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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:29 AM Original message |
Mandela still alive after embarassing Bush remark |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Chimpy is REALLY good at pissing off countries. It's second nature to him. n/t |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. How embarrassing for all Americans (but one). |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. Didn't Cheney vote against demanding that South Africa release Mandela in the 80's? |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. yes. n/t |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Yes, Cheney is a racist pig POS |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Mandela, easily the coolest guy around in politics |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I had the privilege and honor of being in the same room with him one time.. |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. He's so distinguished and calm |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. Wow. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Considering how Bush dehumanizes people, it's no surprise that |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. Mr. Mandela, you are a hero. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. I seriously doubt he had any idea who he was talking about...n/t |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
11. He didn't say Nelson Mandela was dead. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The beginning of Bush's statement |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The quote, slightly less bastardized, is in the latest Bush bio too. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. His words from a transcript: |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. As I said, the statement was retarded, but he did not say that Nelson Mandela was dead. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Big deal. Nitpick the words all you like, but the meaning spread over the world |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Because it's the truth? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. And on a scale of 1 to 10, ...this doesn't even register. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Nitpick words. Interesting. Please don't let me interfere with your fun. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. He said, "Well, Mandela is dead." Seems clear to me. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. No, what's clear is you don't mind intentionally pushing the wrong impression. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I think that's clear of you. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Uh... because I speak English, and I can interpret even poorly spoken English? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Your post is insulting. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Ok. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 01:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. You're right, but it's fun to laugh at *'s expense anyway. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. And I agree. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 06:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
69. Iraq's past is America's future |
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vlas (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. But he did say it. It's right there. "Mandela's dead" |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. And Al Gore said he discovered Love Canal -- out of context. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Did Gore actually use the words, "I discovered Love Canal?" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Deleted message |
yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. You're comparing apples to oranges. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Deleted message |
yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
37. No he didn't but it was a stupid thing to say anyway. One should not imply that a living person is |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. He said the Iraqi equivalents of Mandela were dead. And it was a retarded comment. |
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frankf (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. he said "mandela is dead" |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. The other thing is he would have us think that he supports what Mandela stands for. He doesn't and |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. That is the reason I'm enjoying the outcry over this. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
48. Watch the clip |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I watched it -- first on The Daily Show, then on Countdown. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. You shouldn't have |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Read. My. Words. Carefully. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Oh, right. It was some OTHER Mandela |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
12. "Mandela's dead because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas" |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. As explained in the new Bush biography... |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Won't it be nice to have a President again who doesn't need |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. All presidents need some of that. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. It makes NO sense. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. True. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
18. Bush will have to rder Mandela killed now |
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CurtEastPoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
19. Maybe he meant 'mandala'...you know, those circle thingies..maybe Saddam killed them |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. Oh, so his fictitious death is now SH's fault, too? nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
44. I don't think Bush knows that South Africa isn't in Iraq. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. All those countries .... over there... |
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Gen. Jack D. Ripper (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Yet another thing he and Miss Teen South Carolina have in common. n/t |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
32. shit-for-brains should have said "President Mandela"... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
34. Maybe Bush actually knows something we do not? |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
41. "I heard somebody say, Where's Abe Vigoda? Saddam killed all the Vigodas..." |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I distinclty recall seeing footage of Vigoda being shot by mobsters. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:05 AM Response to Reply #43 |
70. They never show Tessio getting whacked in the movie |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
47. He's a freaking boneheaded laughingstock. We are living a national nightmare and we just refuse to |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
52. Oh my god, I thought this was a joke |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
53. And it turns out that all of the Iraqi Mandelas survived Hussein ... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
56. If bush really wants to find the Iraqi Mandela |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
65. RETARDED! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
66. "insensitive" is a nice word for it |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-21-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
67. Why would anyone believe what Bush said about Mandela? |
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