The new political order.
September 15th, 2009 at 1:32 pm (Bermuda, Politics)
I believe there are a number of truisms that will be a part of Bermuda politics.
1. White people will never vote for the PLP in large numbers because the PLP accepts and promotes anti-white rhetoric (Walter Rhoban’s e-mails, “plantation” rhetoric, and “they want to luck us all up.)
2. Any party that challenges the PLP will therefore attract the white vote.
If the new party cannot very quickly attract and retain some very powerful black voices to counter the PLP spin with strong talking points then it too will be branded “white”.
LostinFlatts said,
September 29, 2009 at 9:33 am
3. A large number of blacks will never vote for a party branded ‘white’. Regardless of powerful black members.
Letariatpro said,
September 29, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Any new party will have to be prepared to quickly define itself out of the gates, before the competition or commentators define them first. Once they have been branded, it is a long hard slog back to your original intent.