Re: [Marxism] Zimbabwe: Mugabe's opposition softens its stance

[Shane Mage <shmage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 18, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Walter Lippmann wrote:

> (From here in Los Angeles I've no idea who won the Zimbabwean
> presidency...

Why in the world don't you know?  The polling results were posted  
outside each station, they were added up, the results showing an  
absolute majority for the MDC, and nobody has produced an alternative  
summation.  And Mugabe's official counters have refused to release any  
results at all, which they surely would have done immediately were the  
results even one vote short of that absolute majority.  This is not  
merely equivalent to a plea of guilty, it is equivalent to a full and  
detailed confession. That Mugabe is preparing a fraudulent "runoff"  
imposed with massive weaponry sent by  Chinese Merchants of Death (to  
substitute a neutral phrase for the objectionable--to  
some--"imperialists") is obvious to the dockers at Capetown--why ever  
not in Los Angeles?

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to  
be called Zeus."

Herakleitos of Ephesos




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