Conservatives Complain That Obama Paid Tribute To Mandela, But Snubbed Thatcher

[DonViejo]

TOM KLUDT – DECEMBER 11, 2013, 3:47 PM EST

The right has represented perhaps the lone source of outrage over Nelson Mandela tributes since the former South African president died last week, but the indignation has taken different forms.

Some have alleged that the anti-apartheid leader was actually a terrorist whose true legacy had been glossed over, while others have complained that lowering the American flag to half-staff should only be reserved for U.S. citizens. For another group of fringe conservatives, the memorials to Mandela smack of a double standard.

Why, they ask, didn't Margaret Thatcher get the same treatment when she died earlier this year?

Former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) said his wife wondered just that this past weekend.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/conservatives-complain-that-obama-praised-mandela-but-snubbed-thatcher

[Arkana]

1. Don't know, don't care.

Madiba was a thousand times the leader the so-called "Iron Lady" ever was.

[Rambis]

2. Thatcher

'The ANC is a typical terrorist organisation ... Anyone who thinks it is going to run the government in South Africa is living in cloud-cuckoo land' - Margaret Thatcher, 1987



Regarding the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989.....

Mr Cameron said: "At the time of the Taylor Report the then prime minister (Margaret Thatcher) was briefed by her private secretary that the defensive and - I quote - 'close to deceitful' behaviour of senior South Yorkshire officers was 'depressingly familiar'.


"This appalling death toll of so many loved ones lost was compounded by an attempt to blame the victims.

"A narrative about hooliganism on that day was created which led many in the country to accept that it was somehow a grey area.

"Today's report is black and white. The Liverpool fans 'were not the cause of the disaster'.

[Gothmog]

3. Thatcher was not important

She was nuts and did not deserved to be honored

[leftyohiolib]

4. england's war whore doesnt deserve one

[Paladin]

5. Just shows that Obama's values are nicely in place. (nt)

[jmowreader]

6. The reason is simple

Nelson Mandela was a great and admired man. Margaret Thatcher is in the only grave in England it's legal to piss on.

[TeamPooka]

8. we have a winner. No more calls. nt

[JHB]

7. Conservatives complain that Obama ________

Fill in the blank!

Hell, they would have complained if he'd gone.