Zimbabwe

April 9th, 2008 News

On March 29th, the people of Zimbabwe voted for change; for a future. They voted to reject the old, brutal socialist and replace him with people who would look out for the people’s best interests. To climb out of inflation of over $100,000, and reclaim Zimbabwe’s historic position as the breadbasket of Africa.

Not unsurprisingly, Mugabe is back up to his old tricks.

In a democracy, the winners win and the losers lose.

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4 Responses to “Zimbabwe”

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    Terry Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 5:59 am

    Are you suggesting that we send in the 82nd Airborne to remove him from power and tear down his statue……..????

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    Colin Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 9:18 am

    1. “In a democracy, the winners win and the losers lose.”

    In a democracy, sometimes the winners don’t win by the margin required to avoid a runoff election.

    2. “and replace him with people who would look out for the people’s best interests.”

    How did you come to such certain knowledge — from half the world away — of the character of the opposition parties? When Mugabe is replaced, and the new government turns out to corrupt and ruinous, too, will you retract this seemingly baseless statement?

    3. Any comment on Zimbabwe that doesn’t mention colonialism seems woefully inadequate to me.

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    Buffalopundit Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 10:51 am

    1. The anecdotal evidence from Zim is that Tsvangirai obtained about 60% of the vote. The tally from the officially posted results at election districts shows 50.3%. Either way, looks like a runoff may not be necessary .

    2. Well, maybe MDC will be corrupt, too. But we KNOW that ZANU-PF is corrupt and inept, so replacing them with something else would seem apt.

    3. Colonialism.

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    mike hudson Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    you’re being ironic, right? using a picture of the rev. jeremiah wright in order to make some point about africa or something?

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