Those "Digital Distortions" Again!

Is it as KD Knight said that “if the person is popular but can’t hold the party together the party gwan lose?” The recent string of events coming out of the ruling PNP party may suggest Mr. Knight might have known something that the rest of us either didn’t know or was unwilling to admit-Portia is not capable of successfully discharging the responsibilities of the office she currently holds. It lure of having our first female PM was so difficult to resist that we didn’t even bother to ask questions about her qualifications.

Her poor showing in the national debates and the political missteps this week with the declaration of a state of public emergency has made that painfully all too clear- “Sista P can’t manage the prime minister wok.” These bumblings so close to the end of a political campaign can have devastating effects especially because undecided voters often side with the party that is not in power. The diehards have already come home. The struggle in this part of the race is to close the deal with the small part of the electorate that will determine the outcome of the election.

If as I expect on Sept. 4th the PNP under Sista P’s leadership is handed a defeat by the most organized opposition they have faced in quite some time they will have Mamma P to blame. For someone who has been in government for more than 20 years she has behaved like a novice. She seems to be oblivious to the fact that public statements are recorded and will almost certainly come back to visit you in the future. I hate to revisit the national debates again but she never used one complete sentence the entire ninety minutes. As leader of her party and I guess we can call her the “driver,” she has done a horrible job at presenting a coherent message that would convince even a 2nd grader that her party should remain in power. She seems likeable as a person but Jamaicans are not electing the prom queen; they are electing the person that will right the course of our country and get us moving again.