I saw this last night: 
Needless to say, the headline prompted me to read what the latest Bush-ism was. In the latest dazed and confused (kind description) – alternately, outright lie – spewed from the Bush Administration (and this time, from Bush himself) in a press conference the Bungler in Chief declared that “Mandela is dead, Saddam killed all the Mandelas.”
Photo of Mandela, alive!
When I read this, I thought surely that this was a typo. But no, our little genius was at it again. His defense?
After all of this, watching the actual clip shows you just how far gone this guy is. Impeachment is still off the table? Unbelievable. This man isn’t competent enough to tend a garden, let alone a nation.
Not really related to this post, just american politics in general but I found this pretty interesting http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/books/chapters/0923-1st-chait.html?ex=1348113600&en=4c81c1f85d3b90be&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink . I probably shouldn’t care about US politics so much but its so much more dramatic (not necessarily a good thing) than our home grown British sort.
Lloyd, that’s a great article. Thanks for posting it – it certainly rings true to me.
I’m pretty sure he was just saying that any would-be Iraqi Mandela was killed. i.e. Anyone who could be a freedom fighter or a rallying figure is already dead. It’s a cheap stunt to invoke Mandela in this way, and the statement itself probably isn’t even true, but I don’t think even Bush believes Saddam killed the actual Nelson Mandela.
No doubt you’re right, but he’s mis-stated and restated so many bizarre things, it’s tough to tell what he really thinks or means….