What do you think? 
Posted on 12/10/2013 12:57:09 PM PST by Hoodat
A sterling example of the maxim, no good deed goes unpunished.
Former President George W. Bush was booed when he appeared on the video monitor at today’s memorial for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa, according to the White House pool report, which cited local press outlets.
Meanwhile, when the images President Obama and Michelle popped up, there was a 30-second “deafening roar,” the pooler wrote.
How sad. Bush has done an far greater amount for South Africa than Obama. But Obama is much better at crafting his public image and saying the right things.
Bush personally saved the lives of millions of South Africans with his President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, ensuring AIDS drugs are available to South Africa’s impoverished masses.
From a Washington Post piece describing how Bush’s achievements were haunting Obama’s June trip to South Africa:
In South Africa, the success ( of PEPFAR) was extraordinary. AIDS killed roughly 2.3 million in South Africa — once one of the worst-affected countries in the world — and orphaned about a million children there, according to the United Nations. Today, rates of infection have fallen to 30 percent, and nearly 2 million people are on antiretroviral drugs.
AIDS advocates on Sunday said that Obama administration budget cuts that have slashed hundreds of millions of dollars from PEPFAR threaten to turn back years of progress . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at whitehousedossier.com ...
What do you think?
This is why I have VERY LITTLE respect for Duh-bya. He had a significantly better chance of not being booed at Thatcher's funeral. He is a fool.
That’s what I think as well. So while I suspect there are many racists in the crowd, I’m putting my money on political ideology rather than racism as the reason for the jeers... Or just willing to accept a marxist whitey.
I guess that Bush was the only dignitary there who is not a Communist or Socialist, and who actually has significant accomplishments to better the lives of the people of South Africa. It is no wonder that he was booed.
According to the South Africa board here on Free Republic...
There has not been ANY activity since February 2, 2005 at 5:20pm by “SilverJade”...
That’s over 3215 days...7, almost 8 years...
So, no, I do not believe there is any FReeping thing happening in South Africa these days...
;-)
No, Obummer is black and President Bush is white. Simple as that.
Bono and the usual suspects are gathering up and probably organizing a concert...
They are going to call it Mandela-AIDs...
Classy crowd.
Party City has that outfit for 9.99.
No boos for Mr. Peanut. 
As heads is tails just call me Lucifer, I'm in need of some restraint...
No class vermin.
Booing and cheering are both uncalled for behavior at such an event.
Low class behavior, both.
Rush today compared these services to those of Paul Wellstone. Didn’t the crowd boo VP Chaney when he paid his respects to the dead? Libs have no manners or decorum.
But hey, these shmups have time for selfies...
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-mandela-memorial-172822763.html
Its historic!!!
Sounds like a lot of racists were in the crowd.
All the South African Freepers moved to the Namibia board.
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