How hopelessly devoted to Dear Leader do you have to be to make such an absurd comparison?

SHARPTON: I think there’s a lot of differences between how Mandela became the first black president of South Africa and the United States President Obama. But I think that of the differences that addresses directly your point is that at what point we don’t know, de Klerk and his allies decided it was in their interest to make Mandela’s presidency successful for the good of South Africa. They didn’t like it. They ran against him. But for the good of the nation, to have this great reconciliation, we need to make this work. I don’t think that has happened with President Obama. There are those that have said that no matter what, he can do whatever it is miraculous; we are determined to have his demise. And we don’t care if the country suffers, shut down government, whatever. I think that’s the big difference in the opposition they faced, is there a commitment to the country over your partisan position?