Mogae's quotable quotes

An American scholar once remarked that when it comes to "presidential timber", it is painfully obvious that presidents do not all come from the same trees. Some are carved from redwoods, others from sturdy oaks, and then there are those whose origins may well have been milkweeds or hydrangea bushes.

Every president shows his roots through his blunders. Where would you place Botswana's outgoing President Mogae? In his 10 years in office Mogae has led an administration of blunders and mistakes that attracted political spectre and glee. You may agree or disagree on which blunder deserves the top spot but Mogae's political memoirs would have to be re-written if the following were left out:

1) In his second year as head of state in 1999, Mogae issued a writ of elections before a supplementary voter's roll had been published and certified. This left 60, 000 potential voters bewildered and caused widespread fears of electoral fraud until he declared a state of emergency to cool the electoral fiasco.

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