So, why is Nelson Mandela getting praise from Right-Wingers?

[PeoViejo]

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/kmlst1.htm


The List is alphabetical, so Mandela is under M.

[Scootaloo]

1. Same reason Reagan got praise from liberals

A combination of bandwagoning and nobody wanting to be the guy who farts at the funeral.

[On the Road]

2. Right-Wing <> Racist

for one thing.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. What has that list got to do with anything?

I'm not sure "biblebelievers.org.au" can be trusted to get anything right, but even if that is a list of a genuine group, so what?

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Chomsky's on there too.

I was going to answer "because he's dead".

Sooooo....... I dunno.

[NightWatcher]

5. Fox was calling him a commie Friday

[Ron Green]

6. M$M will sanitize him, not talk about his withering criticisms of

US imperial policy for years. My right-wing local rag yesterday ran a bland cartoon image of Mandela as a schoolteacher, reminding us not to forget the mild platitudes on the chalkboard.

I wrote a pretty harsh LTTE for that one.

[dembotoz]

7. republcians hate being called racist. a few kind words give them cover

[hatrack]

8. Uh, *COUGH* Outreach! *COUGH*`