visit by the First Family to Mandela's old cell.

Odd how many of these "private" moments are used for public propaganda, eh?

Posted by: Ace at 02:07 PM | Comments (245)
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1 Yeah, the Horde predicted as much.

My next prediction, the official WH photo of Barry gazing sadly at a photo of Mandela, a single tear on his cheek.

Gagtastic.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 05, 2013 02:09 PM (lVPtV)

2 1st?

Posted by: tbodie at December 05, 2013 02:09 PM (MBZW0)

3 You can't spell Mandela without m-e.

Posted by: SCOAMT at December 05, 2013 02:09 PM (bvtgt)

4 How predictable.
RIP Mandela.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 05, 2013 02:10 PM (JRmiD)

5 I am after all a scorpion...

//BHO

on a more serious note I detested Mandela's alliances but respect his fighting apartheid.

Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 02:10 PM (9jfyN)

6 Wasn't there a movie made about some guy who was always there at some important point in history, some guy who was always in the background, some guy named 'forest' or something.

Every where you looked there he was in the background.

Posted by: Need More at December 05, 2013 02:10 PM (8RshS)

7 No flaming skull? Okay. How about a flaming tire around a flaming skull?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 02:10 PM (olDqf)

8 Unprecedented.

Posted by: .87c at December 05, 2013 02:10 PM (WUcNu)

9 Here's hoping that the long-feared genocide of white South Africans upon Mandela's death was mere paranoia.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at December 05, 2013 02:10 PM (e4elg)

10 7 No flaming skull?

Okay. How about a flaming tire around a flaming skull?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 06:10 PM (olDqf)

LOL

Winnie Nelson is still breathing. How old is the crone?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 05, 2013 02:11 PM (lVPtV)

11 That's not Mandela's most important quote.

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What quotes would you say are in contention?

Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 02:11 PM (P6QsQ)

12 So what did Barky McShanksALot have to say?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 05, 2013 02:12 PM (GEICT)

13 I, me, me, I, me, me, Nelson Mandela, me, I, me, I, me, me.

Posted by: TFG Eulogizing Mandela at December 05, 2013 02:12 PM (6da/j)

14 How about a flaming tire around a flaming skull?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 06:10 PM (olDqf)

That's extremely disrespectful.

And awesome.

But mostly awesome.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2013 02:12 PM (oJ5Fd)

15 "The day that he was released from prison gave me a sense of what human beings can do when theyÂ’re guided by their hopes and not by their fears. And like so many around the globe, I cannot fully imagine my own life without the example that Nelson Mandela set, and so long as I live I will do what I can to learn from him."

I, I, I, I, me, me, me, I, I.......

Posted by: Lizzy at December 05, 2013 02:12 PM (JRmiD)

16 I'm still waiting for Obama to post a picture of himself looking at a picture of Mandela, but this will suffice.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 05, 2013 02:12 PM (KL49F)

17 Here's hoping that the long-feared genocide of white South Africans upon Mandela's death was mere paranoia. Local news doesn't really do it for us.

Posted by: The MFM at December 05, 2013 02:13 PM (FcR7P)

18 Yeah, well Nelson Mandela didn't have his every move thwarted by those Republicans in Congress. Yet despite it all Obama manages to soldier on.

No wonder Nelson found him to be such an inspiration.

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at December 05, 2013 02:13 PM (kUgpq)

19 Zelig. A Woody Allen film.

Posted by: Smokey The Spartan at December 05, 2013 02:13 PM (k4hO9)

20 I thought this was just as nice as the press conference he called on the occasion of my passing.

Oh, wait... nevermind.

Posted by: Zombie Iron Lady at December 05, 2013 02:14 PM (bvtgt)

21 Mandela was a Commie Marxist. Of course Obama adores him.
Mandela sang songs about killing white South Africans.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 05, 2013 02:14 PM (KL49F)

22 And Buzzfeed Andrew commemorates his death by tweeting old photos of Obama. Andrew Kaczynski ‏@BuzzFeedAndrew 19m 16 Moving Images From President ObamaÂ’s Visit To Nelson MandelaÂ’s Jail Cell http://t.co/dXprTuWhkE

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 02:14 PM (DmNpO)

23 Barry's going to be pissed if the funeral cuts into his Hawaiian vacay.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 05, 2013 02:14 PM (lVPtV)

24 Who? Oh that guy...whatever.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 02:14 PM (7mQyC)

25 I guess Mandela is a great man, but mostly I see him as the head of the political arm of a terrorist organization. He insulated himself from its terror, and I believe that he was truthful in his denials that he was involved.

But....he still knew what was being done in the name of his cause.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2013 02:14 PM (oJ5Fd)

26 I hope Mandela does NOT RIP.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 05, 2013 02:15 PM (KL49F)

27 Condolences to the Mandela family. The Mandela qoute Barky would never use: 5) "Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people." From USA Today.

Posted by: tbodie at December 05, 2013 02:15 PM (MBZW0)

28 "Obama feels a life isn't validated or worthy unless Obama can somehow connect it to himself."? Shouldn't that last bit be, "connect himself to it"?

Posted by: AnAverageAmerican at December 05, 2013 02:15 PM (A/MNv)

29 Why does this surprise you? You know I was named after the guy who climbed Mt Everest, 4 years after I was born, right?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 05, 2013 02:15 PM (0FSuD)

30 From every tragedy comes an opportunity to rejoice. I rejoice in this: http://t.co/iI35N25HCq

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 02:15 PM (DmNpO)

31 Why didn't Winnie ever serve time in prison for all the young African men she had necklaced?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 05, 2013 02:15 PM (lVPtV)

32 The Communist Party weighed in:

Nelson Mandela has died. A hero against all the odds. True friend of ordinary ppl & progressive politics, we miss u pic.twitter.com/7pOZbH227Y

Â— Communist Party (@communist_party) December 5, 2013

Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 02:16 PM (P6QsQ)

33 Obama will probably be photographed either in a jail cell or looking into a jail cell while in SA.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 05, 2013 02:16 PM (5TFvk)

34 Mandela was a communist.

Posted by: Mr Estrada at December 05, 2013 02:16 PM (aLyv3)

Wasn't there a movie made about some guy who was always there at some important point in history, some guy who was always in the background, some guy named 'forest' or something.

Every where you looked there he was in the background.

Posted by: Need More at December 05, 2013 06:10 PM (8RshS)

Zelig. LUN

Posted by: rd at December 05, 2013 02:17 PM (D+lxs)

36 The White House ‏@WhiteHouse 8m Rest in peace, Nelson Mandela. http://t.co/4qlqsXLp6e

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 02:17 PM (DmNpO)

37 Wasn't there a movie made about some guy who was always there at some important point in history, some guy who was always in the background, some guy named 'forest' or something. Every where you looked there he was in the background. Posted by: Need More at December 05, 2013 06:10 PM (8RshS) *** Forest Gump

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 02:17 PM (DmNpO)

38 Gateway Pundit has a nice picture of Fidel and Nelson embracing.

Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 02:17 PM (P6QsQ)

39 CBD.. you got any links to what kind of man Mandela really was? I want to splash cold water all over my FB friends who will no doubt be in mourning over his passing.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at December 05, 2013 02:17 PM (u25eL)

40 I wuz tryin to count the I's and me's, in his statement, but could not keep up.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at December 05, 2013 02:17 PM (tmFlQ)

41 19, Smokey beat me to the joke.

Posted by: rd at December 05, 2013 02:17 PM (D+lxs)

42 Note that Obama's remarks ended with "now he belongs to the Ages".

Posted by: Ombudsman at December 05, 2013 02:18 PM (Sa+uF)

43 TFG might finally bestir himself to attend a funeral this time. Lotsa photos and sad faces and a distraction from TitanicCare. But I really don't care one way or the other.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2013 02:18 PM (cHZB7)

44 At the risk of sounding churlish, I received a notice on my smartphone of Mr. Mandela's death from ESPN. Huh?

Posted by: boniface ballers at December 05, 2013 02:18 PM (l3RZ9)

45 Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is fairest of them all?

Posted by: Queen Barack's Bedtime Prayer at December 05, 2013 02:18 PM (IXrOn)

46 Yeah, rip. Something tells me a former white supremacist terrorist who came around to thinking whites and blacks should just get along wouldn't be celebrated by much of anyone.

Posted by: kartoffel at December 05, 2013 02:19 PM (EcHOO)

47 As a memorial, Michelle Obama will now only wear bikinis around the White House.

Posted by: t-bird at December 05, 2013 02:19 PM (FcR7P)

48 9 Here's hoping that the long-feared genocide of white South Africans upon Mandela's death was mere paranoia.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at December 05, 2013 06:10 PM (e4elg)

That genocide seems to have already started before his death. I follow @N_ata6ha and she reports on all the white murders in SA. It's pretty bad and since whites are the minority, I don't know how they'll survive. They have a plan to evacuate, I hope and pray they make it.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 05, 2013 02:19 PM (KL49F)

49 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 06:15 PM (DmNpO) Your quote is better than mine.

Posted by: tbodie at December 05, 2013 02:19 PM (MBZW0)

50 33 Obama will probably be photographed either in a jail cell or looking into a jail cell while in SA. Yep, and in the WSJ of all places. http://tinyurl.com/kx59ax8

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 05, 2013 02:19 PM (0FSuD)

51 Maybe we should co opt the dead guy too. Tell people Mandela was a "true friend of freedom and a small central government." Then sit back and laugh as the Left has a fit that we're using their corpse.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 05, 2013 02:19 PM (ObzG8)

52 Can we get a photo of the back of Obama's head looking at map of the Cape of Good Hope?

Posted by: Fritz at December 05, 2013 02:19 PM (UzPAd)

53 You know he was terrorist, right? Caught with weapons and guilty as sin. He was personally responsible for dozens of indiscriminate bombings. He didn't believe in non-violent resistance like Ghandi or MLK. The ANC still sings songs about killing whites. South Africa is a shit hole thanks to ANC leadership- rampant crime, rampant corruption, administrative incompetence at every level, and an apocalyptic AIDS rate. Who knew turning the country over to illiterate Marxists would be disastrous? Without the White population artificially bolstering the GDP, S.A. looks more like Zimbabwe than it does a civilized country.

Posted by: Naes1984 at December 05, 2013 02:19 PM (zeV2E)

54 off damn hillary sock

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 02:19 PM (0FSuD)

55 Mandela, a wonderful disciple of my drug addled ravings

Posted by: Karl Marx at December 05, 2013 02:20 PM (Pr6hk)

56 Save ObamaCare-- FOR NELSON!!!!

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 02:20 PM (MMC8r)

57 So a racist communist died, and I'm supposed to be unhappy about it?

Posted by: Mister Snagglepuss Smackwagon at December 05, 2013 02:20 PM (v6GqR)

58 I posted these quotes as I was listening to Barry in a thread below:

"We will not likely see the likes of Nelson Mandela again."

"Let us pause and give thanks that Nelson Mandela lived."

He left out "Praise Allah."

Didn't he ignore Margaret Thatcher's funeral? The Polish president's?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 05, 2013 02:20 PM (lVPtV)

59 "Long live the Cuban Revolution. Long live comrade Fidel Castro... Cuban internationalists have done so much for African independence, freedom, and justice. We admire the sacrifices of the Cuban people in maintaining their independence and sovereignty in the face of a vicious imperialist campaign designed to destroy the advances of the Cuban revolution. We too want to control our destiny... There can be no surrender. It is a case of freedom or death. The Cuban revolution has been a source of inspiration to all freedom-loving people."

--- Nelson Mandela

Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 02:21 PM (P6QsQ)

60 Basically, he's saying that he's a saint, isn't he? He's gone full Chavez?

Posted by: Dales at December 05, 2013 02:21 PM (ajeIF)

61 Yes, a perfect quote for Obama since he said sin was being out of touch with his values. Not Gods mind you, but his own. Obama will always give himself an A for effort, politically, personally and in whatever his narcissistic equivalent of spirituality is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2013 02:21 PM (BC6cY)

62 I guess we know now why Dear Leader is doing all the fundraising. Presidentin' in South Africa shouldn't be too hard. And the fucking perks.........

Posted by: Soona at December 05, 2013 02:21 PM (9sMM9)

63 Without the White population and gold and diamonds artificially bolstering the GDP, S.A. looks more like Zimbabwe than it does a civilized country. Posted by: Naes1984 at December 05, 2013 06:19 PM (zeV2E) FIFY

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 02:21 PM (0FSuD)

64 56 Save ObamaCare-- FOR NELSON!!!!
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Don't give them ideas.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 02:22 PM (7mQyC)

65 White South Africans are probably pissing themselves right now. Since the media over here never reports anything approaching the truth, the minority over there have long suspected revenge upon his death. I guess we're about to find out if their fears are justified.

Posted by: sans_sheriff at December 05, 2013 02:22 PM (Lljg2)

66 Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at December 05, 2013 06:17 PM (u25eL)

Unless Wiki has been censored by the thought police, start there. They can't deny his association with the communists and the reason he was in prison (blowing up government buildings).

I'm no expert. Maybe one of the historians can help?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2013 02:22 PM (oJ5Fd)

67 I wrote on twitter "Mandela reminds me in many ways of Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Sarah Palin. #p2 #tcot" to see which morons take this comment seriously. So far, so responses...

Posted by: @ParisParamus at December 05, 2013 02:22 PM (Gcm3A)

68 Ok, what the hell are you c*cksucking f@gs complaining about now. Now be a good little piggy and get me another scotch.

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at December 05, 2013 02:22 PM (Pr6hk)

69 As a memorial, Michelle Obama will now only wear bikinis around the White House. ...and she wears them AROUND the White HOUSE. -rimshot-

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 02:23 PM (MMC8r)

70 "The sad part is that I've had to stop writing code because of all the tears. Damn underlings."

----President Obama

Posted by: Dr Spank at December 05, 2013 02:23 PM (xlX1p)

71 Maybe Oprah and ()bama can double team it. This is going to get lame really quick.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 05, 2013 02:23 PM (5M2+1)

72 Someone lock that door and throw away the key quick

Posted by: tintex at December 05, 2013 02:23 PM (iIpBc)

73 Kay Hagan has some balls. She running ads saying she saved Medicare and lowered your healthcare bills. What universe to these people live in?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 02:23 PM (0FSuD)

74 He's gone full Chavez
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Can you go full Chavez and still be breathing?

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 02:24 PM (7mQyC)

75 Pero Fidel no esta muerto.

Ay, carrumba.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at December 05, 2013 02:24 PM (kqqGm)

76 I don't know what the protocol is for flying the American flag at half-staff for a foreign leader, but if it's allowable by statute, book it. Aw, hell, like Obama cares about the rule of law. It'll happen.

Posted by: Ombudsman at December 05, 2013 02:24 PM (Sa+uF)

77 While in America, Mandela made public statements that amounted to support for violence and terrorism in the furtherance of political aims. In a speech in Harlem, referring to four Puerto Rican terrorists who shot and wounded five US Congressmen in 1954, he said:

"We support the cause of anyone who is fighting for self-determination, and our attitude is the same, no matter who it is. I would be honored to sit on the platform with the four comrades you refer to."

Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 02:24 PM (P6QsQ)

78 Feh... his greatest achievement, handing SA over to the marxist ANC.

As for results, see the current state of South Africa.

Small wonder he's Obozo's 'hero'.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 05, 2013 02:24 PM (lJaja)

79 Krauthammer just compared Mandela to George Washington, because Mandela stepped down as president after four years.

Seriously, Charles? George Washington?

And Fox is in full-on Mandela glorification.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 05, 2013 02:24 PM (lVPtV)

80 She running ads saying she saved Medicare and lowered your healthcare bills.

Look at all the money you save on office visits when you can't find anyone willing to give you an appointment.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 05, 2013 02:24 PM (/kI1Q)

81 South Africa is a shit hole thanks to ANC leadership- rampant crime, rampant corruption, administrative incompetence at every level, and an apocalyptic AIDS rate. Who knew turning the country over to illiterate Marxists would be disastrous? Without the White population artificially bolstering the GDP, S.A. looks more like Zimbabwe than it does a civilized country.

Posted by: Naes1984 at December 05, 2013 06:19 PM (zeV2E)

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I'm glad you said South Africa. While I was reading it, I started thinking that you were describing this country.

Posted by: Soona at December 05, 2013 02:24 PM (9sMM9)

82 Just saw the update. The WH released a picture of Obama in order to mourn Mandela?! How will The Onion top that?

Posted by: t-bird at December 05, 2013 02:25 PM (FcR7P)

83 76 I don't know what the protocol is for flying the American flag at half-staff for a foreign leader, but if it's allowable by statute, book it. Aw, hell, like Obama cares about the rule of law. It'll happen. I think the only time it has been done was for Winston Churchill by an act of congress.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 02:25 PM (0FSuD)

84 Isn't there a pic of Mandela signing up for obamacare? That would have been useful right about now, wouldn't you say?

Posted by: EC at December 05, 2013 02:25 PM (doBIb)

85 No flaming skull?

Okay. How about a flaming tire around a flaming skull?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 06:10 PM (olDqf)

You just won everything, good sir. {tips cap}

Posted by: The Mega Independent at December 05, 2013 02:25 PM (4/o9U)

86 14 How about a flaming tire around a flaming skull? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 06:10 PM (olDqf) Sprongy eye worthy? It's possible.....

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 05, 2013 02:26 PM (5qhId)

87 If you like your casket, you can keep it.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 05, 2013 02:26 PM (5M2+1)

88 "...bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice." --Obama That... Doesn't actually mean anything, does it?

Posted by: Secundus at December 05, 2013 02:26 PM (coVpK)

89 Hey, they basically have shared the same life experiences. Mandela spent like 27 years in prison. Barry spent 4 month working in the private sector. Same thing, really.

Posted by: Brass Bancroft at December 05, 2013 02:26 PM (niuxr)

90 And there's the pic I was waiting for!

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 05, 2013 02:27 PM (KL49F)

91 Okay. How about a flaming tire around a flaming skull? Oh shit, just died laughing!

Posted by: EC at December 05, 2013 02:27 PM (doBIb)

92 Give Mandela his due. Nelson didn't just give a speech accusing his political opponents of drinking Slurpees while he was getting the car out of a ditch. He hung the spare tire around their neck and lit that motherfucker.

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at December 05, 2013 02:27 PM (kUgpq)

93 I think President Obama should get rid of President's Day and replace it with Nelson Mandela day. He did more then those racist white guys did over 300 years ago.

Posted by: Chrissy Liebowitz at December 05, 2013 02:27 PM (iB0Q2)

94 "If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America."

------ Nelson Mandela, February 2003.

Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 02:27 PM (P6QsQ)

95 Thanks CBD.. I will check that out. Any other morons that have good links, reputable sources, feel free to chime in. Hubby said even Levin is praising him. I mean Mark Levin is probably one of the smartest people around.. you would think he would know the truth.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at December 05, 2013 02:27 PM (u25eL)

96 #36, words fail me. That, and the need to avoid vomiting.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 05, 2013 02:27 PM (mnKhG)

97 Krauthammer washing Mandeadas balls? C'mon Kraut, what the fuck.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 05, 2013 02:27 PM (5M2+1)

98 76 - If such was not done for Thatcher you can be damn sure it's not going to be done for Mandela.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 02:27 PM (7mQyC)

99 They had the speech on ice for some time. The speech writers worked hard but it was waiting in a drawer somewhere.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2013 02:27 PM (BC6cY)

100

Nelson Mandela is dead? *boo* *hoo* *hoo* *weep* *weep* *weep*

Posted by: John Boehner

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 05, 2013 02:28 PM (kdS6q)

101 At least Drudge has not gone over to "Mandela Love"

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 05, 2013 02:28 PM (0FSuD)

102 By the way, if you've ever known an actual narcissist, I have a relative who qualifies, they act exactly like this. Events and people are always viewed for how they relate to the narcissist. Discussions about another person's illness or another person's death always center on how the narcissist is affected, or how the narcissist's own medical issues. And events are opportunities to suck up attention. They love making spectacles of themselves. Funerals are particularly good for this. We all know that Obama will milk this for all it's worth.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 05, 2013 02:28 PM (6da/j)

103 88 "...bent the ~~arc~~ cost curve of the moral universe toward justice." --Obama Fixed.

Posted by: EC at December 05, 2013 02:28 PM (doBIb)

104 Fuck Barky and fuck Mandela. Hopefully Satan's barbed cock is now going into overdrive.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 05, 2013 02:28 PM (GdUWB)

105 All hail, St. Mandeada!

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 05, 2013 02:29 PM (5M2+1)

106 I intend to redistribute everything, although we produce or do, .....nothing. Oh, it'll work, trust me. If not? eViL CaPitALISt!!!111111eLeBinTy!!!!!!1111

Posted by: Idi Obinga Mandela at December 05, 2013 02:29 PM (5qhId)

107 Joel Pollack of Breitbart is on Levin now. Check out his obit at Breitbart. Pollack lived and worked in South Africa so he knows what he speaks of in regards to an honest assessment of Mandela.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 02:29 PM (olDqf)

108 >>"...bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice."
--Obama

There, there, Barry. Nelson's moved on to the oceans of tomorrow which, incidentally, have ceased to rise because you are the one you were waiting for. Or something.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 05, 2013 02:29 PM (JRmiD)

109 Now in hardback, on sale in the White House gift shop...

Famous Quotes by Me, Barack Obama, About People Almost As Famous As Me, Barack Obama by Me, Barack Obama

Posted by: Dang at December 05, 2013 02:29 PM (YWXTN)

110 LOL. Lizzy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2013 02:30 PM (BC6cY)

111 If such was not done for Thatcher you can be damn sure it's not going to be done for Mandela. Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 06:27 PM .....That was sarcasm, right?

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 05, 2013 02:30 PM (5M2+1)

112 Hey Barry, get bent.

Posted by: Dang at December 05, 2013 02:30 PM (YWXTN)

113 105 All hail, St. Mandeada! Posted by: Minnfidel at December 05, 2013 06:29 PM (5M2+1) Satans' barbed cock has acquired target and is homing. Yeah. Fuck him.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 05, 2013 02:30 PM (5qhId)

114 My gawd. That "private" picture. Notice how Barry is comforting one of his sad princesses. (Wasn't that just before the girls flew off to a Caribbean resort and then Aspen on spring break?)

He is shameless.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 05, 2013 02:30 PM (lVPtV)

115 104 - Indeed.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 02:30 PM (7mQyC)

116
Any other morons that have good links, reputable sources, feel free to chime in. Hubby said even Levin is praising him. I mean Mark Levin is probably one of the smartest people around.. you would think he would know the truth.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at December 05, 2013 06:27 PM (u25eL)

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Perhaps you could encourage your friends to read Mr. Mandela's essays on how to be a good communist:

Available at Barnes and Noble

http://tinyurl.com/l5fpobf

Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 02:31 PM (P6QsQ)

117 All this talk of revenge in South Africa, I've heard it from an ex-pat currently living in Australia. Which is why he got out.

Ask Scarlett Johansson when she's going back for a visit soon.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at December 05, 2013 02:31 PM (kqqGm)

118 Anyone want to wager that the WH has a whole stack of photos of TFG at various spots of historical significance that they can pull out whenever the opportunity presents itself? Like this one of him in Mandelas old cell? WTF, didn't they raze that prison to the ground yet?

Posted by: EC at December 05, 2013 02:31 PM (doBIb)

119 ".....That was sarcasm, right?"
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A little bit of both.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 02:31 PM (7mQyC)

120 I am like every box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get, except that it will always be me.

Posted by: Obama Gump at December 05, 2013 02:31 PM (bKA83)

121 51, just like they had a snit fit over the Rosa Parks tweet.

Posted by: gewa76 at December 05, 2013 02:32 PM (k8m83)

122 If there were an anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa who died, he'd look just like me.

Posted by: Hepcat at December 05, 2013 02:32 PM (Q4mug)

123 Greater statesman: Nelson Mandela or Nelson Muntz? Discuss.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 05, 2013 02:32 PM (52Rhl)

124 I think the only time it has been done was for Winston Churchill by an act of congress.

Churchill's mother was American so that was a strong reason on top of the the many others for honoring him in this way.

Did Barky order flags at half staff when Lady Thatcher died? I don't think so but I'm not sure.

It'll surprise me if he doesn't for Mandela.

Posted by: Retread at December 05, 2013 02:32 PM (IiAs3)

125 Fookin' prawn!!!

Posted by: Wikus Van Der Merve at December 05, 2013 02:32 PM (doBIb)

126 120 I am like every box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get, except that it will always be me. Posted by: Obama Gump at December 05, 2013 06:31 PM (bKA83) The one on the end is the Reggie Surprise. Cream filled.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 02:33 PM (olDqf)

127 Fox just told us the entire world is in mourning, and now they're interviewing mush-mouth Jesse Jackson.

Fox, the hell???

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 05, 2013 02:33 PM (lVPtV)

128 25 I guess Mandela is a great man, but mostly I see him as the head of the political arm of a terrorist organization. He insulated himself from its terror, and I believe that he was truthful in his denials that he was involved. But....he still knew what was being done in the name of his cause. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2013 06:14 PM (oJ5Fd) Wasn't his wife one of the perps? He did dump her.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 05, 2013 02:33 PM (6da/j)

129 114 My gawd. That "private" picture. Notice how Barry is comforting one of his sad princesses.

You saw my sympathetic head tilt, right? Pretty cool, huh? Matthews would be on his knees, licking my shoes.

Posted by: Barack "The Corpse At Every Funeral" Obama at December 05, 2013 02:33 PM (bKA83)

130 Did Barky order flags at half staff when Lady Thatcher died? I don't think so but I'm not sure.

It'll surprise me if he doesn't for Mandela.

Posted by: Retread at December 05, 2013 06:32 PM (IiAs3)

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Mine will stay all the way to the top, thank you.

Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 02:33 PM (P6QsQ)

131 I am like every box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get, except that it will always be me.

Fucking quince log.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 05, 2013 02:34 PM (/kI1Q)

132 116 Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 06:31 PM (P6QsQ) Levin is interviewing Joel Pollack, who lived and worked in SA. He's also one of the head honchos at Breitbart. His obit is up there now. Mandela sucked early on, but evidently mellowed with age. Unlike many other Marxists we know.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 02:34 PM (olDqf)

133
Did Barky order flags at half staff when Lady Thatcher died? I don't think so but I'm not sure. It'll surprise me if he doesn't for Mandela.
Posted by: Retread

Flags? Nation day of mourning. Heck, probably will close the Post Offices.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 05, 2013 02:34 PM (kdS6q)

134 He was named after Lord Nelson, right? Not quite the zip as Roosevelt Mandela. Heh.

Posted by: EROWMER at December 05, 2013 02:34 PM (OONaw)

135 It would be racist to say bad things about Nelson Mandela.

Posted by: steevy at December 05, 2013 02:35 PM (zqvg6)

136 I think some of you might consider shooting your TV. It helps lower blood pressure . :^) I have not gotten TV reception for two years. I can still watch DVDs. I haven't missed it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 05, 2013 02:35 PM (BC6cY)

137 Barry's just mad that there's no bloody shirt to wave.

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 02:35 PM (MMC8r)

138 Mandela sucked early on, but evidently mellowed with age. Unlike many other Marxists we know.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 06:34 PM (olDqf)

----------------

In 2003 he was still calling America an imperialist genocidal nation.

Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 02:35 PM (P6QsQ)

139 Seeing a picture of Obama in a jail cell doesn't bother me.

Posted by: Dr Spank at December 05, 2013 02:36 PM (xlX1p)

140 Pollack lived and worked in South Africa so he knows what he speaks of in regards to an honest assessment of Mandela. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 06:29 PM (olDqf)
And is heaping the praises upon him as being a proponent of small government.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 05, 2013 02:36 PM (BrrWI)

141 Did The Man Who Ate New Jersey order flags at half staff for Whitney Houston, or am I dreaming that?

Posted by: Retread at December 05, 2013 02:36 PM (IiAs3)

142
Fox, the hell???
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Is Shep covering the story from the bridge of the NewsStar Galactica?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 05, 2013 02:36 PM (kdS6q)

143 >>Anyone want to wager that the WH has a whole stack of photos of TFG at various spots of historical significance...

Probably more like a wall (or two, or three) covered with those pictures of Barry. Along with framed copies of every magazine cover that Michelle has, uh, graced.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 05, 2013 02:37 PM (JRmiD)

144 "Did Barky order flags at half staff when Lady Thatcher died? I don't think so but I'm not sure."
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No, if any did fly half staff that say it was certainly not at the direction of the current administration.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 02:37 PM (7mQyC)

145 6 Wasn't there a movie made about some guy who was always there at some important point in history, some guy who was always in the background, some guy named 'forest' or something.

Every where you looked there he was in the background.

Posted by: Need More

Nah, you mean the TV show Fringe.

Posted by: puddleglum at December 05, 2013 02:37 PM (15w2J)

146 Why the hell is Fox interviewing Jesse Jackson?

Posted by: Ombudsman at December 05, 2013 02:37 PM (Sa+uF)

147

Obama is giving the 70s version of Al Franken a run for his money.

But, of course, Republicans.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Commissar at December 05, 2013 02:37 PM (HQml1)

148 138 In 2003 he was still calling America an imperialist genocidal nation. Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 06:35 PM (P6QsQ) I didn't mean to imply he repented 100%. Amazingly, he did back the US in Afghanistan and even recognized Israel's right to exist, which pissed off everyone of his admirers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 02:38 PM (olDqf)

149 In NYC that Cell would go for $2k a month.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 02:38 PM (1AAEe)

150 135 It would be racist to say bad things about Nelson Mandela.
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I'm apparently a racist for so many other reasons according to the current administration, so what difference, at this point does it make?

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 02:38 PM (7mQyC)

151 I laughed, I cried, he became a part of me.

Posted by: Barky O'Genius at December 05, 2013 02:38 PM (8ZskC)

152 I hope the funeral comes quick, so that we can forget about this POS marxist and move on. What I'm seeing on tv is what got Dear Leader elected: White-guilt-ridden journalistic pussyboys.

Posted by: Soona at December 05, 2013 02:38 PM (9sMM9)

153 134 He was named after Lord Nelson, right? Not quite the zip as Roosevelt Mandela. Heh. Posted by: EROWMER at December 05, 2013 06:34 PM (OONaw) He was almost named HillaryÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 02:39 PM (olDqf)

154 Mandela's a lot more useful now that he can be whatever they want to make him.

Posted by: --- at December 05, 2013 02:39 PM (MMC8r)

155 6 Wasn't there a movie made about some guy who was always there at some important point in history, some guy who was always in the background, some guy named 'forest' or something.

Every where you looked there he was in the background.

Posted by: Need More

Zelig

Posted by: Dang at December 05, 2013 02:39 PM (YWXTN)

156 147 Why the hell is Fox interviewing Jesse Jackson?
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Why the hell is anyone watching it?

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 02:39 PM (7mQyC)

157

Nah, you mean the TV show Fringe.

Was that the one with the two guys who lived on a boat with a little robot?

Posted by: Donald Trump at December 05, 2013 02:39 PM (1AAEe)

158 The Breitbart piece was interesting.

His family was fighting over his body before he even died. Good grief.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 05, 2013 02:39 PM (/kI1Q)

159 Nood vagina.

Posted by: EC at December 05, 2013 02:40 PM (doBIb)

160 Current President of South Africa:

"You have more rights because you're a majority; you have less rights because you're a minority. That's how democracy works," he said, provoking a huge outcry from opposition benches.^[140]

Posted by: Hepcat at December 05, 2013 02:40 PM (Q4mug)

161 You see articles all the time about various countries and their economies, enemies and friends, big and small, but almost never about South Africa. So I'm just wondering out loud if maybe that is because the change in gubmint there hasn't worked out so well for all the people of South Africa.

And that just might damage the narrative.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 05, 2013 02:40 PM (cHZB7)

162 When Al Sharpton dies he'll lie in state in the Rotunda.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 05, 2013 02:40 PM (8ZskC)

163 The Real Mandela...

http://tinyurl.com/n89pyms

Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 05, 2013 02:40 PM (lJaja)

164 Ask Scarlett Johansson when she's going back for a visit soon.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at December 05, 2013 06:31 PM (kqqGm)

She's South African? Could have fooled me.

Maybe Charlize Theron?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2013 02:40 PM (oJ5Fd)

165 Average American's (perfectly reasonable reaction): "Wait. There's a South Africa? Okay."

Posted by: Naes1984 at December 05, 2013 02:40 PM (zeV2E)

166

Actually, he was named after Craig T. Nelson.

Ace would explain, but he'd have to admit that whole Time Machine thing.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 02:40 PM (1AAEe)

167 "Was that the one with the two guys who lived on a boat with a little robot?"
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Uhh no, but now I'm curious what the hell show are you thinking about. haha

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 02:41 PM (7mQyC)

168 164 When Al Sharpton dies he'll lie in state in the Rotunda. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 05, 2013 06:40 PM (8ZskC) The Rotunda being Chris Christie's navel.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 02:41 PM (olDqf)

169 Geez, news media: regardless of your opinion of the man, he WAS 95 years old. This is hardly a surprise. Even if you're a Mandela fan, you have to stop the wailing and gnashing of teeth. My old man died at 92, and sure I was sad and wistful, but my first thought was, "he had a good run"

Posted by: Ombudsman at December 05, 2013 02:41 PM (Sa+uF)

170 His family was fighting over his body before he even died. Good grief.
Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer

The whole body? That's weird.

Posted by: The Family of Ted Williams at December 05, 2013 02:41 PM (YWXTN)

171 Ideally at the State Funeral Barky will be seated next to Mugabe.

Posted by: boniface ballers at December 05, 2013 02:41 PM (l3RZ9)

172 Does anybody know if this is going to bump Chris Matthews' B.O. interview off the schedule? That would be ironic.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 05, 2013 02:42 PM (52Rhl)

173 47
Why the hell is Fox interviewing Jesse Jackson?
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Why the hell is anyone watching it?

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at December 05, 2013 06:39 PM (7mQyC)

Touche. I denounce myself.

Posted by: Ombudsman at December 05, 2013 02:42 PM (Sa+uF)

174 Wow. After seeing that picture of Barky in Mandela's cell I checked out a couple of other shots of it. That looks like a US prison. Nice. Not like El Morro in Cuba, to put it mildly. VERY mildly.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 05, 2013 02:42 PM (dfYL9)

175 Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 05, 2013 06:40 PM (lJaja)

Nice web site there.

Who is it run by: Goebbels?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2013 02:43 PM (oJ5Fd)

176 If post Apartheid SA is seen a model for Africa, then Africa is fucked.

Posted by: Naes1984 at December 05, 2013 02:43 PM (zeV2E)

177 44 At the risk of sounding churlish, I received a notice on my smartphone of Mr. Mandela's death from ESPN. Huh?

Posted by: boniface ballers

Good thing you didn't watch SportsCenter tonight. It was an orgy of Mandela worship. I get respect, even admiration for the guy. Its the idolatry that annoys me.

Posted by: puddleglum at December 05, 2013 02:44 PM (15w2J)

178 My old man died at 92, and sure I was sad and wistful, but my first thought was, "he had a good run"

Posted by: Ombudsman at December 05, 2013 06:41 PM (Sa+uF)

Why was he running at 92? Maybe a walk, or even a jog.....?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2013 02:44 PM (oJ5Fd)

179 150 In NYC that Cell would go for $2k a month.

Posted by: garrett at December 05, 2013 06:38 PM (1AAEe)

Probably what cat piss girl's apartment looks like.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 05, 2013 02:45 PM (lVPtV)

180 Thank you for the quotes, mama winger; I've been posting them on twitter.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 05, 2013 02:45 PM (KL49F)

181 172 His family was fighting over his body before he even died. Good grief. Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer The whole body? That's weird. Posted by: The Family of Ted Williams at December 05, 2013 06:41 PM (YWXTN) So who asked for white meat and who wanted dark?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 02:45 PM (olDqf)

182 Jane D'Oh, I've been shaming Fox News on twitter over this.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 05, 2013 02:45 PM (KL49F)

183 'That's the photo I was talking about-- the staged White House propaganda photo of a supposedly "private" visit by the First Family to Mandela's old cell. Odd how many of these "private" moments are used for public propaganda, eh?' What gets me about the White House photos is that they are so obviously posed, anyone with an IQ over 50 can see that they are nothing more than PR. Jane D'oh made a comment about a photo has to be coming of him gazing at a photo of Mandela. These blatantly posed, gaggingly saccharine photos are so predictable that he should be being mocked for them on Jon Stewart and all of the late night talk shows. I think that part of the reason he has such a high opinion of himself is that the media people let him get away with the most blatant bullshit.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 05, 2013 02:46 PM (6da/j)

184 Nelson Mandela was the Bill Ayers of South Africa; only he was much more successful at being a terrorist than Ayers ever was.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 05, 2013 02:46 PM (KL49F)

185 Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 05, 2013 06:45 PM (lVPtV)

Wow....you sure can hold a grudge!

Remind me not to piss you off!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 05, 2013 02:46 PM (oJ5Fd)

186 People are posting RIP photos of Morgan Freeman instead of Nelson Mandela in case you're wondering what kind of idiots are out there.

--- caprice cane on Twitter

Posted by: Dr Spank at December 05, 2013 02:46 PM (xlX1p)

187 Here are some of Mandela's most memorable words (@ Mark Levin Show) http://tinyurl.com/ne98nv8 Healing Wounds "The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us." --May 1994, at his inauguration as president of the Democratic Republic of South Africa. No One Is Born to Hate "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." --1994, from his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom Forgiveness "We recall our terrible past so that we can deal with it, to forgive where forgiveness is necessary, without forgetting; to ensure that never again will such inhumanity tear us apart; and to move ourselves to eradicate a legacy that lurks dangerously as a threat to our democracy." --February 1999, opening address at the debate on the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission //Suddenly, Obama missed it by that much.

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 05, 2013 02:48 PM (MhA4j)

188 186 Nelson Mandela was the Bill Ayers of South Africa; only he was much more successful at being a terrorist than Ayers ever was. Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 05, 2013 06:46 PM (KL49F) Considering Ayers was instrumental in the brainwashing of American school children for over 40 years, I'd say Ayers has done far greater damage.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 02:48 PM (olDqf)

189 Not Very Hard to Predict The Actions of an Evil Dullard:

LMAO

now this type of thing (along with the running jokes like "get this" are the sort of thing for which I keep coming back to this fine establishment.

Posted by: Casual Pedant now w/ bonus spellcheck at December 05, 2013 02:48 PM (whMsz)

190 Was that the one with the two guys who lived on a boat with a little robot?" *** Gilligan's Island?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 05, 2013 02:48 PM (52Rhl)

191 ..."in case you're wondering what kind of idiots are out there." my fans?

Posted by: Brian Denehey at December 05, 2013 02:49 PM (MhA4j)

192 >>I guess Mandela is a great man, but mostly I see him as the head of the political arm of a terrorist organization. He insulated himself from its terror, and I believe that he was truthful in his denials that he was involved. But....he still knew what was being done in the name of his cause. Not at all. He came out expressively in favor of violence after the Sharpesville massacre. That's why he was sentenced to jail for 27 years, most in solitary. He wasn't an angel but he was hardly dealing with angels. But I can tell you there are a shitload of white South Africans right now hoping like hell the country doesn't explode in violence, much worse than normal. He could have come out for revenge after getting out of jail but he tried to pull the country together. Many believe it is out of respect for him that the real violence hasn't happened yet.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 05, 2013 02:49 PM (g1DWB)

193 And... boom. We laugh, for we have seen through the magician's tricks. But plenty of other rubes still gape and marvel, the wires invisible.

Posted by: toby928© insists on talking about robots at December 05, 2013 02:49 PM (QupBk)

194 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 05, 2013 06:48 PM (olDqf)

Very true and I thought of that, but I meant in the physical destruction of government buildings.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 05, 2013 02:50 PM (KL49F)

195 > " Krauthammer washing Mandelas balls? C'mon Kraut, what the _____.
.
>>"Fox just told us the entire world is in mourning, and now they're interviewing mush-mouth Jesse Jackson. Fox, the hell?"

Um hm. So what crucial understanding should anyone with their eyes wide open glean from this?

Posted by: Commissioner Gordon at December 05, 2013 02:52 PM (F5yje)

196 Rumor has it that the Publisher of The Onion is standing on a ledge above Madison Avenue, waving that picture of Obama in Mandela's cell, shrieking about some "ultimate insult", and threatening to jump.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 05, 2013 02:53 PM (mnKhG)

197 Barry - the bride at every wedding; the corpse at every funeral.

What a shallow, insecure little man.

Posted by: BPSCG at December 05, 2013 02:54 PM (YO6qw)

198 186. except that Bill Ayers was never persecuted cruelly as the victim of apartheid with no legal equal rights under law. What "rights" did blacks have under apartheid in South Africa? ...no way dragging white guilt out as a scapegoat comparison that Ayers can wear.

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 05, 2013 02:54 PM (MhA4j)

199 Apropos of nothing, I got a letter from the IRS today wanting money because Scottrade put a zero for the basis on some stock I sold, at a fucking loss, last year. I guess I'll be calling them tomorrow to find out what kind of bitch this is going to be to straighten out.

Posted by: toby928© insists on talking about robots at December 05, 2013 02:55 PM (QupBk)

200 Al Sharpton lying in state at the Capitol? That would be a profundity of rotundity, covered in fecundity!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 05, 2013 02:56 PM (52Rhl)

201 The Communist Party weighed in:

Nelson Mandela has died. A hero against all the odds. True friend of ordinary ppl progressive politics, we miss u pic.twitter.com/7pOZbH227Y

Â— Communist Party (@communist_party) December 5, 2013

Posted by: mama winger at December 05, 2013 06:16 PM (P6QsQ)

Are you sure that wasn't from the White House. Although these days the communist party and the White House are the same thing

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 05, 2013 02:59 PM (JivuR)

202 the guest on Mark Levin highlighted the changed Mandela post-prison, becoming a statesman, no longer promoting violence, preventing a race war, and denouncing confiscation of white citizens' property

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 05, 2013 03:02 PM (MhA4j)

203 No one will ever convince me that Obama was loitering around South Africa a few months ago just hoping the old guy kicked off. Also, I wonder if we'll see any of the hammer and sickle backdrops with him and the lovely Winnie doing the power salute? Uh huh.

Posted by: jjshaka at December 05, 2013 03:03 PM (L76TO)

204 This is a good way to warm up for the political highjacking of Newtown.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at December 05, 2013 03:03 PM (dvRYt)

205 The only problem with the picture of the Obamas in a prison cell: the door is open.

(And the girls are in there. Not their fault that their parents are criminal SCOAMFs, really.)

Posted by: Stu-22 at December 05, 2013 03:04 PM (k4bdL)

206 The Forrest Gump presidency.

Posted by: Jhaley59 at December 05, 2013 03:04 PM (89uxV)

207 Not part of the Remembering Mandela narrative right now - him and his wife "necklacing" people. If you don't know what that is, look it up. It involves tires, fire and people's neck. Big fan of it, Mandela was.

That alone, aside from him killing innocents with bombs, should cause any sane being to hold their praise of that piece of excrement

I'm glad he's dead.

Posted by: Arcadehero at December 05, 2013 03:04 PM (27BfC)

208 I'm looking forward to the WH tweet honoring V-E Day: http://tinyurl.com/klos5pp

Posted by: gewa76 at December 05, 2013 03:06 PM (k8m83)

209 42 Note that Obama's remarks ended with "now he belongs to the Ages". SCOAMF must have watched Lincoln recently.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at December 05, 2013 03:09 PM (dvRYt)

210 Has anyone farked the staged photo yet (like the one of him admiring a portrait)?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 05, 2013 03:11 PM (9eDbm)

211 In contrast with decorum given Mandela, the US Democrat Washingtonians rebuffed recognizing the passing of Margaret Thatcher with any moment of silence, let along attendance at her funeral.

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 05, 2013 03:14 PM (MhA4j)

212 What kind of carbon footprint does a burning tire leave?

Posted by: Anchovy at December 05, 2013 03:14 PM (MNxW+)

213 Obama limits photography from his official photographer. It would be no surprise to find that a constructed replica of Mandela's cell was the stage set for Obama's official press photo.

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 05, 2013 03:15 PM (MhA4j)

214 214 compared to the painful stoning of Stephen by Saul of Tarsus? ... sometimes people realize during their life that they must stop inflicting the terrorism, curb their own self righteous bigotry, whether for their own peace of mind, or "for the greater good" turning on itself.

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 05, 2013 03:19 PM (MhA4j)

215 Aren't minority (AKA white) women being raped and their husbands & children murdered in an orgy of violence in South Africa? I m supposed to feel bad that the fraud named Mandela is dead? I am not sad he is dead. Look at who supports him, and who he supported, and that is all I need to know about what kind of man he was.

Posted by: Baldy at December 05, 2013 03:21 PM (2bql3)

216 Since I am light in the loafers, I guess I am allowed to say this: Does Obama look fruitier than normal in that Mandela photo?

Posted by: Baldy at December 05, 2013 03:22 PM (2bql3)

217 ironic huh?

Obama bends the arc toward injustice.

Posted by: Jimbo at December 05, 2013 03:24 PM (V70Uh)

218 I was in Pretoria in 1999 on a business trip.

At least they have open carry.

Posted by: Jimbo at December 05, 2013 03:25 PM (V70Uh)

219 Hussein is such a narcissistic asshole.

Posted by: Titanium at December 05, 2013 03:26 PM (IgOQg)

220 my pet peave: at current tally, neither Greg Palkot, Shepard Smith, nor Bret Baier know how to pronounce "apartheid."

Posted by: Jimbo at December 05, 2013 03:27 PM (V70Uh)

221 Oh, and don't forget that The Harvard Laureate himself doesn't know how to pronounce "apartheid" either.

Posted by: Jimbo at December 05, 2013 03:29 PM (V70Uh)

222 Weasel Zippers is featuring a tweet from Paris Hilton:

RIP Nelson Mandela. Your "I Have a Dream" speech was so inspiring.

Posted by: Trotsky with an ice-pick in his head at December 05, 2013 03:31 PM (MAlP4)

223 Saw that photo earlier today

ObamaÂ’s Image Machine: Monopolistic Propaganda Funded by You

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 05, 2013 03:31 PM (e8kgV)

224 RIP Nelson Mandela
Your "I have a Dream" speech was so inspiring. An amazing man.

Posted by: Paris Hilton at December 05, 2013 03:38 PM (e8kgV)

225 177 -- Color me surprised.

I didn't realize you were a commie-symp.

Learn something new every day.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 05, 2013 03:40 PM (lJaja)

226 I like how the Wookie fell into Obama's arms while they were in Mandela's cell, as if their family history had somehow included apartheid and slavery, rather than both being born with silver spoons in their mouths and coddled and advanced far above their pay grades for their entire lives.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2013 03:40 PM (TM1p8)

227 Necklace.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 05, 2013 03:41 PM (80R0X)

228 I don't speak ill of the recently dead, but it's a fact that the man was a communist.

Posted by: WOW at December 05, 2013 03:46 PM (6j8ke)

229 177 -- BTW, what parts of the article were lies?

Posted by: CPT. Charles at December 05, 2013 03:47 PM (lJaja)

230 Oh brother, I might have to watch the Live version of Sound of Music tonight if this is all we're going to be talking about.

Posted by: Jaimo at December 05, 2013 03:48 PM (nFmZ1)

231 204 the guest on Mark Levin highlighted the changed Mandela post-prison, becoming a statesman, no longer promoting violence, preventing a race war, and denouncing confiscation of white citizens' property Posted by: panzernashorn at December 05, 2013 07:02 PM (MhA4j) --Yes, I think a lot of people here are being harsh on Mandela. No, he was not a saint, but contrast him with Mugabe, who came to power after a similar regime in Rhodesia and you can see how South Africa dodged a far worse fate, and not by accident either.

Posted by: Moochzilla at December 05, 2013 03:56 PM (fETNt)

232 /squatchy sock

Posted by: logprof at December 05, 2013 03:56 PM (fETNt)

233 216 Paul did not personally stone Stephen. He approved of it and held the robes of the pharisees who did so.

Posted by: fundie at December 05, 2013 03:57 PM (bhr5t)

234 you can see how South Africa dodged a far worse fate, and not by accident either. In fairness the percentage of non-black South Africans is three times that of non-black Rhodesians.

Posted by: toby928© insists on talking about robots at December 05, 2013 04:09 PM (QupBk)

235 December 7th in 2 days. "Obama staring at the waters of Pearl Harbor" selfie to come. No wait, that would involve some level of patriotism.

Posted by: Far Post at December 05, 2013 04:17 PM (HHTXF)

236 The Special Hell reserved for Dead Commies, and for Obama (BIRM) once he finally shuffles off this mortal coil will be all those Dead Commies standing up to their necks in boiling blood while being forced to listen to Obama talk about himself, nose whistle and "uh" and "er", and also to Obama reading the entire ACA, forever. The Devil and most of his minions will most likely convert to Christianity just to stop the pain of such torture. This vision is the Hope and the Dream that I live my life by. No fear.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 05, 2013 04:19 PM (z6O3+)

237 Mandela could have been a lot worse. I'm giving him a solid seven out of ten.

Posted by: eman at December 05, 2013 04:20 PM (n6NK7)

238 I'm starting to think that Obama thinks he is Forrest Gump.

Posted by: aka.john at December 05, 2013 04:52 PM (dG6mV)

239 Mandela, the man who rose to power after killing a mailman with a pipe bomb.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 05, 2013 04:53 PM (/i3Yt)

240 We are all Soweto now.

Posted by: South Africa at December 05, 2013 04:59 PM (vSvq9)

241 @237 December 7 Obama eats sushi.

Posted by: South Africa at December 05, 2013 05:03 PM (vSvq9)

242 It isn't just Mandela but it is King.

All are props for the Obama fashion show.