Reagan Was An Even Bigger Asshole Than You Remember

This disgusting nugget of American history has been getting a shitton of play since the announcement of Nelson Mandela's death.  Reagan--more like his handlers since Reagan was pretty much a brain-dead carcass during his entire presidency--and the rest of those unapologetic racist assholes hated the thought of South Africa falling into the hands of the blacks.  Here you can see Reagan whipping out all of his D-list acting chops to prevent the United States from getting on the right side of history where South Africa was concerned.  Dick Cheney, he hated Mandela in 1986, and he's still around.  And many of the slightly younger Republican leaders today hated Mandela back then and still hated him on the day he died.  All you have to do is watch the Republicans play up the politics of race hatred in 2013 as much as they did in 1986 or 1850.