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| ANC used me like a condom, says expelled Malema |
| 2012-05-05 |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] Former president of the African National Congress (ANC) youth league, Julius Malema, has lambasted the leadership of South Africa's ruling party for using him to achieve their goals and then discarding him "like a condom." E-e-e-e-w-w-w-w! Too much imagery! Mr Malema made the accusations at a gathering of a new group called the "Friends of the Youth League" in Mthatha, South Africa's Eastern Cape Province. The group has been created to provide a different platform for Mr Malema following the confirmation of his expulsion from the ANC, according to the City Press newspaper. The ANC youth league has distanced itself from the new group. Mr Malema claimed he had been mistreated by the ANC leadership despite his service to the party. "Those of us who have remained loyal and entered treacherous places by defending the African National Congress... today we are not wanted," the South African Press Association quoted Mr Malema as saying. "We are used like toilet paper or like condoms." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 "/sarc" works pretty well to signal to those like me who are less subtle that a comment isn't meant literally, AlanC dear. I think I shall make up a pot of chamomile tea -- it seems that kind of day, as we wait for Israel to bounce some rubble on the Persian side of the border. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-05-05 17:32 |
| #9 Besoeker, is there a tag for a rhetorical question? Maybe "/rhetq"? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2012-05-05 10:47 |
| #8 Wha hoppened? Posted by AlanC Same thing that is happening here, only they are on steroids. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-05-05 09:12 |
| #7 Wasn't South Africa supposed to become an absolute utopia following socialist/communist principles after the end of apartheid? Wha hoppened? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2012-05-05 09:02 |
| #6 More radical or simply a timing problem (demanded proceeding too fast)? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-05-05 08:28 |
| #5 "We are used like toilet paper or like condoms." Well, it at least didn't involve a caller with an icepick. Yet. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-05-05 08:23 |
| #4 Malema was more radical than even the ANC could tollerate. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-05-05 08:05 |
| #3 He's slicker'n a Clinton cigar. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2012-05-05 03:14 |
| #2 You're lucky, kid. It coulda been a bald Michelin full of gasoline... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-05-05 01:37 |
| #1 OK, is there some unknown South African meme or idiom that makes this less yucky and stupid sounding? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-05-05 01:08 |