Political Race Heating Up
This post was previously posted as a guest post on the Izatrini blog on Monday.
It was definitely a politically-charged weekend here in T&T with all three political parties (and the MND) holding their major rallies. When people say that this is going to be the mother of all elections you had better believe it.
The People’s National Movement has been the only party so far to announce a full slate of candidates while the UNC alliance has named 21 and the Congress of the People has named 38. Word from the COP is that they will unveil their last three candidates shortly - a “secret weapon” to unseat Patrick Manning at a later date and its two Tobgaonian candidates at a rally in Tobago.
Looking at that sea of orange yesterday at the Mid Center Mall, it’s plain to see that the UNC still has a tremendous amount of support. It was the largest group of people I have seen at a political gathering for this election season. It is going to be something very difficult for either the PNM or the COP to ignore. In fact, I’m sure that many a confidence took a hit yesterday upon seeing the crowd at the Mid Center Mall. How that crowd, or any crowd for that matter, translates into
votes will be the meat of the matter.
Front Page of the Sunday Guardian
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| Cover of the Sunday Guardian |
My sister pointed this out to me. At first glance, the photos on the front page of the Guardian make Dookeran look like an angel and Manning the opposite. It helps that Dookeran is dressed in white and has two angel-wing-looking things behind him. It also helps that Patos is dressed in red. Obviously the effect was not intentional, but it still makes it all funny.
Famous Abusive Relationships in history
- Ike & Tina Turner
- Mike Tyson & Mike Tyson
- The People’s National Movement & Lavantille
- Kamla Persad Bissessar & The United National Congress
Poor Kamla. She waited and waited. Shrugged it off when people refer to
her appointment as AG as a “10 days”. She was loyal and brownnosing and all she gets is to be head of a fictional “women’s army” - because she’s a woman.
I listened to most of her speech on Sunday - the one where she was carded to speak for 10 minutes and spoke for 35 - and I have to say I was a little surprised at how she spoke out about the treatment meted out to her.
After being introduced to the sounds of, “No Woman, No Cry”, she ranted and raved and yet got no support from the other platform members, and still she waits. You know, denial isn’t a river in Africa, at some point she is going to have to admit she is “Waiting in Vain” for Panday’s love. Maybe now she will take the hint and retire to the kitchen where she could bake the old boys some pie.
