The Hatred of Fred Mitchell, Chairman of the so-called New Day Progressive Liberal Party (PLPP), seems to know no depths. It has become the political equivalent of a sinkhole—every time you think it cannot go lower, Fred grabs a shovel.

Today’s example: his latest voice-note—less a political statement than a tantrum recorded for posterity—where he lashes out at the Coalition of Independents (COI) and, of course, the Free National Movement (FNM). Because apparently, for Fred Mitchell, a day without attacking the FNM is like a day without oxygen. He must do it. He has to do it. It’s the only way that he can survive, well within his mind.

And what does this statesman of the PLP have to say? He calls the COI the Coalition of Idiots. He sneers about “broke-ass” Lincoln Bain. He takes aim at Dr. Sands, Dr. Minnis, and now Dr. Fox—as if mocking people’s professions and birthplace is the height of political brilliance. This isn’t debate. This isn’t leadership. This is a schoolyard bully with a Cabinet office.

Now let us pause. Fred Mitchell, in the middle of his venom, actually says: “In this milieu of politics today, we cannot allow anything to go unanswered.” And you know what? He’s right—misinformation must be corrected. But Fred, if your answer to “bad information” is to spew worse information with more malice, you’re not solving the problem—you are the problem.

Because here’s the truth: it was you, Fred, who set this tone. You, who made insults the PLP’s official second language. You, who paved the way for your leader to think it was perfectly fine to drop “bullshit” on the floor of the House of Assembly. And now here you are, gleefully dragging the discourse even lower.

The Bahamas deserves debate. What it gets from Fred Mitchell is bile. It deserves leadership. What it gets from Fred Mitchell is playground name-calling with ministerial letterhead. It deserves better than a chairman whose rage has become so predictable that if he ever released a voice-note without venom, people would assume he was ill.

So yes, Fred, you want us to believe your opponents are the ones poisoning politics. But Bahamians know better. They can see where the real hatred comes from. And it comes not from Lincoln Bain. Not from Dr. Sands. Not from “sweet Charlotte.”

It comes from you.

The Bahamas deserves better.

The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) fails for one reason; it is their nature.

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