14 March 2008

Just let him go...

So he can find the "really corrupt" politicians... Asif Ali Zardari trots out the O.J. defense...
Zardari, however, is also viewed as a troubling figure by many Pakistanis.

During the Benazir Bhutto era, he earned the nickname of "Mr. Ten Percent" for allegedly taking kickbacks during an administration in the 1990's that nearly bankrupted the country.
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RELATED: He's just had Tutu much
-- JOHANNESBURG -- One of the most venerated people in South Africa launched a blistering attack on the country's current leaders yesterday, calling them corrupt, arrogant and deeply estranged from those they govern.

And he said all this with the only two people who rival him in public esteem at his side.
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