George H.W. Bush Spokesman Apologizes For Nelson Mandela Statement

[Tx4obama]

George H.W. Bush Spokesman Apologizes For Nelson Mandela Statement

A spokesman for former President George H.W. Bush apologized after mistakenly issuing a statement on the death of Nelson Mandela, the former South African president who was discharged from the hospital on Sunday.

Jim McGrath, a spokesman for Bush, told the Washington Post on Sunday that he had misread a news alert on Mandela's condition from the Washington Post and rushed to get a statement out.

According to USA Today, the statement read:

"Barbara and I mourn the passing of one of the greatest believers in freedom we have had the privilege to know. As President, I watched in wonder as Nelson Mandela had the remarkable capacity to forgive his jailers following 26 years of wrongful imprisonment — setting a powerful example of redemption and grace for us all. He was a man of tremendous moral courage, who changed the course of history in his country. Barbara and I had great respect for President Mandela, and send our condolences to his family and countrymen."

“I just made a very stupid mistake, I’m very sorry about that. My apologies to everyone at The Washington Post,” McGrath told the Post. “I apologize, because I know a put a lot of people into a modestly stressful position, which is never my intent for my friends in the media .. So I'm sorry about that. A massive egg on my face, I'm so sorry.”

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/01/bush-spokesman-nelson-mandela_n_3852647.html

[gopiscrap]

1. Fucking Bush's a family of dumb asses!

[Jefferson23]

2. Twice before today there were false reports, it is pissing me off. Disrepectful is what they are

and vulture like too.

[orpupilofnature57]

3. Keep going with the apologies Poppy, cause that's the least of them . nt

[Billy Love]

5. It would be ironic if Mandela outlives Poppy

and Poppy suddenly dies tomorrow.

then the mea culpa would have been slapped back 5x with the karma.

[orpupilofnature57]

7. +1000 !!!!

That would be Poetic Justice !!!!!

[ZombieHorde]

4. At least it is a real appology. nt

[LearningCurve]

12. Credit where credit is due

I wish more people had that attitude.

[Control-Z]

6. A "modestly" stressful position?

Trying to make the blunder less blundery, eh? Fail.

(Yeah, I know. Blundery. It just seemed so appropriate I went with it. Sue me.)

[Billy Love]

8. A new wordiform! :)

I just made that up!

[niyad]

10. that phrase caught my eye--what in the HELL is "modestly stressful position"??

[zbdent]

9. Only for a Dem president is the action of a person in a lower office accountable

to the Top Name on the "company" or "government".

Why was George W. Bush never accountable to any of the multitude of misdeeds of those under him 1/21/2001-1/20/2009? IOKIYAR ...

[liberalhistorian]

11. That statement of "mourning" is interesting

considering that one of his buddies, ol' Maggie Thatcher, openly called Mandela a "terrorist" and twas against his release from prison. Very interesting indeed.

[JustanAngel]

13. Thanks for the history lesson. Wow!

I love Mandela and pray for his good health; I mourn that he suffers. He is an extraordinary example of moral/spiritual character.