Comments on: Zimbabwe heading for run-off vote

By: lodestonejames

lodestonejames — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:23:44 +0000

There will be blood.

By: rbb

rbb — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:29:21 +0000

Mugabe is just stalling while his cronies consult with the King County, WA election officials for new tips on how to manufacture enough votes to throw an election…

By: peacenprosperity

peacenprosperity — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:06:36 +0000

Is jimmy carter jetting there to make sure another tyrant keeps his job?

By: calbear

calbear — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:57:14 +0000

second, run-off presidential vote

Hmm.... This is starting to sound familiar.

By: labrat

labrat — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:24:13 +0000

Last gasp or massive grasp?

six of one, half dozen of the other

Ahmed Tejan Kabbah headed the African Union poll watchers....

...and a reputable group, to be sure. Only J.C. can solve this problem. No, not that one, this one, the one liberals pray to.

By: redrock

redrock — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:21:48 +0000

sounds like the Hillary campaign

By: cs89

cs89 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:14:49 +0000

They really need to get Jimmy Carter down there to “certify” these elections. That’ll give them credibility (snort).

By: saiga

saiga — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:10:58 +0000

Don’t you just love African politics?

People get the government they disserve.

By: TooTall

TooTall — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:05:00 +0000

Just gives Mugabe another chance to steal the election.

By: BacaDog

BacaDog — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:01:45 +0000

Ed, referring to the 25% effort, here’s the entire quote from deputy information minister, Bright Matonga;

“In terms of strategy, we only applied 25% of our energy into this campaign … That [the runoff] is when we are going to unleash the other 75% that we did not apply in the first case.”

Notice he used the word “unleash”. I’ll bet they will unleash the usual voter intimidation and violence as in previous elections. It ain’t over yet.

By: OhEssYouCowboys

OhEssYouCowboys — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:50:43 +0000

I’m looking at Mugabe’s college transcript. It says that he got an “F” in “All Real Communists Completely Exterminate Their Opposition – 4003″ course.

So, I guess that Mugabe must be sent to a re-education camp. I’m wondering, will it be at Yale, Brown, Columbia or Cal-Berkeley?

By: Maxx

Maxx — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:48:40 +0000

Doesn’t the CIA do anything useful anymore? It just seems they should have a “trick” in their bag for this guy.

By: a capella

a capella — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:42:43 +0000

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and predict Mugabe wins the run-off by a surprisingly large margin. His first act after re-election will be an appeal to the World Bank for a loan to buy body bags for bodies that suddenly were struck down by a U.S. created AIDs epidemic.

By: its vintage duh

its vintage duh — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:40:37 +0000

However, the delay in announcing election results has angered Zimbabweans even further and convinced them that Mugabe intends on stealing elections to stay in power.

They still need “further convincing”?

By: misterpeasea

misterpeasea — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:32:44 +0000

“Last gasp or massive grasp?”

Nice turn of phrase.

Every time I hear or read gloom and doom about our economy, I think about Mugabe and 70,000% inflation.

Perspective please, all you drive-by media types.

By: trailortrash

trailortrash — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:27:49 +0000

saty=stay woops

By: trailortrash

trailortrash — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:27:34 +0000

by rook or by crook he will saty the ~~ruiner~~ i mean leader.

By: Immolate

Immolate — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:25:21 +0000

Why is my “fairy tale ending” meter not registering in this case?