We are still having sads that Nelson Mandela, who was a far better human being than all of us combined times 12, died on Thursday. He was a genuine, good-hearted badass who pissed off all the right people. Ronald Reagan? Check. Dick Cheney? Check. Jesse Helms? Check. And he was also a genuine, good-hearted feminist badass, as Erin Gloria Ryan
Yes, but we will all enjoy the spectacle of them choking on their own words as they deliver the obligatory muttered, generic words of eulogy and praise.
Just as we enjoyed that time when Reagan had to sign the law making MLK's birthday a national holiday, after having called him a treasonous commie. Yadda yadda dreamer. Yadda yadda humble.
And that time when Reagan had to sign the bill he had tried to veto, which put in place the economic sanctions that helped Mandela bring down apartheid.
Today several billion people worldwide are celebrating and cherishing and mourning the memory of one of the modern era's greatest leaders. The people who opposed him through either indifference or active hostility can tuck themselves into bed tonight knowing that when they die, the world will either shrug or dance on their graves.
Eighteen years after Martin Luther King died, when his birthday was made a national holiday (to general rejoicing and over the objections of a few), the GOP took a look at the trend in public opinion. So they began crafting that cute narrative in which MLK would have been a Republican today, if one of their buddies hadn't murdered him.
Some people complained about it, but Mayor Andrew Young of Atlanta (one of MLK's longtime generals), said, "It thrills me. It never bothers me to see somebody come around.''
I took my daughter and her girlfriend out for pizza last night and was quite surprised that they knew who Mandela was and why he was known. I am not sure they could name the Virginia US senators (Daniel Boone and Jack Daniels, I believe). <a href="http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/nelson-mandela-becomes-first-politician-to-be-miss,34755\/\?utm_source=Facebook&amp\;utm_medium=SocialMarketing&amp\;utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1:Default" target="_blank">And The Onion gets it right again</a>
Yes, but we will all enjoy the spectacle of them choking on their own words as they deliver the obligatory muttered, generic words of eulogy and praise.
Just as we enjoyed that time when Reagan had to sign the law making MLK&#039;s birthday a national holiday, after having called him a treasonous commie. Yadda yadda dreamer. Yadda yadda humble.
And that time when Reagan had to sign the bill he had tried to veto, which put in place the economic sanctions that helped Mandela bring down apartheid.
Today several billion people worldwide are celebrating and cherishing and mourning the memory of one of the modern era&#039;s greatest leaders. The people who opposed him through either indifference or active hostility can tuck themselves into bed tonight knowing that when they die, the world will either shrug or dance on their graves.
Eighteen years after Martin Luther King died, when his birthday was made a national holiday (to general rejoicing and over the objections of a few), the GOP took a look at the trend in public opinion. So they began crafting that cute narrative in which MLK would have been a Republican today, if one of their buddies hadn&#039;t murdered him.
Some people complained about it, but Mayor Andrew Young of Atlanta (one of MLK&#039;s longtime generals), said, &quot;It thrills me. It never bothers me to see somebody come around.&#039;&#039;
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1986..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/20/us/saving-a-dis...">http://www.nytimes.com/1986...
I took my daughter and her girlfriend out for pizza last night and was quite surprised that they knew who Mandela was and why he was known. I am not sure they could name the Virginia US senators (Daniel Boone and Jack Daniels, I believe). <a href="http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/nelson-mandela-becomes-first-politician-to-be-miss,34755\/\?utm_source=Facebook&amp\;utm_medium=SocialMarketing&amp\;utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1:Default" target="_blank">And The Onion gets it right again</a>
...<strong>John Boehner</strong>: this is just a distraction from the failures of Obamacare!
I&rsquo;m actually looking forward to whatever dumbass crap Rush will say about Mandela today.
The Dickhead has no regrets. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.c..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/dick-che...">http://www.huffingtonpost.c...
Yeah, but I hear he was born in Kenya, too!
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