WTF???? Ted Cruz Walks Out Of Nelson Mandela Memorial Service In Protest
Apparently this little shitheel can't make up his dumb little mind!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/ted-cruz-nelson-mandela_n_4426584.html?ir=Politics&ref=topbar
Ted Cruz Walks Out Of Nelson Mandela Memorial Service In Protest
The Cuban-American U.S. Senator from Texas traveled to South Africa as part of a congressional delegation to attend Nelson Mandela’s memorial service on Tuesday. In contrast to President Obama, who made headlines for greeting Cuban head of state Raúl Castro with a handshake, Cruz walked out of the ceremony when Castro’s turn came to speak, ABC News reports.
“Sen. Cruz very much hopes that Castro learns the lessons of Nelson Mandela,” Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier told ABC News. “For decades, Castro has wrongly imprisoned and tortured countless innocents. Just as Mandela was released after 27 years in prison, Castro should finally release his political prisoners. He should hold free elections, and once and for all, set the Cuban people free.”
CNN noted that Castro's speech would be a “challenging moment” for the senator, whose father emigrated from Cuba at age 18 in the 1950s, shortly before Cuban dictator Fidel Castro came to power. Like most Cuban exiles who left around those years, Cruz’s father is a dogged critic of the Cuban government.....The Cuban-American community in South Florida harshly criticized Mandela in the 1990s for his friendship with Fidel Castro, but Ted Cruz did not seem to share their perspective.
“Nelson Mandela will live in history as an inspiration for defenders of liberty around the globe,” Cruz said in a Facebook posting last week.....
He wanted to go to the damn funeral to put his face out there.
He knew Castro was going to be there and speak--Mandela admired the Cuban regime's anti-apartheid POV.
Did he go there to MAKE A SCENE?
Shit, he probably was pissed that they didn't invite HIM to say a few words, so he could filibuster the damn funeral and read some Doctor Seuss to the mourners.
What an ASSHOLE.
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Planned in advance. Teabaggers everywhere rejoice. 
I'll tell ya, that may be his running leap before he jumps the shark.
I mean, come on--grabbing one of the few CODEL seats to go to the funeral, first of all, and then, when he gets there, making a "wet hen" scene that no one, most likely, even noticed!
I'll bet the assembled guests looked at him marching out and said to themselves "Hmmmm....he must have had some of those liver pate hors d'ouvres they were passing around....those things looked a little sketchy to me in this heat and humidity; he'll probably be a good hour on the pot passing those things!"
I'm sure they didn't appreciate the drama of the gesture one bit!
the dead of night during a thunder storm. 
He had a small plane at the ready, and off he went!
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/11/desmond-tutu-robbed-mandela/3986185/
Looks like his attention getting failed. Obama won any attention getting with the selfies. 
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(I'll have nightmares for a week thinking about it, but I LOVE it! God, it's hysterical!)
He sure seems ignorant of history if he thinks he has something to teach the Castros about Mandela.
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..."Cuban President Fidel Castro, right, and African leader Nelson Mandela gesture during the celebration of the "Day of the Revolution" in Matanzas Saturday, July 27, 1991. Cubans celebrate 38th anniversary of the revolution."
http://www.sfgate.com/world/article/Nelson-Mandela-South-Africa-s-face-of-change-5038872.php#photo-4388961
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I would imagine Ted's little walkout would be offensive to Mandela's widow, Graca Machel. She was a member of the Mozambican Liberation Front. Cuba provided support in her mother country's fight for independence, and afterward supported development of health and education. As the first lady of the newly independent Mozambique, she and her first husband Samora Machel welcomed Fidel as a comrade.
Yes, although that seems a little mild. 
How fu**ing childish is that!
for the clarification. I sort of figured as much.
The CBC was well represented, I wouldn't be surprised if they let him know that they thought he was an ass.
Rep. Marcia Fudge, a Democrat from Warrensville Heights attended Nelson Mandela's memorial service today in South Africa as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. (Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer)
Fudge said she the other U.S. congress members who attended the ceremony -- mostly members of Congressional Black Caucus, which she chairs -- were seated in a loge out of the rain. South Africa's government gave her group good seats because of its longtime relationship with Mandela, said Fudge.
"For those who may not know, it was the CBC that put in place the legislation that put sanctions against South Africa to end apartheid, and that took Mandela off the terrorist list," Fudge said. "There was a close relationship between Mandela and the CBC."
Fudge said she was exhausted after boarding an Air Force plane on Monday with more than a dozen other members of Congress for the 19-hour flight. She expects to arrive back in Washington tomorrow night. She said the only U.S. Senator on the trip, Texas Republican Ted Cruz, sat with the CBC throughout the journey and "has been a part of the team."
"He is an interesting fellow," Fudge said of Cruz, a Tea Party favorite.
I love me some Marcia--if she's anything like me, with the right tone, "interesting fellow" can translate to mean "fucking asshole!"
