{higgster scratches his head}
Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison for being a radical leader of a repressed political movement seeking God given human rights for the opressed, yet then found it in himself to join hands with the opposition to become a conciliating unifier of his diverse nation.
I am at a loss to understand how anyone could compare Obama to this?
In a speech to donors in New York Friday, President Obama tried to make the case for reelecting him using an unusual spin on his typical “change takes time riff.” Specifically, the President drew historical comparisons between what he’s trying to accomplish and the accomplishments of…Nelson Mandela and Gandhi? The President’s quote:
The civil rights movement was hard. Winning the vote for women was hard. Making sure that workers had some basic protections was hard.
Around the world — Gandhi, Nelson Mandela — what they did was hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term, it takes more than a single president, it takes more than a single individual.
(you can stop scratching your head now)
Mandela was at one time a rabid anti-Communist who resisted their influence in the ANC, until they made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.