It would now appear that each and every person that criticizes the New Day Brave led Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government is being labeled a “house ni**a” or just plain “salty”. That is either you are a “house ni**a” for defending the previous Free National Movement (FNM) administration, which the New Day Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has labeled as the FNM/UBP or “lovers of the plantations owners”, i.e. the “white man”, which in itself could be seen as very amusing if it were not for the severe racist undertones which are totally outdated and should be extremely insulting to each and every Bahamian citizen, be they black or white.  I often wonder how persons like Ryan Pinder, Clay Sweeting and John Pinder II feel in the midst of such a steeped racist environment, that suggests that each and every white Bahamian is a descendent of the United Bahamian Party (PLP) and therefore a descent of the ‘white oppressors’, but I digress.

I am here to address the term of ‘salty’ as used by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and its supporters.

First, allow me to add some context.

On May 15^th 2017, Fred Mitchell; Chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Member of Parliament of Fox Hill and Cabinet Minister for the office of Public Service and Foreign Affairs wrote the following; “I have read a lot of rubbish over the past few days since the election from the FNM leadership and it supporters.

My take on this is this.  The FNM and its supporters should not believe their own propaganda.

The objective reality is that they simply have a mandate to govern for five years.

There is nothing revolutionary about their victory or far reaching.  They were able to manipulate a population suffering from the ill effects of the economic recessions which was never overcome and turn around and turn the clever phrases plus the money of foreign interest to accomplish what they have and the failure of the PLP to correct the problem.

Michael Manely said in Jamaica when he was at this darkness hour: we routed them before; we can do it again.

I say that to the PLPs.  Let us not get caught up in silly sentimentality, and believe the FNM’s propaganda about ourselves.

It is simply rubbish.  This is not the second coming but a simple election victory which can be reversed in five years.  Emphasis on ‘can’ we have got to move quickly though and push this behind us.”

If there ever was a definition of “salty” this statement by Fred Mitchell, Chairman of the New Day Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) is the perfect example and his “saltiness” continues to this day; even after an election victory – PLP’s need take heed of this moving forward.

There are a few interesting points made in Fred Mitchell’s ‘salty’ rant from May 2017.The main one being this, “They were able to manipulate a population suffering from the ill effects of the economic recession which was never overcome…”  Didn’t the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) just manipulate the population suffering from the ill effects of the economic repercussions of a global pandemic and those of a category five hurricane to spin a tale in order to win an election?

The hypocrisy here is rank.

Then there is the issue of the statement; “The FNM and its supporters should not believe their own propaganda”, he says this while admitting in this very same statement that the PLP had failed the country, so was it really propaganda? 

Today he endorses the slogan’ “It’s a New Day”, but in my humble opinion you simply cannot have a “New Day” with some of the same old players that failed the country in the last PLP government; Davis and Mitchell being two prime examples.

No one and I mean no one can ever match the pettiness and ‘saltiness’ of the chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and in my very humble opinion will ever be able to.

The Progressive Liberal fails for one reason, it is their nature.

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