Why cant we just have a debate and actually hear about the issues? have both running parties up there thinking on their feet. since they do so much debating in the news paper, they should surely be able to do it in person! With it being an actual debate between them, surely race or other petty nonsense that we hear in the papers wont be brought up… if we actually had a proper electoral process instead of the circus we have now, we’d actually make informed decisions!

I take this time to congratulate the PLP on their 2012 General Election victory.

I’ve received the results hereunder by special delivery.

The following winners are: Dame Jennifer Smith – St. George’s North, Const. #1; John Gibbons – St. George’s West, Const. #2; Lovitta Foggo – St. David’s Const. #3; Derrick Burgess – Hamilton East, Const. #5; Wayne Furbert – Hamilton West, Const. #6; Diallo Rabain – Hamilton South, Const. #7; Wayne Perinchief – Smith’s South, Const. #8; Patrice Minors – Smith’s North, Const. #10; Neville Tyrrell – Devonshire East, Const. #11; Glenn Blakeney – Devonshire North, Const. #13; Premier Paula Cox – Devonshire North West, Const. #14; Walter Roban – Pembroke East, Const. #15; Michael Weeks – Pembroke East Central, Const. #16; Walton Brown – Pembroke Central, Const. #17; David Burt – Pembroke West Central, Const. #18; Vincent Ingham – Pembroke West, Const. #19; Marcus Jones – Pembroke South West, Const. #20; Rolfe Commissiong – Pembroke South East, Const. #21; Darius Tucker – Paget West, Const. #23; Lawrence Scott – Warwick South East, Const. #24; Dale Butler – Warwick North East, Const. #25; Marc Bean – Warwick South Central, Const. #26; David Burch – Warwick North Central, Const. #27; Jonathan Smith – Warwick West, Const. #28; Zane DeSilva – Southampton East, Const. #29; Stephen Todd – Southampton East Central, Const. #30; Scott Simmons – Southampton West Central, Const. #31; K.H. Randolph Horton – Southampton West, Const. #32; Terry Lister – Sandys South, Const. #33; Kim Wilson – Sandys South, Const. #34; Dennis Lister – Sandys North Central, Const. #35; Michael Scott – Sandys North, Const. #36.

Now relax and enjoy the ride or vamoose!

“Yes – They pick and choose whats vile – well I am not posting anonymously – PLP – I find how you govern us to be vile and distateful – do a better job and EARN respect – I owe you nothing and you wont get my respect until you do your jobs and act like a government and put more ethical individuals of a higher caliber in. I am tired of being asked to accept lesser than we deserve from a government.”

It is ridiculous to tar every member of the OBA with being racist, when in truth the very opposite is the case. Last time I checked, the Leader and Deputy Leader of the OBA were both black as are many of their members and prospective candidates. I think it’s fair to say that the OBA is far more racially mixed than the PLP, but of course we’ll hear that those blacks in the OBA are merely window dressing and do not hold positions of real power.

Exactly the same attacks were made against the UBP for decades (ironically the only two MP’s still in the UBP are both black). I recall the time when those with black skin who joined the UBP were constantly insulted by the PLP and labelled as Uncle Tom’s who would never have any real say in running the country. Mmmm. The UBP appointed ET Richards as Premier, Dr. Clarence James as Finance Minister, Jim Woolridge as the best ever Minister of Tourism, Sir John Swan as Minister of Immigration before being chosen as our longest serving Premier, not to mention the likes of Stan Ratteray, Lenny Swan, Quinton Edness, Pamela Gordon (daughter of the founder of the BIU) – and so on.

What we need in our country as this critical time is the best possible team from both of the predominant races and the selection process should be based on ability rather than skin colour. I for one will be looking to see which of our two parties best meets this criteria.

Pastor Hayward, you have my respect, I’ve never met you but if your personality matches the words you type I believe you’re a genuinly good person. I’ve never seen you disrespect anyone on here not even the ones that personally attack you. There should be more people like you and maybe that’s what they see as such a threat. Imagine if your unbias mentality was contageous, that would mean a serious threat to any leadership we may have.

@timeshavechanged
Yes however that does not excuse the behavior, the office must be respected but the person holding office must be respected as well especially when they are of honorable character. Social sites like bermudamemes on facebook have made an avenue for their hatred to come out for the present government and that was fueled by Mr Cannonier and the OBA and these are his supporters, show me where PLP supporters do that?

@Bermy Ting

When you have a person that is of your own race making derogatory remarks about a person who is of Honorable Character and of the same race, be it through pictures or words and that defamation of character is pushed out to the larger population then the ones who started it is racist bigot. It doesn’t matter that they are black, they are ignorant blacks plain and simple. The creators of Bermuda memes is ignorant to the fact that they do more evil than they do good. After what black people as a race went through, these idiots pick up the tools of racism and use picture language to poke fun of a person of honorable character. They are a bigoted as well because all of their so called humor when it comes to politics is directed at the PLP.
Not to mention they have taken cartoon pics of white faces and pasted it on black faces, these pics are shown as people masturbating, and making stupid faces, if they are truly educated then why would they take the road of ignorance and teach ignorance rather than educate people?
Poking fun of people with mental disabilities and posting their faces on the social network with out even asking their permission, is an even greater form of disrespect.
So being black does not excuse you from being a racist bigot or an uncle tom

@pastor Hayward..
Debt creates wealth , if you have a full understanding of economics then this is a concept that you should be very familiar with, also who do you know that is best for the position of finance minister other than Ms Cox??? And how has she failed to put the interest of the country before the interest of party members and supporters??

@paulaselfimportance
Name the other finance minister from the ubp that has been degraded in an undignified manner and show proof

On top of that maybe it will persuade actual PLP candidates (never see an OBA candidate act in the same disgusting manner) to cease creating nasty cartoons of the Opposition depicting white members as evildoers in the background pulling the strings of what they view as “black puppets” (and Mr. Famous has the nerve to argue the PLP has never attempted to divide the black vote) that are too dumb to be known that somehow they are being used. Maybe, just maybe it will stop the same “rising star” from creating cartoons depicting Opposition women as nothing but bimbos that have no idea where they are and what they are doing. Or perhaps it will prevent from another one of their “rising stars” from embarking on a what appears to be a drunken (one can hope he wasn’t sober) tirade against an individual simply because they were white and not part of the PLP. Lets not even get into the downright nasty verbiage that has been spewed from the likes of Laverne Furbert, Betty Trump, numerous Bernews posters, Col. Burch, John Gibbons, Derrick Burgess, Ewart Brown, Walter Roban, Marc Bean, Rolfe Commissiong et al. towards any that dare to oppose the divine PLP.

But I know I am wishing upon a star as they this despicable behaviour will never be condemned by the PLP as they feel that such speak is justifiable and commendable. And then they whinge about why no other demographic rushes to join their ranks.

You reap what you sow.

But either way Mr Cannonier I commend you for speaking out and showing us the true differences between the two Parties.

One condemns and the other commends such behaviour.

@ Mr. Cannonnier: Good for you for suggesting that OBA supporters take the high road and not sink to the level of some non-OBA supporters. For the most part, I have tried to keep my commentary confined to criticisms of behaviours that negatively impact Bermuda and Bermudians. I will work harder to maintain that, but it sometimes becomes difficult.

They more then anyone should be aware that they will have NO respect if they inturn do not respect the people of Bermuda even if its their opposition.

So NO Craig I do not agree with this I have felt absolutely NO respect from Paula cox or the PLP for last 14 years

To both sides, as you act all selfrighteous and secrete verbal poop from your mouths and finger tips, do not get angry when todays youth behave in the same way rude way that you are.

Many people, including myself, lost respect for Madame Cox when she failed to rein in the profligate spending of the former Premier. The level of respect dropped even further when she became Premier and retained the Minister of Finance position and continued to widen the gap between revenue and expenditure. There have been enough further instances when she has failed to put the interests of the country, in particular the underserved of the country, before the interests of party, party supporters, retention of power and retention of income, for many to have become disgusted with her performance. Despite all these international awards, it seems even members of her own party don’t respect her, much less the rest of the country.

Wait 4 it says:
November 7, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Ok pinky from a party that changed it’s name just for the sake of trying to get black votes. Now who’s the real fraud. Y U Mad LOL?

Wait 4 it says:
November 7, 2012 at 8:09 pm
Talking about mommy and daddy like black people get the hell off that. Mommy told you be good to the black girl, for what reason may I ask? Forget it pinky we both know the real reason. Keep fronting the blacks in black areas, know ones buying the milk anymore.

That’s the mentality of the plp voterbase and I’m supposed to be respectful? Luckily I was at least brought up right and don’t need to stoop to that level.

The abysmal failure of the PLP has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with a group of inept people who have no management skills.

Because someone criticizes the PLP and this Government does not make them all racists or indeed OBA supporters. In not challenging these we allow this vile political tactic to be perpetuated to the detriment of us all!