Presidential Aspirants Should Tell Us ....

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• Kofi 11 years ago

  Why is Nana Addo always running too SHORT of the votes needed to win?

  Why is Nana Addo always running too SHORT of the votes needed to win?

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• Dziko Kwame 11 years ago

  Mr Otchere Darko
  
  I see things differently regarding the timing of your question.
  
  Candidates standing for NPP Leadership are STANDING TO LEAD NPP.
  
  So they are talking about what they will do with NPP. That is 100%cor ...
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  Mr Otchere Darko
  
  I see things differently regarding the timing of your question.
  
  Candidates standing for NPP Leadership are STANDING TO LEAD NPP.
  
  So they are talking about what they will do with NPP. That is 100%correct, as far as I am concerned.
  
  It is when NATIONAL ELECTIONS start, then this and that party's PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE must be seen to be telling the electorate what each person plans or intends to do for GHANA.
  
  Did I get it wrong?
  
  Cheers

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• OTCHERE DARKO 11 years ago

  Mr Dziko, I get your point that the 18th October election is about convincing NPP delegates who will finally chose one of the three to lead their party (NPP), nonetheless IT IS BY OUTLINING IN A SKELETON FORM THE UNIQUENESS A ...
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  Mr Dziko, I get your point that the 18th October election is about convincing NPP delegates who will finally chose one of the three to lead their party (NPP), nonetheless IT IS BY OUTLINING IN A SKELETON FORM THE UNIQUENESS AND WINNING PROSPECTS OF THE 'VISION' AND 'PROGRAMMES' OF A PARTICULAR ASPIRANT THAT SHOULD CONVINCE THE DELEGATES TO CHOOSE THAT PARTICULAR CANDIDATE.
  
  After the 18th October delegates conference, the final winner can then put 'flesh and skin' to the 'skeleton' of the vision and programmes that he sold to his party, as well as to the nation generally, before he got elected as flagbearer.
  
  Whatever the three say will become HEADLINE NEWS and, therefore, they will be discussed nation-wide.
  
  Asking aspirants to LIMIT THEMSELVES TO TELLING NPP DELEGATES HOW THEY CAN WIN THE 2016 GENERAL ELECTION FOR NPP, risks encouraging aspirants to indulge in 'personal attacks' and 'negative campaigning'.

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• Kweku 11 years ago

  In the absence of anything better to use to judge the candidates, we have only their promises to go by.
  
  But, Otchere, you and I know that a politician's promises are not enough. These promises are aimed only at getting (o ...
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  In the absence of anything better to use to judge the candidates, we have only their promises to go by.
  
  But, Otchere, you and I know that a politician's promises are not enough. These promises are aimed only at getting (or rather deceiving) people to vote for them so that they can come to power. To this extent, they can promise anything even that which they know very well they won't, or can't, do. What they do when they get power is a different thing.
  
  Secondly, the main opposition party is wary of putting forth its ideas. This may be due to the fact that they may either not have any ideas that the present government hasn't thought of or that they are afraid that any new ideas they bring forth will be filched by the govt which will implement them effectively (with two full years to go) and leave them without anything.
  
  Your five points are very relevant and important but we cannot go by what the candidates tell us they will do with each. It will just be mere promises.
  
  In such a situation, it will be up to the electorate to use their own judgements to decide on the capabilities of each of the candidates rather than what comes out from their mouths. Since the remaining candidates are public figures, we should judge them from their past performances, not from their promises of what is to come.
  
  This argument applies to the national level too.
  
  From my observation of the political scene, what determines who gets what political office has absolutely nothing to do with the promises they make. Unfortunately, it has also nothing to do with their actual capabilities. Other forces are stronger than these. This is the bane of our national politics and it doesn't make some of us happy at all...

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• OTCHERE DARKO 11 years ago

  Kweku,
  
  I agree with you in many ways, but I also believe that aspirants must not use political platforms to 'smear' their rivals, even if the subject of the 'smearas' is authentic and provable. If aspirants do that they ri ...
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  Kweku,
  
  I agree with you in many ways, but I also believe that aspirants must not use political platforms to 'smear' their rivals, even if the subject of the 'smearas' is authentic and provable. If aspirants do that they risk dragging their campaign down the line of 'dirt' and risk pushing the campaign into negativity.
  
  In my view, the public and the press should be left to judge aspirants, rather rivals attacking rivals about 'personality issues' including issues that bother on what rivals see as "negatives" capable that can shift the tide in favour of a particular rival making or bringing the negative issue into the public domain.
  
  I am concerned about the constant practice of aspirants trying to improve their chanced by 'SHOOTING THEIR MOST 'FEARED RIVAL' IN 'NEGATIVITIES' THAT ARE PERCEIVED TO BE "SOFT SPOT" OR THE "ACHILLES HEEL" OF SUCH FEARED RIVAL, BUT WHICH MAY NOT BE FACTUAL, ANYWAY.

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• OTCHERE DARKO 11 years ago

  Kweku/Other Readers
  
  My reply should read as follows:....
  
  I agree with you in many ways, but I also believe that aspirants must not use political platforms to 'smear' their rivals, even if the subject of the 'smear' is ...
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  Kweku/Other Readers
  
  My reply should read as follows:....
  
  I agree with you in many ways, but I also believe that aspirants must not use political platforms to 'smear' their rivals, even if the subject of the 'smear' is authentic and provable.
  
  If aspirants do that, they risk dragging their campaign down the line of 'dirt' and risk pushing the campaign into negativity.
  
  In my view, the public and the press should be left to judge aspirants, rather than rivals attacking rivals about 'personality issues', including issues that bother on what they (the smearing rivals) see as "negatives" that are capable of shifting the 'tide' in favour of particular rivals making or bringing the negative issues into the public domain.
  
  I am concerned about the constant practice of aspirants trying to improve their chances by 'SHOOTING THEIR MOST 'FEARED RIVAL' IN 'NEGATIVITIES' THAT ARE PERCEIVED TO BE "SOFT SPOT" OR THE "ACHILLES HEEL" OF SUCH FEARED RIVAL, BUT WHICH MAY NOT BE FACTUAL, ANYWAY

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• All Men Are Brothers, abi? 11 years ago

  Otchere Darko, dont come in and spoil Nana's chance, your projection by words and arguments of NPP and Nana Addo has always been problematic, check it.......

  Otchere Darko, dont come in and spoil Nana's chance, your projection by words and arguments of NPP and Nana Addo has always been problematic, check it.......

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• Wilhelm Agbeli 11 years ago

  When you say, “smear” I take it that you’ve considered those from Boakye Agyarko and Okoampa Ahoofe’s towards the other camp as well.
  
  Would you classify it as smear if one were to analyze Nana’s electoral fortune ...
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  When you say, “smear” I take it that you’ve considered those from Boakye Agyarko and Okoampa Ahoofe’s towards the other camp as well.
  
  Would you classify it as smear if one were to analyze Nana’s electoral fortunes from 2008 to 2012 and conclude that the numbers have been shrinking? Wouldn’t such analysis be a factor in determining who would be successful?
  
  All is fair in war and love; whoever coined this phrase must have lived in a kingdom or dictatorial fiefdom.
  
  By the way who told you that Ghanaians would want to know what you have proposed? Different strokes….

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• Wilhelm Agbeli 11 years ago

  "All is fair in war and love; whoever coined this phrase must have lived in a kingdom or dictatorial fiefdom."
  
  ALL IS FAIR IN POLITICS

  "All is fair in war and love; whoever coined this phrase must have lived in a kingdom or dictatorial fiefdom."
  
  ALL IS FAIR IN POLITICS

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