American liberals take much joy in smearing President Bush as “the worst” President in U.S. history, which is a dubious label considering that most of Bush’s critics couldn’t tell you jack about any American president prior to Ronald Reagan.
If only they were familiar with Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, the economically blind man who singlehandedly turned the “breadbasket” of Africa into an economic basketcase with a worthless currency and nothing to buy.
Reuters: Zimbabwe’s Mugabe hands out cars By MacDonald Dzirutwe
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, facing the toughest election battle of his 28 years in power, handed out hundreds of cars to doctors on Thursday in what opponents say is a vote buying campaign.
Mugabe’s opponents said the veteran leader was plotting to rig Saturday’s presidential election, in which he faces old rival Morgan Tsvangirai and ruling party defector Simba Makoni.
Both accuse Mugabe, 84, of wrecking what was once one Africa’s strongest economies and pauperizing its people.
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Mugabe has also handed out farm equipment and public buses in what critics say is an attempt to win political favor ahead of the vote in a country where many can no longer afford even basic needs and food and fuel are in short supply.
The health sector suffers a shortage of drugs and skilled workers because many have gone abroad in search of better pay.
Nurses and doctors have been on strike to demand more pay and all state workers were promised higher salaries by Mugabe during the campaign, but inflation of over 100,000 percent quickly makes pay rises meaningless.
Critics say Mugabe’s policies, particularly seizing white-owned farms to give to landless blacks, have led to ruin.
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