Whatever You Do Vote…

There are eerie sim­i­lar­i­ties between The Republican Party in the United States and the People’s National Party in Jamaica.
Republicans do what they want when they are in pow­er, when Democrats are in pow­er all of a sud­den the rules of the game change.
The People’s National Party is the very same way.
Now this defy con­ven­tion­al wis­dom the Republican Party was thought to be the con­ser­v­a­tive par­ty much more like the Jamaica Labor Party.
Well not so there are some changes.

The Republicans fun­da­men­tal­ly believe the Democrats does not have a right to Govern America . Every Democratic President since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has been demo­nized and their record marginalized.
The People’s National Party’s sil­ly lit­tle mantra ‘jume­ka a pnp kun­try’ depict a far more sin­is­ter phi­los­o­phy that the coun­try should be ruled by one par­ty, the PNP.
Republicans demo­nize every­one not in lock-step with their xeno­pho­bic, Racist agenda.
People’s National Party func­tionar­ies from the pin­na­cle to the cel­lar believe in char­ac­ter assas­si­na­tion , intim­i­da­tion , threats and coher­sion as tools with which to fight dissenters.

Republicans believe only dead Republicans are wor­thy of praise when America’s his­to­ry is being debated.
PNP trib­al zealotry stri­dent­ly denies Labor Party stal­warts while ele­vat­ing the Manleys and oth­er PNP ide­o­logues to the sta­tus of deity.
Watching the Republican debates reveals an exer­cise in the sil­ly and mun­dane. In fact one can­di­date refused to par­tic­i­pate in the one debate because his ego was bruised.
The Prime Minister refus­es to debate the leader of the Opposition unless he apol­o­gize for call­ing her a ‘con artist”.
Of course he was respond­ing to her char­ac­ter­i­za­tion of his eco­nom­ic plan as quote ‘a con game”. If his plan is a ” con-game” the noun, it is clear to assume that by infer­ence she sees him as a con-artist the pronoun.

I could go on and on with the sim­i­lar­i­ties but you get the pic­ture. Both Political par­ties want no oppo­si­tion and are not opposed to use lies and obfus­ca­tion to win elections.
Republicans want to sup­press the vote , yet they claim they have bet­ter plans for the peo­ple. The ques­tion is “what peo­ple” . If a par­ty is con­fi­dent of what it is propos­ing why not put it all out there and let the peo­ple decide?
The PNP refus­es to debate , if the progress is tun up why be afraid to debate the mer­its of the par­ty’s accomplishments?

Anyway it’s the sil­ly sea­son once again in the big olé US of A and so too is it in lit­tle Jamaica. Here’s hop­ing vot­ers will cut through the noise and the lies and vote their chil­dren’s futures.
In the end we get the Government we deserve. Whether we vote or not.