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Bill O’Reilly Calls Mandela a communist & gets slapped by Al Sharpton
The Right Wing base has basically attacked Conservatives who attempted to give positive praise to Nelson Mandela. When Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) praised Nelson Mandela on his Facebook page, he was met by nasty comments and pushback.
The astute Bill O’Reilly found an ingenious manner in providing praise for Nelson Mandela. He likely hoped that this would appease his base. Basically, he disparaged Nelson Mandela by calling him a communist. He also called him a great man for his people.
Al Sharpton would have none of it.
http://egbertowillies.com/2013/12/12/al-sharpton-bill-oreilly-mandela/
