Comments on: Live Blogging: Warwick By-Election [PLP Win]

By: Watching

Watching — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:32:24 +0000

I feel the exact same about him as well. Useless and used race as an excuse. He was spotting off at the mouth trying to win an election when he was opposition leader and now he joins! Seriously, give me a break.

By: Tired of nonsense

Tired of nonsense — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:31:14 +0000

How do you feel about Wayne Furbert, the previous UBP lifer who was once the head of the UBP, representing the PLP nowadays?

By: LOL

LOL — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:34:17 +0000

The majority didn’t bother to show up. Oh you mean the majority of the 40% that thought any of the candidates were worth the time? Yeah…ok. Congrats MP Bean, 310 out of 1000 people think you’re the man. Bravo.

By: LOL

LOL — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:29:32 +0000

Yawn is about the right response at this point. I’ve given myself too many headaches trying to care about the direction this island is headed. I am at the ‘don’t give a damn anymore’ stage.

By: UncleElvis

UncleElvis — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:59:44 +0000

With less than half of the voters showing up, there’s an argument that the majority of the voters of the constituency DID decide and didn’t find ANY of them viable.

Personally, I’d prefer a spoiled ballot to an abstention, as it’s recordable, but…

By: Watching

Watching — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:40:12 +0000

Congratulations to the Hon. Marc Bean. You work hard and deserve this appointment. You will represent your constituents well.

Let this be a lesson to the smug BDA party MP’s currently sitting in the house under false pretense. Their arrogance and presumption that they will be re elected at the next General Election blinds them. The only credit that I give them is that they broke away but how can anyone take you seriously after changing your beliefs suddenly after so many years with the UBP.

Congrats to Devrae for trying and for having the courage to accept responsibility for the conviction of drugs. Get well.

By: David E. Chapman

David E. Chapman — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:19:52 +0000

Again, there you go…Blind follower? Of what? You got all that from me questioning your statements….irrational statements and inaccurate conclusion.

As to the people of Warwick, the results are in and the majority expressed their views…by a clear margin. Explain that away…I am not biased, just stating the real facts based on evidence.

By: Yawn

Yawn — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:17:15 +0000

What did I say? Not even sure why Mr T and Richards even canvassed, Bean and the PLP had this wrapped months ago. Voters are morons

By: Onionseed

Onionseed — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:11:11 +0000

Of course it’s my personal opinion — but it’s an opinion based on fact. Unlike you, I am not a blind follower — my party, right or wrong. With less than 50 percent of the electorate turning up to vote today, obviously the people of Warwick weren’t wildly enthusiastic about their choice of candidates, either!

By: David E. Chapman

David E. Chapman — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:00:59 +0000

Onionseed,

What qualifies you to make these statements: “Marc Bean likes to pretend he was tight with Dr. Brown”?
And if he is not “someone who is realistically qualified to fill the former Premier’s seat”, isn’t that for the voters of the constituency to decide? As they have…

I guess the voter’s in Warwick all are missing something that you are not…or are you just making baseless assumptions based on a biased personal opinion….

By: Onionseed

Onionseed — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:46:02 +0000

Excellent! Thanks for being first with the first count figures, Bernews. What we’ve come to expect of you … No real surprises so far.

By: Onionseed

Onionseed — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:31:57 +0000

I’m not sure any of the parties are fielding credible candidates. Marc Bean likes to pretend he was tight with Dr. Brown — but those in the know see him as a shallow “Brown Noser” rather than as someone who is realistically qualified to fill the former Premier’s seat. He lacks the passion, the commitment and the intellect as far as I am concerned. As for Sylvan Richards, I like the guy and I’d probably buy insurance from him. But am I prepared to buy a new political party that maybe too closely resembles the old one it split away from? I dunno. And neither, I suspect, do the voters in Warwick.

By: Yawn

Yawn — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:26:31 +0000

Voters will choose the same old people that got us in this mess to begin with. I can’t say it helped that the UBP brought out a candidate that isnt even close to being credible.