Rather than congratulating men on their relative restraint at the bar, this was another excuse to mention "ladette culture".
"I was very confident he would come back and be Eli," Coughlin said, adding that he congratulated Manning on the record and — with a wry smile — wished him "many, many more".
Snowden congratulated Manning on her release via Twitter and thanked Obama for issuing the commutation.
In another case, relatives of a dead man who was registered to vote received mail congratulating the man on registering.
Or was it also a rewarded hypocrisy - treasure by a global predominantly White male media congratulating Black men for not punishing White men who committed state- sanctioned violent and heinous acts on Black bodies.
At the end of the meeting, the men rise, smiling, and congratulate the man on what he has said and done.
"Mr Speaker, Mr Vice-President, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th Congress, as well as your new Speaker, John Boehner.
Once the most feared man in Iraq after Mr. Hussein, Mr. Majid, 58, had jet-black hair, and an air of sinister purposefulness, under Mr. Hussein; he was filmed several times directing summary executions, especially during the 1991 Shiite uprising, and laughingly congratulating the men who carried them out.
Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th Congress, as well as your new Speaker, John Boehner.
It was more of a gentle trot to congratulate the man who would receive the man-of-the-match award from Sir Bobby Charlton.
When he congratulated a man on the progress he was making in the construction of a house, the man explained his success by saying, "I'm old and alone".
