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In reply to the discussion: OK this is weird: "URGENT -- Nelson Mandela has died, former U.S. President H. W. Bush says" [View all]karynnj
(60,973 posts)19. I suspect that this was the error of some aid
I would bet that GHWB composed this statement so it was ready when Mandella dies. (Just as newspapers archive obituaries.)
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OK this is weird: "URGENT -- Nelson Mandela has died, former U.S. President H. W. Bush says" [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Sep 2013
OP
Yip, Poppy has his whole private army of spooks but his LOOPYmeter is slipping/TALKING n/t
UTUSN
Sep 2013
#32
Whups msnbc sez Poppy's office SRY!1 Bad intel or just ahead-of-its-LOOPY-time?!1 n/t
UTUSN
Sep 2013
#33
If Mandela is dead, why would George 'Skull & Boner' Bush's bleatings be "urgent"?
Berlum
Sep 2013
#7
There have been faked reports twice. Someone's probably got a bet going if they can do it again...
cascadiance
Sep 2013
#34
Come on now. If Mandela were dead, there was be hundreds of news reports out there by now.
BlueStreak
Sep 2013
#30
OK. Why is Bush preparing statements about Mandela's death weeks ahead of time?
BlueStreak
Sep 2013
#47