While there are still a few remaining persons in Barbados bandying about the notion of change, Barbadians in general are asking the more fundamental and provocative questions. Change to what? “Why must we change from a leader and Government that we can at least see what is going on in the development of this nation? Why must we sacrifice the security of our future generations? Why must we as Barbadians change from a political party that has committed to ‘a better life for our people’ when there is a promise from Thompson of a selected minority benefitting from the division of the fatted calf? People also remember that it is the DLP and not BLP that has spent more than a decade in-fighting and David Thompson strutted about at the centre of almost every controversy?” Isn’t it just as eerie that Thompson as a seasoned politician and debater does not enjoy being around the magnitude of a broad expanse of Barbadian people waiting to hear from him as political leader of the DLP, but rather, he prefers “smaller groups of people” under the guise that he can get his “point of view across with a little more clarity.” The amazing Thompson is so unsure of what he says that he knows confusion must enter the minds of reasonable Barbadians when he stamps antics and theatrics on his forehead. Machiavelli suggested that “the best way of opening the eyes of the people is to find the means of making them descend to particulars.” Thompson’s choices of innuendo, generalisations, and unsupported allegations of all sorts render him a victim of political imprudence. Machiavelli cautions “that to look at things only in a general way deceives them [the people].” This is exactly what Barbadians fear with Thompson, his alacrity for the general and his obvious shortcomings in dealing with particulars. At some time to be determined by Thompson, we in Barbados would realise that he is fast approaching his collision point, he must collide with honesty and realise that he is definitely NOT the cut for the office of Prime Minister. The people of Barbados will once again reject him and his empty boasts will continue to be smashed by truth. This is not how a leader of a country illustrates his capacity to serve or his dedication to lead. I suggest that Thompson reverts to his law practice because there he may learn the necessity of dealing with particulars and treating people with honesty, integrity, and genuineness.
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