In other words, you have to be a Bradky to believe something that inane.

By the way, innovative use of the “passive aggressive” meme there, Brad. Manufacture an incident and then characterize the reaction to it as “manufactured.”

It has become apparent that some journalists covering President Bush either have a learning disability or work extra hard to twist his words until the reporters turn into novelists. The latest to prove this theory correct works for Reuters, which……

The transparent reason?

The assistance offered wasn’t readily divertable… in other words… since Mbeki couldn’t take his cut millions died and millions more will die.

That’s the real legacy of the Nelson Mandela myth. Tolerance of Socialist-in-name-only tyranny that perpetuates poverty and misery in southern Africa.

I’m not defending apartheid… but these were wealthy nations that should be leading Africa out of poverty and not dragging them down into a holocaust.

scooter on September 21, 2007 at 12:09 PM
Yes, you are right. Give them another 10 years to accomplish and reach the level of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Of course you approve of the way things are going in both countries ?

We have a few posters on here that do the same thing. I guess it is just to difficult for “educated” people to understand.

This mentality (or lack of) is why Newt can never win. Most of the people wouldn’t take the time to understand, and the ones that do, would twist the words our of context. An intellectual will never win the presidency.

Forming nations appears to take a little time. What did Rumsfeld say about being a little messy?

scooter on September 21, 2007 at 12:09 PM

I can only laugh at this (under)statement.

Buy Danish on September 21, 2007 at 11:17 AM

Bite me….

It’s perfectly clear what Bush means: after 30 years of state-sanctioned terror against political dissidents, there are no peacemakers left in Iraq to reunite the country through their leadership and moral example as Mandela did in South Africa.

Mandela? You mean the terrorist responsible for the sorry state of South Africa today? If he’s a moral example, then there’s plenty of Mandelas in Iraq for the Iraqis to model themselves after.

PRCalDude on September 21, 2007 at 11:39 AM

I hope you are not showing a preference for the apartheid government as opposed to the democracy in South Africa today. Yes South Africa has a long way to go but this is a young government and should be given the say time that many say is required in Iraq. Forming nations appears to take a little time. What did Rumsfeld say about being a little messy?

It’s perfectly clear what Bush means: after 30 years of state-sanctioned terror against political dissidents, there are no peacemakers left in Iraq to reunite the country through their leadership and moral example as Mandela did in South Africa.

Mandela? You mean the terrorist responsible for the sorry state of South Africa today? If he’s a moral example, then there’s plenty of Mandelas in Iraq for the Iraqis to model themselves after.

Yet more evidence that the ultra conservative right rejects what is said because of who said it, rather than what it meant.

Yet more evidence that the ultra conservative right is so blinded by their bigotry that they can’t see anything beyond their prejudice.

Hour by hour, day by day, the ultra conservative right demonstrates that they have become the very bigots they so hated in their youth, unwilling, and unable to question their conclusions.
Makes about as much sense!

I always get a chuckle when I see a conservative post about some liberal who has taken what a Rep…
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Yet more evidence that the liberal left rejects what is said because of who said it, rather than what it meant.

Yet more evidence that the liberal left is so blinded by their bigotry that they can’t see anything beyond their prejudice.

Hour by hour, day by day, the liberal left demonstrates that they have become the very bigots they so hated in their youth, unwilling, and unable to question their conclusions.

References to his death — Mandela is now 89 and increasingly frail — are seen as insensitive in South Africa.

Oh great. Thanks for that tidbit, al-Reuters. But references to President Bush’s when seriously made by BDSers are not insensitive all, no, not at all.

There would have to be a legitimate news organization before they could take this in a responsible manner, all of the MSM are suffering from BDS and have long since ceased being legitimate news organizations.

You are so correct, a legitimate network would cut away their cameras and audio so we would think he said something naughty.

Methinks you suffer from a form of BDS too: Bloomberg Derangement Syndrome.

Bush wasn’t speaking metaphorically. He didn’t know what the hell he was saying. And if you right wing lunatics want to keep pretending that your brilliant leader was trying to do so, keep at it. Anyone with a lick of sense and a fourth grade education can see that this guy was just babbling. Keep defending this braindead loser and take your party down even faster.

Comment by mosh

Good thing there are some commentators there to actually smack them into somewhat reality, saying Bush didn’t literally mean that Saddam killed Nelson Mandela.

Progress.