Thread: Nelson Mandela's Dead!

Originally Posted by Lanie

Hmmm. Maybe Bush should start reading some newspapers. lol.

I think he was just saying the Mandelas of Iraq were killed.

That's exactly what he was trying to say, but that is why Inky said this:

Originally Posted by Inkslinger

I agree it's probably a metaphor, but that's why it was taken out of context.
Metaphors are reserved for wise people.

And therein lies the problem; Bush said it and Bush doesn't know how to come across as learned or intelligent or wise or able to put a simple sentence together, so this is what we get: a bumbling idiot.