quote:Originally posted by caribj:quote:Originally posted by kidmost:
I have to agree with Caribj that AFC neglected regions they needed to take votes from both PPP and mostly PNC . I guess Gerhard will review AFC campaign and realize they f*^cked up badly. .
GR already wrote that they did focus on region 6 becasue they thought they were strong in region 4. They realized they had made a tactical error and then tried to recapture their poistions in regions 4, 10, and in New Amsterdam rolling out Nigel Hughes and Roopnarine who were hugely popular with grass roots Afro crowds. He said that he hoped I asnt right.
Dont worry with these folks. They are PPP refugees who will soon return if Ramotar turns out not to be as bad as they fear. In the meantime the AFC will be left diminished having lost support from one black, while not really establishing itself in the other.
The AFC needs to carve its only niche and attract people who vote for the AFc because it is the AFC. Right now they vote because its not the PPP (in 2011), or the PNC (in 2006). This is no way to build a party which will have impact.
Now those who worship Nagamootoo (Kari) and the blind AFCite EX PPP fanatics (mitwah, baseman and afew others) will just need to take a pipe and smoke it. I know if Naga goes back to the PPP Kari will follow him right there because Naga in his eyes can do no wrong.
GR never wrote that the AFC thought they were strong in Region 4 nor did they ever think they were strong in Region 4. That's a downright lie. The AFC having an Indian man as a presidential candidate meant that they were never going to get the black vote and so they had to focus on pilfering votes from the PPP in Region 6. Bringing Moses aboard also helped to reinforce that strategy.
The AFC made no error. It actually turned out to be a master stroke since it reduced the number of votes for the PPP and broke the stranglehold that the PPP had on Guyana by forcing them into a minority government. The alternative of focusing on Region 4 would have resulted in a huge PPP majority like we saw in 2006. Would you have preferred that? But of course you would never see any benefit to the 2011 AFC since anything that contains a hint of Indian in it, is repulsive to you.