So Mitt Romney got caught showing his pearly whites while holding a sign that compares Obama to the terrorist mastermind behind the death of almost three thousand people on American soil.
When confronted, been hypocritical as always, he offered this absurd explanation:
The only problem with this answer is that he is holding the damn sign himself and grinning from ear to ear. I bet if someone brought up a sign that said "There is no God" or "The Mormon Church is a dangerous cult", I doubt very much that he would help hold it up to have a picture taken. (I'm not saying the Mormon church is a dangerous cult, I am just making a hypothetical).
And what does it say about him if he really doesn't read the signs? He'll stand behind any sign, smiling approval without knowing what it says? Only an imbecile would do that. I am going to go out on a limb and say that he read that sign. Candidates are totally aware of the power of images; he'd be an utter moron not to have read it beforehand. On the other hand, I suppose he is a moron for comparing Obama to Osama bin Laden.
When confronted, been hypocritical as always, he offered this absurd explanation:
I'm going to be taking many pictures with all of you and I don't really spend too much time looking at the signs and the t-shirts and the buttons. So I don't have anything particularly to say about a sign somebody else was holding...mydd.com
The only problem with this answer is that he is holding the damn sign himself and grinning from ear to ear. I bet if someone brought up a sign that said "There is no God" or "The Mormon Church is a dangerous cult", I doubt very much that he would help hold it up to have a picture taken. (I'm not saying the Mormon church is a dangerous cult, I am just making a hypothetical).
And what does it say about him if he really doesn't read the signs? He'll stand behind any sign, smiling approval without knowing what it says? Only an imbecile would do that. I am going to go out on a limb and say that he read that sign. Candidates are totally aware of the power of images; he'd be an utter moron not to have read it beforehand. On the other hand, I suppose he is a moron for comparing Obama to Osama bin Laden.
With the annual jamboree that is the July 22nd celebration around the corner, the Point newspaper has a run down of reactions from some of the leading Gambian politicians: from the ruling APRC and the opposition parties.
The speaker of the house:Fatoumata Jahumpha Ceesay [no relation to the author] waxed philosophical in her trademarked sycophantic way. If you let her tell the story, theGambia
For their part Ousainou Darbo and Halifa Sallah: leaders of the opposition UDP and NADD respectively, admonish the notion that a government that claims to be democratically elected will be celebrating the undemocratic takeover of a government that took place more than a decade ago. They condemned coups and bemoan the abject poverty that prevails in the country. Darbo went on to castigate the government on its human rights record: illegal detentions and general break down in the rule of law. No surprises there for the lawyer turn politician.
Halifa also took to task the supporters of the coup who never fail to point out the structural projects initiated after the 1994 coup. He schooled them on the economics involved. The projects, he explained are financed with interest laden loans that makes theGambia
Juwara of opposition NDAM took a different tack. He hasn't condemn the coup outright. In fact he has some praise for the government. His critics will point to this interview as a step in his metamorphism from the most outspoken critic of the government to joining the ranks of his former tormentors. The peeve I have with his portion of the interview is where he made this comment:
The speaker of the house:Fatoumata Jahumpha Ceesay [no relation to the author] waxed philosophical in her trademarked sycophantic way. If you let her tell the story, the
For their part Ousainou Darbo and Halifa Sallah: leaders of the opposition UDP and NADD respectively, admonish the notion that a government that claims to be democratically elected will be celebrating the undemocratic takeover of a government that took place more than a decade ago. They condemned coups and bemoan the abject poverty that prevails in the country. Darbo went on to castigate the government on its human rights record: illegal detentions and general break down in the rule of law. No surprises there for the lawyer turn politician.
Halifa also took to task the supporters of the coup who never fail to point out the structural projects initiated after the 1994 coup. He schooled them on the economics involved. The projects, he explained are financed with interest laden loans that makes the
Juwara of opposition NDAM took a different tack. He hasn't condemn the coup outright. In fact he has some praise for the government. His critics will point to this interview as a step in his metamorphism from the most outspoken critic of the government to joining the ranks of his former tormentors. The peeve I have with his portion of the interview is where he made this comment:
I call on the government to release Chief Ebrima Manneh, Kanyiba Kanyi and Rambo Jatta if they are in their custody and if not in their custody to do all it takes to know who is holding these guys. After all they are not important. And it is only going to give the country a bad name.
They are not important....what is Juwara smoking? Who determines their importance? These are people with families and responsibilities. They are very important to their friends and loved ones and all peace loving people. Juwara's transformation is a sight to behold.
Magistrate Jawo of the Kanifing magistrates court decided to save his own skin in lieu of providing justice in the Fatou Jaw Manneh sedition trial. This is a travesty of justice. He moved the case to Banjul after weeks of hearing testimony on a stupid technicality. Shouldn't the learned magistrate determined the proper venue prior to hearing the evidence in the case? He sat there for weeks listening to the witnesses and made rulings on the case that could determine the outcome of the case only to tell the defendant that he is not the right authority to adjudicate her case. This is an outrage. Justice delayed someone opined is justice denied. They are wasting the lady's time and resources on a frivolous witch hunt. Shame on them.
Here is the story courtesy of the Point newspaper:
Here is the story courtesy of the Point newspaper:
Magistrate Jawo therefore expressed the view that the court that has the jurisdiction to try the accused is the Banjul Magistrates' Court, invoking section 61, subsection 1 and 62 subsection 21 of the Criminal Procedure Code to back his ruling of transferring the case to Banjul Magistrates' Court.
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