Cambridge, Massachusetts)-- Last night during a star-studded ceremony
at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Senator Ted
Kennedy, brother of the late President John F. Kennedy, presented this
year’s “Profiles in Courage” Award to Zimbabwe’s
President-for-Life Robert Mugabe.
The
award, named after the book that was ghostwritten by a Harvard
professor that President Kennedy claim to have written, is awarded
each year to a political figure who “defies public opinion in order to
follow his or her conscience.” In the award citation, the judges of
the prize stated that “President Mugabe’s deliberate policy of
starving the citizens of Zimbabwe and terrorizing them with murder and
rape squads in the face of opposition showed real courage and
determination, and is furthermore a heroic stance to assure the
primacy of Zimbabwe’s sovereignty against the arbitrary ‘humanitarian’
concerns of post-colonial powers.”
President Mugabe warmly embraced Senator Kennedy and told the highly
appreciative audience that Senator Kennedy had been an inspiration to
him as a young freedom fighter in what was then called Rhodesia.
“I
can’t tell you how much Senator Kennedy’s performance during the
Chappaquiddock incident inspired me,” said President Mugabe. “The
arrogance, the unconcern for basic human rights, the desire to cover
up a terrible crime—now here was a man who truly knew what the word
‘courageous’ meant.”
In
related news, five-time “Profiles in Courage” Award winner Fidel
Castro congratulated Robert Mugabe during a seven-hour speech to the
Cuban Politburo this morning. Castro said that Mugabe was the
strongest finalist in the race since Pol Pot blew away all the
competition in 1975.
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