CNN Anchor's Smackdown: Bush Got Just as Warm a Welcome in Africa as Obama


On Saturday, CNN's Don Lemon was speaking live to correspondent Nkepile Mabuse who was reporting on location.

When Lemon asked whether the warm reception Obama received upon his arrival Friday was unprecedented, Mabuse caught him quite off guard with her response.

Pay particular attention to Lemon's body language [i.e., shock] when Mabuse says,

"It's not unprecedented. When President Bush was here, you will remember, in February, there were people who were drumming, there were dances, and President Bush joined some of them"

(video embedded below the fold with partial transcript, h/t NBer Jon):

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