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South Africa: Democracy out, Marxists in
Whatâs black and white and RED all over? South Africa, of course.South Africans went to the polls Wednesday -- but the vote -- which continues to trickle in, may hand the ANC one party rule and be the beginning of the end for consitutional democracy. There is no doubt the ANC -- the African National Congress -- will win handlily and may surpass the 67 percent vote, giving their parliamentary majority the right to change the constitution at whim. The ANC, a long time Marxist group once clandestinely supported by the Soviet Union, has firmly consoldiated power and may win all nine of the countryâs provinces... According to the New York Times, as many as 18 million South Africans voted in the polls Wednesday to choose a new parliament and provincial legislatures. The final tally is not expected before Friday. The outcome, however is not in doubt, the Times reported, noting that pre-election polls forecast that the African National Congress could sweep as many as seven in 10 votes throughout South Africa, potentially exceeding the record 66 percent the party won in 1999. The A.N.C. has ruled South Africa since its first democratic leader, Nelson Mandela, led the party to victory in 1994. Nice sentence structure there. See how they hijack the term "democratic leader" and try to attach it to Mandela? Reading that sentence one time, it seems as if Mandela is "democratic", yet reading it a second time reveals that Mandela led the ANC party to power! Q: How can he be a "democratic leader" and a Marxist at the same time? A: He canât. Newsmax is usually better than this. President Thabo Mbeki is moving the country away from democracy -- and critics say he is following in the footisteps (sic) of neighboring Zimbabwe where President Robert Mugabe has used the democratic process to establish one party rule and a dictatorship. Last week, Mr. Mbeki ridiculed "the fictional threat of a one-party state," calling it the creation of a white minority whose survival depends on ginning up opposition to what he called the A.N.C.âs multiracial coalition. As usual, an accusation of racism is used to deflect the real issue here. South Africa is voting themselves into communism. Let them discover that the evils of apartheid pale in comparison to what they can expect from the communists. Posted by: Unmutual 2004-04-15 |
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