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brettdale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 03:24 AM Original message |
Mandela still alive, despite embarrassing Bush remark |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. It was an analogy. He didn't say Mandela was dead. |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I guess I don't see it ... |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 07:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. He was using "Mandela" as a generic name for unifying individual. nt |
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kansasblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I agree. He may not have been clear but I understood what he met. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He can barely say the word analogy, but I do think that was his intention. |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. You are probably correct.... but why can't we play intentionally obtuse..... |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Actually, he did say that. Here is the exact quote |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. you know what happened: he was told to use this analogy, they probably rehersed it several |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That sounds like the most plausible explanation to me! nt |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. Maybe it's time for "speechifiers" to use the phrase "Bush is dead". Generically, of course. |
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democrat in Tallahassee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
10. Al Gore during the debates said he toured the fires in Texas |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
11. Verbal faux pas are the least of |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-22-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. He was making an analogy---to US--but HE probably DOES think NM is dead! |
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