Using Zimbabwenomics to Win Elections

by Johnny Debacle

Mugabe's opposition's wife is wearing a dress that just has her husband's name written all over it. Long her.Zimbabwenomics is mainly a field of economic study, but that doesn’t meant its guiding principles can’t be pragmatically applied to create solutions for any problem (note: if there is no problem, Zimbabwenomics can utilized in creating one). Robert Mugabe was facing a difficult re-election as president of Zimbabwe in the elections earlier this year, one that had seen tension, vitriol and internecine tribal conflict on a scale almost matching that of the US Democratic Primaries. But Mugabe understood a fundamental concept that his opposition and international haters failed to grasp, namely the inherent advantageous position that a Zimbabwenomic analysis of his candidacy revealed.

Under normal political analysis, there are two result paths from an election, only one of which is victory:

  1. Win the election
  2. Lose the election

From a Zimbabwenomic perspective, there are also two result paths from an election, the difference being that BOTH lead to victory:

  1. Win the election
  2. Lose the election, but actually win the election, because your opponent pulls out

Recommendation: Readers familiar with Zimbabwenomics knew from the outset of the elections that Mugabe retaining his position was a fait d’accompli. Long the Pullout Method of Dictatorship Retention.

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POSTED: 06/23/08 9:34 AM
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  1. KS
    June 23rd, 2008 | 10:38 am

    Make it a pair trade – short the Pullout Method of Pregnancy Prevention.

  2. Mr Juggles
    June 23rd, 2008 | 11:04 am

    Why would we short something that not only works well, but that we use in our day to day life? Between the PO and rhythm methods, I have been free from child support for 30 years.

  3. american bandersnatch
    June 23rd, 2008 | 1:39 pm

    Mugabe’s opponent’s wife’s shirt is nothing. I have this spectacular shirt from Gabon, the fabric of which shows the Nation’s flag, the president’s face, his name and political slogan. It is so ugly that it is in fact beautiful. It puts the relatively understated Obama shirts I see to shame.

  4. JoeJim
    June 23rd, 2008 | 1:45 pm

    I dunno I use citigroup in my day to day life and have been massively short citigroup the last two year and have noticed no ill effects other than those brought on by using citigroup in my day to day life.

  5. Ivan
    June 23rd, 2008 | 4:21 pm

    Why should I care what happens in these crap countries?

  6. forestal
    June 23rd, 2008 | 4:28 pm

    Agreed … long dope countries, short crap countries.

  7. pirate vs squid
    June 24th, 2008 | 8:28 am

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/24/pirates.somalia/index.html

    score one for the pirates

  8. Rich
    June 24th, 2008 | 8:22 pm

    The item below is from Fullermoney. The Zimbabwe govt. is trying to improve the math skills of the population.-

    Went to the supermarket yesterday and filled a trolley. The bill came to $1.2 trillion, for which I had to write 3 cheques as we are only allowed to write cheques up to $500bn!!

    “I was in Zimbabwe last May. Whilst there I bought a Chinese take-away for 3 people. It cost me a million bucks. About £8 at the time. When ##### was in the UK two weeks ago, he gave me a $50,000,000 bill, valued at the time at £0.10!

    “Written of the face of that bill is the following. “Fifty Million Dollars on or before 30th June 2008 for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. Issue date 2nd April 2008. BEARER CHEQUE.