Slog - Comments on The Other Election http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_other_election_4 Ancient is the problem with being the messenger: A senior Zanu-PF source has told a BBC contributor that security officials met on Sunday to decide who should tell Mr Mugabe he had lost, with some refusing to take the job. The ruling party of Zimbabwe desperately needs a messenger, but none close to the party's leader, Mugabe, wants the role because good things never happen to the one who brings bad news to the king.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:53:05 -0800 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:03:12 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gitai C'mon, Chuck, do you really think he'll give up power? I mean, he lost last time too, but this time, he had the foresight to print up more than three million extra ballots. Maybe he'll acknowledge an electoral defeat, but won't that just push him from being an ostensibly democratic authoritarian to a blatantly autocratic authoritarian relying on nothing more than his control of guns to steady his power? Really, aren't we looking at Algeria all over again?

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_other_election_4#c986058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_other_election_4#c986058 2008 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:06:03 -0800 Comment by Andrew Nothing says "despot" like olive green with baby blue socks! That is classy!!!

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_other_election_4#c986065 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_other_election_4#c986065 2008 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:20:45 -0800 Comment by tsm Uh oh.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_other_election_4#c986075 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_other_election_4#c986075 2008 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:29:33 -0800 Comment by ecce homo Why is Africa such a shithole?

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_other_election_4#c986133 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_other_election_4#c986133 2008 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:22:08 -0800 Comment by midwaypete I heard he was waiting for the votes from Florida and Michigan to be counted.

]]> midwaypete http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_other_election_4#c986765 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_other_election_4#c986765 2008 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:03:12 -0800