A Gaffe in Africa ("Your city's so clean, you'd think it wasn't in Africa! --D'oh!")

Reuters ^ | 11.10.03

[mhking]

WINDHOEK, Namibia (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's efforts to befriend Africa hit a jarring note when he praised Namibia's capital city as being so clean it didn't seem African.

Lula, who presents himself as a champion of the world's poor, was speaking Friday in Windhoek on the fourth leg of an African tour.

"I'm surprised because if you arrive in Windhoek, it doesn't seem like you're in an African country. Few cities of the world are so clean and beautiful as Windhoek," said Lula, flanked by Namibian President, Sam Nujoma, as he said farewell to the country.

Lula's African tour has taken him to Sao Tome and Principe, Angola and Mozambique. He is also to visit South Africa.

[mhking]

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[GreatOne]

Well, at least he didn't say it smelled like ass (a little South Park reference there).

[cyborg]

OH PLEASE!!! When I go to Sao Paolo I should say " wow and here I thought the slums of Calcutta was the worst place to live"

This coming from the president of a country whose only claim to fame is the sexy backsides of their women.

[GeronL]

Brazil's commie insults Namibia's commies.

who'd have thunk it?

[Paul Atreides]

That's okay, I'm sure some of his best friends are Africans.

[Clintonfatigued]

ROFL--too funny. It would have been better if one of the 'Rats running for President had said this.

[Paul Atreides]

In a way, Howie Dean did say something like this: "I want your vote even if I do think that you are a redneck."

[cyborg]

yup... I find it hysterical myself. This is even better than a democrap shooting his mouth off. Perhaps he can take us on the tour of runaway Nazi party members' homes in the mountains of Brazil.

[Prodigal Son]

This is right up there with some of the Duke of Edinburgh's gaffes.

[WackyKat]

This coming from the president of a country whose only claim to fame is the sexy backsides of their women.

That's enough for me!

[squidly]

He should visit Italy.

[Frank_2001]

Yeah, but that's different...its perfectly OK to insult White people/sarcasm off

[per loin]

I'd suggest that the Namibian Tourist Agency use the quote in its advertising.

[dangus]

>>some of the Duke of Edinburgh's gaffes.

O, do tell!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

In which Hugo Chavez's protégé meets with Robert Mugabe's protégé in Windhoek, where they tell racist jokes and compliment each other on the benefits of Socialism,

And it all leads back to the commie racist, Fidel Castro, the puppet-master of them all.

***Despite the huge changes that the 1959 revolution made in Cuban society, some social problems have not been completely eliminated, including racial discrimination, Castro acknowledged.

"While science shows unquestionably the real equality that exists among human beings, discriminations lives on," especially among the island's poorest groups, Castro said.*** Feb. 8, 2003.

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Gosh, I thought everyone would be equal after 45 years in the people's paradise.

[Imal]

The best followup for a comment like that is to say that he meant the cleanliness of the city was a credit to their race, and that some of his best friends are Africans.
But he wouldn't want his sister to marry one...

[xm177e2]

This coming from the president of a country whose only claim to fame is the sexy backsides of their women.

Don't forget their beer and firearms. Xingu isn't so bad. It's definitely unique. And then there's Taurus...

Beer, guns, and hot nekkid chicks wearing dental floss, who party until 6am (unlike in America, where clubs and bars close at 2am)... I'd say Brasil is not so bad, provided you can keep up with the girls.