CNN’s list of the 2008 top 10 U.S. political turkeys gave us an idea to prepare our own list of Ethiopian political turkeys.
10. Beyene Petros – has always been a turkey, not just this year.
9. Lidetu Ayalew – just look at him on tv sitting inside the fake parliament.
8. Ato Gebremedhin (Aba Paulos) – Beyonce did not keep her promise to come back and visit him.
7. Mesfin Woldemariam – tells Ethiopians not to call the fascist Woyanne regime an “enemy.” It is like telling a rape victim not to call her attacker a “rapist.” That is how twisted his logic is.
6. Seye Abraha – the hero welcome he expected did not materialize.
5. Abraha Belai – exposed himself to be less tribalist than Woyanne only by a small degree.
4. Azeb Mesfin – still claims that she is poor after having looted Ethiopia’s treasury for the past 18 years (ye chigaram neger).
3. Al Amoudi – it turns out he is a fake billionaire who cannot even pay off a few million dollars debt.
2. Meles Zenawi – got his butt kicked out of Somalia by 3,000 ragtag rebels.
1. Birtukan Mideksa – falls from the most popular Ethiopian politicians to an irrelevant political figure in a matter of 6 months.