Talk about a case of the pot calling the kettle black!

The US has informed Zimbabwe that their elections were unfair!

Among my favourite of the US's observations regarding this unjust election:

• "recognise the legitimacy of the opposition and abandon policies designed to repress, crush and otherwise stifle expressions of differences in Zimbabwe"
• "Although the campaign and election day itself were generally peaceful, the election process was not free and fair," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
• "The electoral playing field was heavily tilted in the government's favour," Condoleezza Rice
• Rice said that more than 10 per cent of would-be voters were turned away at polling stations, and a disproportionately higher ratio of these were turned away in the districts most hotly contested by the government and the opposition.

Does anyone remember something like this happening in the US in 2000 and again in 2004?

From the Sydney Morning Herald

US to Zimbabwe: your elections are unjust
April 2, 2005

The United States said today the Zimbabwe election process was neither free nor fair and called on the government to "recognise the legitimacy of the opposition and abandon policies designed to repress, crush and otherwise stifle expressions of differences in Zimbabwe".
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party won parliamentary elections today, tightening his grip on power, but the opposition said it had been cheated for the third time in five years.
"Although the campaign and election day itself were generally peaceful, the election process was not free and fair," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a written statement.
"Results are still coming in, but it is already clear that many Zimbabweans have rejected the government's failed policies and are calling for change," she added. "We hope the government will hear and respect these voices."
After a day that began with early successes for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, ZANU-PF racked up huge returns from rural areas and looked set to grab a two-thirds majority in parliament.
"The electoral playing field was heavily tilted in the government's favour," Rice said.
"The independent press was muzzled; freedom of assembly was constrained; food was used as a weapon to sway hungry voters; and millions of Zimbabweans who have been forced by the nation's economic collapse to emigrate were disenfranchised," she added.
Rice said that more than 10 per cent of would-be voters were turned away at polling stations, and a disproportionately higher ratio of these were turned away in the districts most hotly contested by the government and the opposition.
"The United States calls on the Government of Zimbabwe to recognise the legitimacy of the opposition and abandon policies designed to repress, crush and otherwise stifle expressions of differences in Zimbabwe," she said.
"Zimbabwe's leaders have a responsibility to address the political and economic problems that have wrecked what only a few years ago was one of Africa's success stories," she added.
"By restoring democratic institutions and respecting the wishes of its people, Zimbabwe can retake its place as an honorable member of the world community."

Reuters