OK, here you go:
Posted on 07/15/2009 12:35:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK (AFP) – Carla Bruni-Sarokzy will lead a glittering line-up of stars at a concert here to mark Nelson Mandela's birthday, in what will be her first public show since becoming France's first lady.
Bruni-Sarkozy, a model-turned-musician, will perform for the first time in public since marrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the concert at Radio City Music Hall in Madison Square Garden.
The event, which also stars Stevie Wonder and soul queen Aretha Franklin, ends a week of celebrations for the 91st birthday of the former South African president.
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After having heard her music (and her singing voice), I’ve concluded that Bruni, like children, is better seen and not heard.
I hope one of her selections is ‘I Hope You Die’ by Rodney Carrington.
I’m just here for the pictures!
OK, here you go:
Yikes, why is Charles Barkley hugging Carla Bruni?
She’d have to sound like Maria Callas to sing better than she looks. She is a beautiful woman.
Shades of MM singing “Happy Birthday” to JFK
No; Barkley’s pants fit better in the back.
That old commie chump is still kickin?
91, wow, he outlived che and fidel, he’s suckin’ fumes about now tho..
Caution: some nudies of Carla
My personal opinion? Horrid.
What is liberals obsession with this walking pile of garbage?
South Africa continues to rocket into the waste heap that is Africa.
Former South African president Nelson Mandela smiles during a meeting Johannesburg in June 2009. Mandela urged the world to observe his birthday this week by doing volunteer work to improve the lives of others. (AFP/File/Alexander Joe)
South African President Nelson Mandela (L) and pop star Michael Jackson hug each other at the president's official home in Capetown in this July 20, 1996 file photo. Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing but whose musical genius was overshadowed by a bizarre lifestyle and sex scandals, died on June 25, 2009. He was 50. REUTERS/Patrick De Noirmont/Files (SOUTH AFRICA ENTERTAINMENT OBITUARY)
Fidel ain’t dead yet
How precious! Will she also light the famous Mandela symbol, the tire full of gasoline around the neck of a Mandela “enemy”?
Actually, although I disagree with Mandella on virtually every issues of economic policy and international affairs, I do find some things to admire about Nelson Mandella:
* When he came to power, did not engage in the kind of vindictive reprisals against his former enemies. There were some ‘truth and reconciliation’ hearings but almost no criminal prosecuations. Had ‘Archbishop’ Desmond Tutu had his way, there would have been a wave of revenge prosecutions.
* When it became apparent that his wife was engaged in criminal activity, he divorced her and pushed her out of positions of influence.
* Although he could have elevated himself to ‘President for Life’, he served his term and then passed power to a successor.
Our own country would be better off if democrats followed Mandella’s example: declined to engage in partisan vendettas, held their friends and colleagues accountable for corruption, and didn’t try to cling to power forever.
South Africa has more than its problems share of problems, but it could be much worse off. The reason South Africa hasn’t gone the way of Zimbabwe is primarily that Mandella, for all his leftist ideology, is also an honorable man.
Actually, although I disagree with Mandella on virtually every issues of economic policy and international affairs, I do find some things to admire about Nelson Mandella:
* When he came to power, did not engage in the kind of vindictive reprisals against his former enemies. There were some ‘truth and reconciliation’ hearings but almost no criminal prosecuations. Had ‘Archbishop’ Desmond Tutu had his way, there would have been a wave of revenge prosecutions.
* When it became apparent that his wife was engaged in criminal activity, he divorced her and pushed her out of positions of influence.
* Although he could have elevated himself to ‘President for Life’, he served his term and then passed power to a successor.
Our own country would be better off if democrats followed Mandella’s example: declined to engage in partisan vendettas, held their friends and colleagues accountable for corruption, and didn’t try to cling to power forever.
South Africa has more than its problems share of problems, but it could be much worse off. The reason South Africa hasn’t gone the way of Zimbabwe is primarily that Mandella, for all his leftist ideology, is also an honorable man.
She married him at a concert in New York? Who knew...
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