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Zimbabwe's ruling party backs Mugabe, 92, for 2018 election
Associated Press ^
| Dec 17, 2016 11:09 AM EST
| Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
Posted on 12/17/2016 4:52:03 PM PST by Olog-hai
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 in February, was endorsed on Saturday as the ruling partys candidate in a national election scheduled for 2018.
The ruling ZANU-PF party announced its support in the southeast town of Masvingo, where the partys youth wing even proposed that Mugabe should rule for life with broad powers.
Opposition groups have described such adulation as a sign that Mugabe and his loyalists are out of touch with the desperation of a nation that is suffering massive unemployment, cash shortages and company closures.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: communism; mugabe; zanupf; zimbabwe
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posted on
12/17/2016 4:52:03 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/17/2016 4:54:08 PM PST
by
Husker24
To: Husker24
After we build our wall a wall should be built around this insane country.
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posted on
12/17/2016 4:56:07 PM PST
by
mowowie
(Press 2 for Deportation)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/17/2016 4:56:56 PM PST
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: Olog-hai
Sieg Heil!
They might as well say it because that’s what it is.
Now, we’ve got this Obama dude that’s gonna need a new job come January 20.......
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posted on
12/17/2016 4:57:33 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
To: Husker24
He is now the oldest reigning “head of state” of a country and second longest serving (1980).
Queen Elizabeth is second oldest and longest serving head of state.
To: Olog-hai
But at least the isn’t the evil racist Ian Smith/ sarc.....
There was a joke going about amidst the starvation and inflation going on in his country several years ago (just like it is in Venezuela today).
Robert Mugabe had changed the name of the country to “Zim-Bob-Me”........
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posted on
12/17/2016 5:12:27 PM PST
by
Nextrush
(Freedom is everybody's business: Remember Pastor Niemoller)
To: Steven Scharf
When it was Rhodeisa it was doing great under British rule. Exporting farm goods and mining products. Then the leftists took over.
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posted on
12/17/2016 5:14:52 PM PST
by
stubernx98
(cranky, but reasonable)
To: Nextrush
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posted on
12/17/2016 5:28:29 PM PST
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
To: Olog-hai
4 years from now the Democrats will be dusting off Uncle Joe and Bernie for another go at it.
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posted on
12/17/2016 5:36:37 PM PST
by
LukeL
To: Olog-hai
He has to stay in power to become a quintillionaire again.
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posted on
12/17/2016 5:45:45 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(" T'was the witch of November come stealin' " And who could the stealing Witch of November be? Hmm?)
To: Olog-hai
It's clear that life-extending measures have been perfected for the uber-rich.
Soros may be YOUNG at 'only 86'.
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posted on
12/17/2016 5:47:46 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: Lazamataz
I was gonna ask if he and Soros have any flights or parties coming up together!
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posted on
12/17/2016 6:09:14 PM PST
by
GnuThere
To: Olog-hai
Maybe the opposition should ask ‘a youthful’ Hillary to run against Robert.
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posted on
12/17/2016 6:10:11 PM PST
by
ConservaTeen
(Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
To: Olog-hai
C’mon 2016. You can do one more.
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posted on
12/17/2016 6:46:00 PM PST
by
kallisti
(Both soliloquized alternately and imagined they were conversing)
To: Olog-hai
MZRA! (Make Zimbabwe Rhodesia Again)
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posted on
12/17/2016 6:50:26 PM PST
by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
of course they do... they are all getting rich without any of the danger of getting killed
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posted on
12/17/2016 9:34:22 PM PST
by
Chode
(You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
To: fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA
Prediction, Mugabe will be on the 2020 dem ticket.
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posted on
12/18/2016 8:18:27 PM PST
by
Impy
(Toni Preckwinkle for Ambassador to the Sun)
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