Comments on: PLP: Dawn Simmons To Run In Paget

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Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:02:05 +0000

[...] husband. We ask Bermudians to stand strong with us,” concluded Ms. Simmons.Dawn Simmons is the PLP candidate for Constituency #22 Paget East, and she will challenge the incumbent Dr Grant Gibbons.Related [...]

By: Liars!

Liars! — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:27:57 +0000

i don’t have a racist bone in my body but l hate the pee l pee because they are all about taking…take, take , take because they think they are owed it….HAHA!

You people need to do less talking and more WORK over at the pee L pee headquarters….and ALL the government workers too, lazy Bas&ards.

BIU/pee L pee Party….yee haaa, we are black…woo hoo we have the check book, wee wee lets book a whole bunch of first class tickets away to dumb seminars that mean nothing to our country, yee yaaa, lets stick it too the white man………

By: Liars!

Liars! — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:21:14 +0000

@WHITE gIRL….UMM SO NOW YOUR WORKING WITH c22 AND YOU FEEL IT IS YOUR JOB NOW TO COME IN HERE AND TALK UP THE s__t pee L pee GOVERNMENT!!!

hahajaHAHAJA who’s being used now!?

By: LOL (original TM*)

LOL (original TM*) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:08:54 +0000

Pathetic truly pathetic you know what I have said in the past in correct. I know you wish you were a PLP Minister but it isn’t going to happen in this or any life time mate. Mr. Starling is in this thread too I believe you called him a liar last time we spoke ie RG article. Yes I did try out the PLP that’s what PM was for me a try out to see if the group I was trying out would be a fit. It wasn’t for reasons previously stated. I stand by what I have said.

LOL cause I have a good laugh at the PLP PR (political robots) spin everything. Divisive what did you think about Christopher Wentworth’s PLP’s press secretary that stated all white people have a genetic predisposition towards the PLP. (I assume that you can see the irony if what you say is true about white members of the PLP which I argue you can count on your hands one time around).

By: Think About It

Think About It — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:44:08 +0000

@white girl- How was I being rude. Don’t be like the PLP, explain yourself. How have you come to the conclusion that I have been rude?

By: Think About It

Think About It — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:42:10 +0000

@Rhonda- You don’t hate me. You hate that your name is Rhonda, and that you’re not as smart as the people who don’t support the PLP.

I’ve said nothing to you or anyone hear that would warrant you to hate me. Grow the hell up

By: Makai Dickerson

Makai Dickerson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:14:06 +0000

@ LOL original No she is not Dawn, and yes she is a white women who actually is an active member of the PLP. She’s not just pretending to have “tried it out” like somebody I know. I really don’t see your point mentioning her age and saying that’s “hardly a girl”. Its her pin name she can call herself whatever she wants, as you do. LOL hardly describes you, but its your pin name right? Also I can’t understand why you can’t accept the fact the that PLP has white members who are comfortable in the party. Why are you digging and trying to be divisive?

By: LOL (original TM*)

LOL (original TM*) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:08:23 +0000

At the very least openly has been about “all” Bermudains of any race. For a start.

LOL

By: LOL (original TM*)

LOL (original TM*) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:01:32 +0000

I meant is a shinning beacon of trust and integrity……….

LOL

By: LOL (original TM*)

LOL (original TM*) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:42 +0000

Are you Dawn? Your name says white girl? Confused If you are a white lady at 44 your hardly a girl what did you think about the Christopher Wentworth forgive me if I have his name worng to me he’s the all white people have a pre determined genetic bais against the PLP? He is/was the PLP press secritary at the time of the comment was he not which means he speaks for the party correct. Either way someone in the PLP is lying……………………

LOL

By: PLP ALL THE WAY

PLP ALL THE WAY — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:18:25 +0000

Congratulations to Ms. Dawn Simmons for being selected as the PLP Candidate to represent Constituency # 22 in the next General Election.

I wish you every success in your bid to represent the Constituents of # 22.

Blessings…

By: LOL (original TM*)

LOL (original TM*) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:26 +0000

Starling for a billion dollar buget I really don’t see a reason that the up keep of the constituency before and after the election should be a problem. Guess thats how much they care for their fellow country men and weman in constituencies that may be anti-plp. “if the PLP were to actually devote resources to the area there is a chance of narrowing the gap and developing a foothold for the long-term.” And that is really the point isn’t it.

LOL

By: White Girl

White Girl — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:15:44 +0000

Nope —

By: star man

star man — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:57:03 +0000

In that case she’s not a very good ‘fit’ for PLP/BIU Party.

By: star man

star man — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:54:21 +0000

“Paula Cox should be ashamed of herself allowing this horrible man to be a part of her government.”

It’s really not her call anymore. She has lost most of her power. The Central Committee core haters are supporting Birch and Burgess because those two better represent the CC’s ideals. They could care less about you and me.

I also understand that the BIU is making decisions for the PLP. So it really IS the PLP/BIU Party now.

By: star man

star man — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:48:13 +0000

Somebody’s gotta talk smack!

By: J Starling

J Starling — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:11:47 +0000

It is unlikely she will win, the area being a VERY secure anti-PLP stronghold. However, if the PLP were to actually devote resources to the area there is a chance of narrowing the gap and developing a foothold for the long-term. It may take a couple more elections, but still. Understandably the Party will want to commit resources to more ‘winnable’ seats, but if they’re going to run a candidate there they should at least do the best job they can, meaning provide enough ‘boots on the ground’ to adequately cover the constituency.

By: Mad Dawg

Mad Dawg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:54:34 +0000

So why the brush-off of the reporter, who asked a perfectly reasonable question, if she’s so great as a candidate? She couldn’t handle it, that’s why.

By: Mad Dawg

Mad Dawg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:52:54 +0000

Perhaps the Ewart Brown phrase of ‘testicular fortitude’ might be one you like better.

By: Rick Rock

Rick Rock — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:55:53 +0000

Is Mr 17 your name because that’s your IQ, or your age?

By: Dick Whitman

Dick Whitman — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:05:02 +0000

By: Mr.17

Mr.17 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:43:17 +0000

Mad Dawg she answered 5 questions from Charles Webbe and the other Reporter the Premier answered ONE she handled herself well and is new in the political arena with time she will mature… on the other hand you sit on you A** all day and have nothing better to do then to mislead and lash others get up off your computer and make something of yourself

By: Rockfish#1

Rockfish#1 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:02:55 +0000

Maybe Cox should run in 22!

By: white girl

white girl — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:33:26 +0000

I hope that you don’t slam the door on us when we come by your home. Open mind – open heart, no?? So tell me, what has the OBA done for you???

By: white girl

white girl — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:05 +0000

Balls? Really…

By: white girl

white girl — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:27:30 +0000

It’s great having people like you in the community @Think about it – it makes the rest of us look good. No need to be rude – smh

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:54:53 +0000

@ Think About It …I hate you and people like you…

By: Pastor Syl

Pastor Syl — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:52:22 +0000

@ Rocky Skink Too: You are talking about the whole island! Bermuda needs a change.
@ Ms. Simmons: I wish you all the best, but that’s the same area they used to run my Mom – some reward for a party stalwart, an area where the likelihood of getting voted in is slim to non-existent. And, loyal party supporter that she was, she agreed so they could run a full slate, and she campaigned (and I campaigned with her) and had many doors slammed in her face. I hope your experience is better. I think the people are less rude and less out-right racist, but your party has not endeared itself to voters in that area, or in many other areas. Sad really, we had such high hopes in 1998.

By: rocky skink 2

rocky skink 2 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:10:02 +0000

I’d be very nervous myself running for the PLP in C22. There’s alotta pit bulls in the neighbourhood

By: Mad Dawg

Mad Dawg — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:48:07 +0000

Please, please don’t mix me up with Maddog. Our names are similar but that’s where it ends.

By: Mad Dawg

Mad Dawg — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:46:38 +0000

She was completely out of her depth. Looked terrified and unable to speak properly. And then the Premier was rude to Charles Webbe for having the temerity to ask a question that the news viewers and her prospective voters might be interested in. I didnt get any sense she would be able to address anything without having a grown-up with her.

By: Bewildered

Bewildered — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:29:39 +0000

Little change in C22? Well thank goodness for that, something is still the same after 13 years, because Bermuda as a whole has been seriously damaged economically and socially.

By: YES MATE!

YES MATE! — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:28:47 +0000

If she can’t handle TV cameras pointing at her and negative comments about her on a news message board then she will not survive in politics. This is a game for thick skinned people with seriously hard balls.

By: Think About It

Think About It — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:11:19 +0000

I WAS NOT TALKING TO YOU!!!!!! I was talking to Mad Dawg! Just because my post follows yours does not mean I am speaking to you.

Stop being so dense

By: sticky

sticky — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:10:19 +0000

Please tell me ‘what not a politican’ is, as this phrase seems to be used by those you won’t put themselves forward very often.

By: Think About It

Think About It — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:09:02 +0000

I was not talking to you. Learn how to use the internet and pay attention to the fact that my reply is to mad dawg

By: Mad Dawg

Mad Dawg — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:44:35 +0000

Face it, she stands no chance. I think we’re done here.

By: Winnie

Winnie — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:34:38 +0000

Congrats and Relevant that is,lol.

By: Winnie

Winnie — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:33:44 +0000

congrats to you Ms Simmons, just one thing I could not understand why Madam Premier did not want the VSB reporter to ask you a VERY revelant question. After all it was your choice to run for PUBLIC office. In todays Bermuda there are NO easy questions you will be hearing more of the same when you knock at people’s door. Wish you luck.

By: Lazy Fools

Lazy Fools — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:23:08 +0000

White Girl, I must agree with Paget #22. I won’t be voting for her either… nor will I even entertain meeting her (at least I’m courteous enough to not waste her time)! She won’t get my vote simply because her party, the PLP, have done nothing but take from the people of Bermuda while instilling hatred throughout our community. They’re obviously no good at running this country, and if you don’t realize that then you certainly are a fool! WAKE UP!

By: Mad Dawg

Mad Dawg — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:10:25 +0000

I thought you said she’s ‘not a no-hoper’? Riiight.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:22:48 +0000

TAI, take the time to reread what I wrote, every word. don’t just skim across every third word once & think you have read something.

After you have read & understood the message, Think about it before being in a rush to respond.

By: White Girl

White Girl — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:08:42 +0000

Even without meeting her or hearing what she has to say? It’s a shame that you have already made your decision without hearing EITHER Party’s platform or even meeting our new Candidate. So what are you basing your decision on – Grant Gibbon’s “effective” support and representation of Paget East?

By: White Girl

White Girl — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:03:52 +0000

But if you are correct, why not see if Grant Gibbons has the ‘guts’ to run in – hmmmm, let’s say C13 – Devonshire North Central. Is C22 not perceived as a safe seat for him? What’s the difference here?

By: White Girl

White Girl — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:00:20 +0000

I can confirm with you both that Ms. Simmons did in fact write her own speech. Could it be possible that with all of the cameras pointing her way and all of the negative comments/questions that were and will be directed towards her that she was a bit nervous? I mean, just look at some of these comments on this page alone. How many of us would have been able to read our own speech with that kind of pressure and not skip a beat…compassion, people, compassion.

By: White Girl

White Girl — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:49:37 +0000

Wow! You hate me and you don’t even know me. Here’s a bit of info to clear things up: I am 44 and currently working (not retired), my house is not paid off yet and won’t be for a few decades, I don’t have a car, only a bike which is paid off and I can certainly confirm that I do owe 2 banks money…still I chose to support the PLP. So I guess in your books that makes me either ‘blind’, which I am not – although I do wear glasses OR ‘just stupid’, which I am not either. Why is it so impossible for you to accept that to support another party than yours is perhaps being clear-sighted and/or intelligent? I think it’s important to separate a Political Party’s vision and mission from how certain individuals within a Party may behave like within Government. I don’t like what seems to be taking place in certain areas of Gov’t either, but it doesn’t make me give up on my Party. I am a Patriots fan but I won’t switch to the Giants just because they won…

By: navin johnson

navin johnson — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:02:51 +0000

The test is not being nice and sweet and good when you are campaigning…..its being the same if you are elected…..present Government is a good example……In the words of our esteemed and fearless leader the new campaign slogan should be “That’s not kosher”….

By: Think About It

Think About It — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:53:24 +0000

correction, I meant to say owe

By: Think About It

Think About It — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:52:34 +0000

So what?! The PLP assumed power in 1998, when pretty much all of that was not an issue anymore. What point are you trying to make?

By: Think About It

Think About It — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:49:56 +0000

F*ck I hate PLP supporters. Are you that blind or just stupid? Just shut up please. Your premier is a damn fool, I don’t know why you have such confidence in someone who does such a horrible f*cking job running this country. I’m willing to bet that you only support the PLP because all the stupid things she has done doesn’t affect you in any way. You’re probably retired, have your house and car paid off and don’t own money on a bank loan. That’s all good for you, but for a young person such as myself, this woman and her kool-aid drinking fellowship are making life harder for people like me everyday they are in power.

So please take your s$#t elsewhere, there aren’t any PLP lovers around here.