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2008-04-01 Africa Subsaharan

Zimbabwe: Mugabe Holds Back the Presidential Vote Result

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-04-01 09:40|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 This isn't gonna end well...

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-01 10:11|| 2008-04-01 10:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Has he blamed THE MAN! yet?

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-01 10:34|| 2008-04-01 10:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Poor ZimBob. Can't run a country, can't even rig an election properly. Where have all the good tyrants gone?

Posted by SteveS 2008-04-01 11:00|| 2008-04-01 11:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't you normally rig an election *before* the election takes place? Seems like there was some lack of planning here ... I know -- odd to see that sort of thing out of ZimBob.

Posted by ExtremeModerate 2008-04-01 11:55|| 2008-04-01 11:55|| Front Page Top

#5 I have a feeling the MDC did a fair bit of their own rigging to counter Mugers.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-04-01 12:20|| 2008-04-01 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Zimbob's votes will inflate like his currency.

Posted by Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-04-01 12:41|| 2008-04-01 12:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Show of hands, please: How many did not see this coming?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-04-01 13:56|| 2008-04-01 13:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Via USA Today online: the AP is reporting that ZimBob 'may' step down; appearently the vote was so lopsided that even he couldn't cover it up.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-04-01 14:44|| 2008-04-01 14:44|| Front Page Top

#9 The trick here is "Stepping Down" and keeping his head on his shoulders, figure out that part and he's gone.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-01 15:56|| 2008-04-01 15:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Look for a mid-air resigntion, an unscheduled flight with an empty treasury and a radio message back to the "Motherland". only reasonably sure way to keep his head (And loot).

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-01 16:00|| 2008-04-01 16:00|| Front Page Top

#11 Probably pulled a Daniel Ortega and believed his own propoganda and thought he was gonna win. Yeah Ortega eventually did win.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-04-01 16:27|| 2008-04-01 16:27|| Front Page Top

#12 When we gonna hear from Voteriggin B. Hard?

Posted by Skunky Elmereter3408 2008-04-01 22:53|| 2008-04-01 22:53|| Front Page Top

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