He might mean the innovators, the free-thinkers, and the progressives. It's taken out of context.
Nelson Mandela isn't dead.
Posted by Magnetonium on Sep-21-2007 15:03:
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Originally posted by Marc Summers
"... Tried to kill all the 'Mandelas'"
He might mean the innovators, the free-thinkers, and the progressives. It's taken out of context.
Nelson Mandela isn't dead.
I've never heard of the "Mandelas movement". Actually, Mandela regime has been plagued by corruption and numerous scandals. Some of his stances have drawn criticism. He is not an innovator. And Bush did say in that clip that he is dead. LOL. I wouldn't label Mandela the things that you did, I actually would compare him to more of Mugabe, and how Mugabe tried to "free" his people from the white occupation and look at Zimbabwe today.
There's a reason why Mandela had to immigrate to Canada, because in his South Africa he'd be thrown in jail. His own daughter is involved in some kind of corruption scandals for Christ's sake ... Bush is an idiot.
Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Sep-21-2007 22:05:
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Originally posted by Magnetonium
I actually would compare him to more of Mugabe, and how Mugabe tried to "free" his people from the white occupation and look at Zimbabwe today.
Ermmmmmmm... no. Read up on Mandela - he's a class chap who had to deal with an awful lot of problems when he took over a country living down the legacy of 100 years of racial oppression. Any comparison with Mugabe ends with "they were both the first black presidents of their state." They do vet Nobel Peace laureates before giving them the prize after all.
And anyway, the funniest part of this story is that the Mandela Foundation in South Africa issued a statement clarifying that Mandela is still alive and they don't know what the hell Bush is on about. Apparently in South Africa it's considered very impolite to conjecture about Mandela's health as well, as he is getting rather old but is still much-loved.
Posted by Magnetonium on Sep-21-2007 23:18:
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Ermmmmmmm... no. Read up on Mandela - he's a class chap who had to deal with an awful lot of problems when he took over a country living down the legacy of 100 years of racial oppression. Any comparison with Mugabe ends with "they were both the first black presidents of their state." They do vet Nobel Peace laureates before giving them the prize after all.
And anyway, the funniest part of this story is that the Mandela Foundation in South Africa issued a statement clarifying that Mandela is still alive and they don't know what the hell Bush is on about. Apparently in South Africa it's considered very impolite to conjecture about Mandela's health as well, as he is getting rather old but is still much-loved.
I guess I was being very harsh on him in my initial comment. He did lead his country through the tough times, and noone should expect him to be a perfect politician. He had to tolerate corruption and power abuse to keep his government together. He greatly helped to end the apartheid. Kudos to him ;-)
Though Mugabe had a lot of success for Zimbabwe in the 1980s/90s, but since then he just lost it.
Posted by Q5echo on Sep-22-2007 03:30:
there's demagoguery. then there's demagoguery born of pure ignorance.
this thread identifies the latter.
lets listen to this again without "Think Progress" whispering ignorant nothings into our brain.
Posted by Spacey Orange on Sep-22-2007 03:39:
wait? mandela was responsible for 9-11? KILL MANDELA
Posted by gromero on Sep-22-2007 07:08:
Can somebody PLEASE EXPLAIN?
I've watched it 6 times already and still have no clue what he's talking about.
Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Sep-22-2007 15:30:
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Originally posted by gromero
Can somebody PLEASE EXPLAIN?
I've watched it 6 times already and still have no clue what he's talking about.
A reporter probably challenged Bush's commitment to maintain a US presence in Iraq, and so Bush tried to justify the lack of progress by basically saying that there's no one over there with the gumption to get the country back on its feet - that there is nobody like Nelson Mandela, who took South Africa through a period of very tough reconciliation in order to keep the national government together and unified.
But of course Bush bungles the analogy by first saying that the actual Nelson Mandela is dead, and then not explaining why it might be nice if Iraq had a Nelson Mandela, then implicitly insulting Maliki by insinuating that he's just a shadow of what Mandela is, but that he would be held up to the same standards nonetheless (even though Bush was lying through his teeth right then, and has no intention of holding the Iraqi government to any standard that might then necessitate a withdrawal of American troops).
Posted by Q5echo on Sep-22-2007 22:26:
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
A reporter probably challenged Bush's commitment to maintain a US presence in Iraq, and so Bush tried to justify the lack of progress by basically saying that there's no one over there with the gumption to get the country back on its feet - that there is nobody like Nelson Mandela, who took South Africa through a period of very tough reconciliation in order to keep the national government together and unified.
But of course Bush bungles the analogy by first saying that the actual Nelson Mandela is dead, and then not explaining why it might be nice if Iraq had a Nelson Mandela, then implicitly insulting Maliki by insinuating that he's just a shadow of what Mandela is, but that he would be held up to the same standards nonetheless (even though Bush was lying through his teeth right then, and has no intention of holding the Iraqi government to any standard that might then necessitate a withdrawal of American troops).
he was actually using his own Ambassador's words (Ryan Crocker). it was from a WaPo article earlier this month. >LINK< for some strange reason no one made an issue of Crocker's metaphor when he essentially says the exact same but when Bush does it at a press conference people lose their frikken minds.
Posted by mndeg on Sep-22-2007 22:52:
because bush said Mandela is dead. he obviously butchered the metaphor.
Posted by Q5echo on Sep-22-2007 23:08:
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Originally posted by mndeg
because bush said Mandela is dead. he obviously butchered the metaphor.
tell that to the dolts at Reuters and Think Progress.
so if he'd have used the plural form, specifically "the Mandela's are dead" no one would have gotten their tits in a twist.
Posted by Magnetonium on Sep-23-2007 07:24:
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Originally posted by Q5echo
tell that to the dolts at Reuters and Think Progress.
so if he'd have used the plural form, specifically "the Mandela's are dead" no one would have gotten their tits in a twist.
Bush has been caught making much worse grammar mistakes that this, bud. Are you still living under a rock, btw?
