Dick Cheney Didn't Regret His Vote Against Freeing Nelson Mandela, Maintained He Was A 'Terrorist'

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

In 1986, Nelson Mandela -- the former president of South Africa who died Thursday at the age of 95 -- was serving the 23rd year of what would ultimately be a 27-year prison sentence. The Western world was finally acknowledging the true horrors of Apartheid, a system of racial segregation that denied basic rights to blacks -- including citizenship and the right to vote -- and brutally oppressed a generation of South Africans fighting for equality.

In the U.S. Congress, lawmakers were ready to show their opposition to the South African regime with the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act, a bill that imposed tough sanctions and travel restrictions on the nation and its leaders, and called for the repeal of apartheid laws and release of political prisoners like Mandela, then leader of the African National Congress (ANC).

The measure passed with bipartisan support, despite strong and largely Republican opposition. President Ronald Reagan was among those most opposed to the bill, and when he finally vetoed the measure over its support of the ANC, which he maintained was a "terrorist organization," it took another vote by Congress to override it. Among the Republicans who repeatedly voted against the measure was future Vice President Dick Cheney, then a Republican congressman from Wyoming.

Cheney's staunch resistance to the Anti-Apartheid Act arose as an issue during his future campaigns on the presidential ticket, but the Wyoming Republican has never said he regretted voting the way he did. In fact, in 2000, he maintained that he'd made the right decision.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/dick-cheney-nelson-mandela-terrorist_n_4394071.html

What a small petty creature the Dick is.

One man will be remembered, alongside Ghandi, MLK, and Einstein, as one of the great icons of the 20th century.
The other we'd all rather forget as soon as humanly possible.

[upi402]

1. Cheney again points the finger of blame

without noticing there are 3 fingers pointing right back at him

[MindMover]

2. As Maher said last week, the Dick is Dead ...

I do not give a rats ass what Dickie the pooh and his famile have said, gonna say or wanna say .... they are one of the worst manipulating backstabbing political families to ever be seen/heard in American politics ...

[MADem]

3. He's not just small and petty--let's tell it like it is, the guy is a racist.

And of course he doesn't regret his vote--he's was a racist then, and he's a racist now. He probably would have preferred that SA remain divided and Mandela died in prison.

He's just not a nice person. And he never, ever admits he's wrong.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Cheney really believes he is superior to everyone.

[brush]

5. Look up a-hole in the dictionary

Once an a-hole, always an a-hole.

Chaney wanted to keep Mandela locked up. Hah!

His war criminal ass should've been locked up long ago. Bet he wouldn't be strong enough to survive a year — not even close to the 27 Mandela did.

[merrily]

6. Cheney is a terrorist.

[backscatter712]

7. Cheney is a festering fuckscab oozing putrid pus on the genitals of humanity. n/t

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[Tanuki]

8. I hope someone asks his sock puppet daughter Liz what she thinks about it.

Kicking for further exposure of this vile excuse for humanity.