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)
(still scratching my head)
Your snippet even said,
"Obama tried to make the case for reelecting him using an unusual spin on his typical “change takes time riff.” "
Of course Obama supporters are brainless idiots, but this does not sound as if it will sway any thinking person.
If any thing, his ACLU and liberal academia support will take a hit if he sends our military to Africa to murder a local Warlord.
Nelson Mandela is a communist scumbag.
It should be no surprise if Ubanga wants to get the same kind of reputation among African communists (and, I suppose, American blacks). But to believe for a second that a foreign humanitarian intervention would help his re-election chances is goofy.