Political Stupidity Juxtaposed

This past week has seen two political events/proposals that kind of represent how damned stupid politics generally gets. The first is Clinton/McCain's brilliant idea for a gas tax holiday for the summer ... why not just send everyone who votes for you $300? Why even bother to hide that there is any difference or that you are somehow not pandering? The second is in Africa (although it has a kind of "Florida hanging chad" ring to it). Does anyone think Robert Mugabe really didn't get his ass kicked by the opposition party in Zimbabwe? It has only taken him a month to appropriately "recount" the votes, begin a campaign of rampant violence against the opposition and begin the "electoral" push for a run-off. I wonder who's gonna win?