Elijah Cummings misattributes Emerson quote to Mandela

quintonreport.com ^ | January 8, 2014 | Jeff Quinton

[MeshugeMikey]

There’s no family I know,’’ Cummings continued encouragingly, “that when they have problems they say, ‘To hell with it.’ ’’ The most memorable part of his “life-altering” trip to attend Nelson Mandela’s funeral in South Africa, he told his friends in the hotel ballroom, was when Mandela’s grandson said that the great man had counseled him, “Don’t be pushed around by your fears and problems; be led by your hopes and dreams.”

Actually, Emerson said that.

[MeshugeMikey]

the italics are mine

[P-Marlowe]

This is the same idiot that thought Guam would capsize if we stationed more Marines there.

[bigbob]

he’s a liberal...facts are mere means to an end.

“Fake but accurate”
The Rather Rule

[lonestar]

No, that was Hank Johnson. I think!

[billhilly]

It is the way it sounds Mikey. It doesn’t have to be accurate. Joe Biden used to do that a lot and he stole lines for his speeches when he was a presidential candidate.

[MeshugeMikey]

that was space case extraordinaaire....Hank-Tipping Guam-Johnson

http://voices.yahoo.com/rep-hank-johnson-guam-may-tip-over-5765772.html

[RobinOfKingston]

This is the same idiot that thought Guam would capsize if we stationed more Marines there.

No, that idiot was Hank Johnson. "Rep" Cummings is a different idiot entirely.

[MeshugeMikey]

I dont care if the reports a fake..I stand by my story...

yes... who could forget that masterpiece of journalistic candor

[MeshugeMikey]

Joe-Stand Up Chuck -Biden’s got it down to a “fine art”

[Beagle8U]

Cummings is black, Mandela is black, if he though he could convince the LIV that Mandela wrote the Gettysburg Address, he would have said that.

[hoosiermama]

Stupid is as stupid does. ..... Just sayin!

[billhilly]

According to WikipediA Joe Biden was considered second only to, drum roll, Jesse Jackson as the best speaker in the Democratic field of potential Presidential Candidates.

[bert]

I would prefer to believe that Cummings stole it from Mandela who stole it from Emerson or perhaps MLK jr who stole it from Emerson

[darkwing104]

Elijah Cummings is a useful idiot. His temper tantrum was orchestrated by the White House to created a situation where they can give Darrell Issa the Alinsky treatment

[MeshugeMikey]

The Hankster IN ALL His Glory!

word has it that he comes form a long line of geologists....and that line would be the UNEMPLOYMENT Line

[x]

"Pushed around" doesn't sound that Emersonian.

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

Pope John XXIII

[MeshugeMikey]

there we have it!

[dennisw]

“Todo para la causa” Everything for the cause as Fidel Castro used to say.

Truth is irrelevant to racist imbeciles like Cummings. It’s all about ginning up outrage for whitey/Republicans/historic America

[MeshugeMikey]

Great Quote. Thank you!

[MeshugeMikey]

Its all part and parcel of Obama's Little advertised .......