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VIDEO: The Elias phenomenon

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What began as a colorful Internet fluke has blossomed into a full-fledged political movement – one that Republicans and Democrats alike are reluctantly having to acknowledge… Watch below >>

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  7. “Vote” Elias for President of Ethiopia !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    “Vote” Elias for President of Ethiopia !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    “Vote” Elias for President of Ethiopia !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    “Vote” Elias for President of Ethiopia !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  12. Ha Ha nice one. On a serious note, the entire horn of Africa would have been a better place if you were the president, instead of Meles the gangster.

  14. Elias,I am totaly confused.Would you p/s explane me what is going on? What is all this thing is about.It is a total surprise looking your name in different places even in the back of a lady with a tatoo.

  15. wonderfull! Eli, I like that it nice to be funny but I am wondering how many hours u spend in yr computer lab. u better get of the computer and appear on public. u know what I dont like scary move,real dark and unknown president, b/c u never know who that unknown president might be,a ghost, devil from hell or Meles brother from Ethiopia.

  16. Elias, you mafia!!! you chelefit!!! shewedken aydel? gin eko yechalal, who says that presidency is only for specific groups of people. You can, there is a saying in Amharic “cher temegn cher endetagagne” ” sew yasebal Egziabeher yefetsemal”. Ayzoh Eli nefse, why don’t you give it a try in the next Ethiopian election? Anyway nice entertainment for the week end and a nice mix with politics.

  21. Dear Elias!

    i have a mixed felling for the posting , a positive and a negative one

    Positive:
    it was really funny and saw a sense of humor.i hope to fake/confuse some of your ” yewah ” visitors (e.g #14).

    Negative:

    i think you seem to be confused.you want to climb two trees at the same time though diffcult. it would be very good if you have a link for funny stuffs instead of mixing with ” Kum Neger” serious stuffs.

    Forget about to be a president of …..

  22. A new web site dedicated to personally attack Elias. Check it out:

    http://ethiopiantribune.blogspot.com/

    DUMB, DUMBER, AND DUMBEST: Burger Soldier Elias Kiflie of Ethiopian Review Marching to the War Front

    Remember the best movie played by the genius of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels in New Line Cinema’s Dumb and Dumber – 1994. As we all know it was a big hit in American Theaters and world wide regardless of its initial low rating reviews. The movie is hilarious. However, when few people like Elias Kifle play dumb in our national interest and future, it is rather painful.

    Sadly, with this writing, I ought to flash a personal attack against Elias Kifle as the stake he is destructing is very high. In advance I sincerely apologize to all my readers for all as disgusting face of personal attack may cause to them (as well know personal attack is destructive). A personal attack is committed when a person substitutes abusive remarks for evidence when attacking another person’s claim or claims. However, because it is hardly possible to isolate Elias’ idea from his childish, egocentric and less genius personality, my comment would definitely sound a personal attack on him.

    I also know reasoning in line with personal attack is fallacious because the attack is directed at the person making the claim and not the claim itself. However, when it comes to Elias, at least in my own admission, I found it hard to isolate his repugnant personality from his ideas. I did not mean to have closed eyes for the fact that the value of any claim is independent of the person making the claim. Of course, no matter how repugnant an individual might be, he or she can still make true claims, and I am not going to deny Elias was positing really valuable ideas as well.

    Elias might have thought he has been waging struggle against Woyanne, but the truth is he has been helping Meles Zenawi in total defiance of human rights, good governance and democracy.

    Believed to be Eritrean on his mother side like Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Elias Kifle is the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Washington DC-based Ethiopian Review, English/Amharic language Ethiopian journal that was launched in January 1991. The journal is currently available online at ethiopianreview.com. In 2007, Elias Kifle, along with a few other Ethiopian journal editors, had been charged by the Ethiopian government of treason and in absentia and were sentenced to life in prison.

    Some believed that he is an agent of Shabia. Actually, his disagreement with Meles Zenawi is on his difference towards Eritrea. Unlike Elias, Meles wants to protect Eritrean interest, at least for now, short of Esayas’s leadership of Eritrea. Meles, of course, is determined to rule Ethiopia with iron fist and promote Eritrea’s interest more than the country he is ruling. On the other hand, Elias is determined to promote Eritrea’s interest at the total cost of the destruction of Ethiopia. As long as it helps to rid Zenawi off of power, he is determined to help.

    For Example, we all know ONLF and OLF are for the disintegration of Ethiopia, and Elias is the staunch supporter of both fronts. We also know that in 1991, Esayas has promised himself that Ethiopia would eventually vanish as he gave the country and the people a 100 years destruction assignment. Elias told his readers/audiences, “Any one who doubts the significant role the Eritrean government can play in destroying Woyanne is either politically ignorant, or a closet Woyanne sympathizer, or does not fully comprehend the severity of the crisis our country is facing.” (Please see http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/2745 )

    Few consider him as “the most vocal critics of the current government of Ethiopia.” Truth to be told he does not hesitate to express his views about anything, though at times childish (Please see http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/2956 ), destructive, unbalanced, unethical journalist, speculative and at other times hitting right on the money. In the most part, weighing pros and cons of his reporting, truth or not, is not in his nature.

    Elias, knowingly and unknowingly, has been attacking all opposition elements.

    Elias has been accusing Berhanu Nega, Hailu Shawel, Mesfin Woldemraim, Berhane Mewa, EPPF fighters and others for all unverifiable and verifiable facts. In all these times, however, he has been praising OLF, ONLF, Lidetu and Shaebia. We may look the other way, but at what cost?

    (To be continued…)

  23. You’ve got my vote brother! The Horn needs some reasonable leadership – a leadership that cares about all the peoples in the region – and not a willing subservient for the mighty as we currently have in ayte meles chigaram!

  24. The blog itself proves that ER (aka Elias kifle’s website) is becoming an institution on its own. Elias Kifle, a life force in Ethiopian Diaspora politics. Any opposition that sticks its neck out has to deal with his highness. Congratulation my friend, you have arrived.

  26. I have no response for the nonsense of “jara”, because he is talking from paranoia: who else set up a web site dedicated for attacking Elias. You better use your TPLF money for some hungry family of yours, and i request Elias to do us a favour by exposing the famine in Ethiopia through your visiual media as you did in your “vote Elias Kifle” with back ground song of Tilahun Gesese” Wegoneche way way silu ,Semitefto Aleleku alu”, Alamudi and TPLF are having a time of thier lives while our beloved country is in misery.
    Go G7
    Regards

  27. Elias i hope i wll see you in ethio white house one day, you are the God father of all poor ethiopian, keep it up God with you, remenber Mandela after 27 years of dark prison life he lead his country so evrything is possible, good luck,Elias take some of mandela’s word to be freind with enemi is the best way to revenge the enemy.

  28. Elias, majority people support you, ignor them like weyane jara. you have to be happy, if weyane dislike you. Don’t expect from weyane.I saw ER the only one fighting weyane. I have queution for jara..jara what do you feel weyane kill you mom infront of you without any reason?

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