He really doesn't read the newspapers
Talk about yer mutilated metaphors.
Bush gave a speech yesterday trying to defend his administration's Iraq mess. He alluded to former South African leader Nelson Mandela's death in an attempt to explain sectarian violence in Iraq.
Nelson Mandela is still very much alive.
Bush inartfully said, "Part of the reason why there's not this instant democracy in Iraq is because people are still recovering from Saddam Hussein's brutal rule. Sort of an interesting comment, I heard somebody say, `Where's Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas."
Wonder how Iraqis feel about that statement? What does that say about how Bush perceives the leaders in Iraq?
It's not so much what Bush MEANT to say, he comes off as a dim-wit because of what he DID say. This is the “leader of the free world” we're talking about .. who can't adequately articulate a thought.
And now the righties are pouting about how evil, deluded lefties deliberately misconstrued the words of the wise and articulate President Bush.
I heard him say it with my own ears and blamed myself for not knowing who were the other Mandelas with Iraq connections .. but then it dawned on me that he was just screwing up what he was trying to say.
It's right up there with the strangest and silliest things the man ever said. We make jokes about him being a babbling fool and a little bit crazy .. in a few years we'll probably find out the truth.
What's crazy is -- if a Mandela did arise out of the chaos in Iraq, he sure as hell wouldn't be on the side of the foreign occupying forces. Like the real Mandela, he'd demand that we leave .. then righties everywhere would be screaming for his blood.
So, maybe Saddam did Bush a favor.
Anyone remember when Cheney voted against a resolution calling for Mandela's release? He called Mandela's ANC a terrorist organization.
Anyone see the irony?
