In touching tribute to Mandela, Obama posts photo of himself watching TV

[apples]

Last summer on his $100 million family tour of Africa, Barack Obama hoped for a priceless photo op with Nelson Mandela, the ailing freedom pioneer who went from prison cell to the presidency of South Africa in one of modern history's more remarkable national -- and personal -- transformations.

Mandela's family suggested that wasn't going to happen.

So, the Obamas did a photo op in Mandela's former prison cell. The Obama White House hastened to post one of those on Twitter Thursday as soon as word arrived of the icon's passing at 95.

Obama immediately scheduled a photo op of his own in time for the evening news. But before that he was captured in an action photograph staring at television coverage of the passing of the vaunted victor over apartheid.

And that static Obama image was then posted as the official Obama White House Photo of the Day.

For reasons having to do with the truth, Obama has a reputation for seeking the spotlight, even when it's intended for someone else. When his staff organized a photo op for Obama to share some basketball tips with visiting

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[Stan In FL]

he is going to have a difficult time at the funeral;  the corpse is going to get more attention.

[GeronL]

Not if Obama can help it, watch for a speech that makes Mandela bigger than Jesus and all about Obama too

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It is stomach-churning to watch even some conservatives praise Mandela. National Review editorialized that Mandela was basically the greatest man to ever live and have more "moral authority" than any other leader.

Mandela was a terrorist

[apples]

I look for that speech to be all about obama. No way it doesn't happen. He can't help himself.