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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Mugabe slams 'stupid' Bush |
| 2008-12-24 |
| Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday dismissed US calls for him to quit as "stupid", saying they represented "the last kicks of dying horse" as George W Bush prepares to leave the White House. "Only two days ago, the American administration declared that they are no longer accepting the process of an inclusive government. The inclusive government does not include Mr Bush and his administration," Mugabe told supporters at a burial of a party faithful. "Let him keep his comments to himself. They are undeserved, irrelevant, quite stupid and foolish," he said. Mugabe's comments came two days after the US assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, said the Bush administration had lost confidence in the power-sharing pact between Mugabe and the opposition. "These are the last kicks of a dying horse. We obviously are not going to pay attention to a sunset administration. Zimbabwe's fate lies in the hands of Zimbabweans." "Warmongers, African leaders are not foolish" and "Respect Zimbabwe's right to self-determination" were among banners displayed at the burial. Earlier on Tuesday, state-run The Herald quoted Mugabe's spokesman George Charamba as criticising the Bush government's declaration of a loss of confidence in Mugabe as a "diplomatic flute". The top United States envoy for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, said on Sunday in Pretoria that Zimbabwe's September power-sharing deal could not work with Mugabe as president. "We have lost confidence in the power-sharing deal being a success with Mugabe in power. He has lost touch with reality," she said. Mugabe is "completely discredited" and southern African leaders want to know "how do they facilitate a return to democracy without creating a backlash like a military coup or some sort of civil war," she said. The newspaper quoted Mugabe as describing Frazer as a "little girl" who was out of touch with reality in Zimbabwe and the rest of the world. "She thinks that Africans are idiots, little kids who cannot think for themselves," Mugabe, 84, was quoted as saying last week in Bindura while opening his ruling ZANU-PF national conference. Harare also threw verbal rocks at the British government, which has called on Mugabe to go. Charamba said that Gordon Brown's administration was also on its way out in Britain and that the prime minister was trying to gain relevance back home through "posturing" on Zimbabwe, the newspaper said. France has also called for Mugabe to quit the office he has occupied since 1980 when Zimbabwe attained independence from Britain. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 84?! Obviously he hasn't been drinking shitty water. |
| Posted by: Last Breath Farm Resident 2008-12-24 16:13 |
| #9 Bush also does not look like gorilla which actually of kinder disposition anytime than Blardy Bob. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2008-12-24 15:24 |
| #8 Bush gets to retire with a secure pension, health benefits and nobody trying to kill him. He'll be forgotten in a year or so unless he chooses foolishly like jimmuh carter to draw attention to himself. He'll be able to sleep at night. The problem with guys like Mugabe choosing dictatorship as a career is the retirement plan sucks. If he ever gave up power there would be thousands of people attempting to recover the money he stole or to avenge their relatives whom he killed. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2008-12-24 14:31 |
| #7 There sure ain't no cholera in Texas.... |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-12-24 14:13 |
| #6 C'mon, Glenmore, if anyone could recognize "stupid", it would have to be Maximum Bob. ;) |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2008-12-24 12:15 |
| #5 BUSH is stupid? This guy makes Bush look like an Einstein! |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-12-24 10:46 |
| #4 He has lost touch with reality," she said. Athankayou, athankyou, athankyou. (tapping palm briskly with conductors baton) The lovely Jendayi folks. Isn't she just lovely, talented, and OBSERVANT? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-12-24 08:52 |
| #3 Someone put a bullet in him for the love of Zimbabwe. 1000 metre headshot would be perfect . |
| Posted by: Snailing Brown5984 2008-12-24 08:46 |
| #2 I wazza fearing it wasrn article about Grace |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-12-24 08:28 |
| #1 Zimbabwe's fate lies in the hands of Zimbabweans. True enough. If only they could get your boot off of their face. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-12-24 00:34 |