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""I heard somebody say, Where's Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead
because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas," Bush, who has a
reputation for verbal faux pas, said in a press conference in
Washington on Thursday."
Nelson Mandela still alive after embarrassing Bush remark
Fri Sep 21, 8:15 AM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070921/wl_nm/safrica_mandela_bush_d
Nelson Mandela is still very much alive despite an embarrassing gaffe
by U.S. President George W. Bush, who alluded to the former South
African leader's death in an attempt to explain sectarian violence in
Iraq.
"It's out there. All we can do is reassure people, especially South
Africans, that President Mandela is alive," Achmat Dangor, chief
executive officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said as Bush's
comments received worldwide coverage.
In a speech defending his administration's Iraq policy, Bush said
former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's brutality had made it
impossible for a unifying leader to emerge and stop the sectarian
violence that has engulfed the Middle Eastern nation.
"I heard somebody say, Where's Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead because
Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas," Bush, who has a reputation
for verbal faux pas, said in a press conference in Washington on
Thursday.
Jailed for 27 years for fighting white minority rule, Mandela became
South Africa's first black president in 1994. He won a Nobel Peace
Prize for preaching racial harmony and guiding the nation peacefully
into the post-apartheid era.
References to his death -- Mandela is now 89 and increasingly frail --
are seen as insensitive in South Africa.
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Apparently the little chimp has been sneaking a few Jim Beam enemas
between the video games and nappy time again.....
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" As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents
more and more closely the inner soul of the people.
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land
will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House
will be adorned by a downright moron."
- H. L. Mencken
July 26,1920
http://www.pratt.lib.md.us/slrc/hum/mencken.html
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because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas," Bush, who has a
reputation for verbal faux pas, said in a press conference in
Washington on Thursday."
Nelson Mandela still alive after embarrassing Bush remark
Fri Sep 21, 8:15 AM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070921/wl_nm/safrica_mandela_bush_d
Nelson Mandela is still very much alive despite an embarrassing gaffe
by U.S. President George W. Bush, who alluded to the former South
African leader's death in an attempt to explain sectarian violence in
Iraq.
"It's out there. All we can do is reassure people, especially South
Africans, that President Mandela is alive," Achmat Dangor, chief
executive officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said as Bush's
comments received worldwide coverage.
In a speech defending his administration's Iraq policy, Bush said
former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's brutality had made it
impossible for a unifying leader to emerge and stop the sectarian
violence that has engulfed the Middle Eastern nation.
"I heard somebody say, Where's Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead because
Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas," Bush, who has a reputation
for verbal faux pas, said in a press conference in Washington on
Thursday.
Jailed for 27 years for fighting white minority rule, Mandela became
South Africa's first black president in 1994. He won a Nobel Peace
Prize for preaching racial harmony and guiding the nation peacefully
into the post-apartheid era.
References to his death -- Mandela is now 89 and increasingly frail --
are seen as insensitive in South Africa.
___________________________________________________________
Apparently the little chimp has been sneaking a few Jim Beam enemas
between the video games and nappy time again.....
C_S
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" As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents
more and more closely the inner soul of the people.
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land
will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House
will be adorned by a downright moron."
- H. L. Mencken
July 26,1920
http://www.pratt.lib.md.us/slrc/hum/mencken.html
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