{"id":426018,"date":"2011-05-18T09:51:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T09:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/18\/jj%e2%80%99s-grisly-selective-memory-his-ndc-era-also-bought-votes\/"},"modified":"2011-05-18T09:51:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T09:51:56","slug":"jjs-grisly-selective-memory-his-ndc-era-also-bought-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/18\/jjs-grisly-selective-memory-his-ndc-era-also-bought-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ\u2019s Grisly Selective Memory: His NDC Era Also Bought Votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\u201cJ. J. Rawlings has poured indignation at what he says is vote-buying by some leading members of the NDC ahead of the national delegates congress to decide who leads the party to the 2012 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The practice, he said, was not only alien but dangerous to the health of the party, which was founded on the ideals of integrity and transparency\u201d (Ghanaweb, April 5, 2011). \u201cJ. J. Rawlings has again repeated his claim that the Presidency is using money<br \/>and intimidation tactics to threaten and intimidate members of the Nana Konadu camp.<\/p>\n<p>The incidents of bribery and intimidation, he says, are alien to the NDC and could lead to the party\u2019s defeat in the 2012 General elections if President Mills is elected on those grounds\u201d (Ghanaweb May 17, 2011)<\/p>\n<p>If Mills wins<br \/>JJ &#038; Konadu will wield flowers<br \/>If Mills loses<br \/>JJ &#038; Konadu will wield flowers<br \/>JJ &#038; Konadu are building a case<br \/>Crafting a new nest of deceit<br \/>The case of Mills\u2019 vote-buying<br \/>Their unraveling of illusion<br \/>Of grandeur of lost power<br \/>Of sycophantic adulation<br \/>Of subservient thieves<br \/>Of raucous chants of JJ JJ<\/p>\n<p>JJ is lying to passive Ghanaians<br \/>NDC under JJ\u2019s rule bought votes<br \/>They gave all their all to voters<br \/>DDT to Asante cocoa farmers<br \/>Easter celebration cards to Kwahus<br \/>Chamber-pots to Gas to use at the beach<br \/>Bicycles to impoverished \u201cNortherners\u201d<br \/>Yesterday\u2019s chop-bar fufu to Krobos<br \/>Bleaching creams to Kotokoraba women<br \/>Bleaching creams to Kejetia women<br \/>Bleaching creams to Makola women<br \/>Fermented pito to Nima dwellers<br \/>Cutlasses to warring Konkombas<br \/>Machetes to warring Nanumbas<br \/>White singlets to Anlos<br \/>Palm-wine to Akyems<br \/>Sugar\/milk to Fantes<br \/>Bibles to Akuapems<\/p>\n<p>Ah! JJ and Konadu are at it<br \/>Crafting their owl narrative<br \/>Erecting copious caveats<br \/>Of Mills\u2019 vote-buying stance<br \/>Of Mills\u2019 intimidating stance<br \/>Foraging for a way out of trance<br \/>Out of an endless tunnel conceit<br \/>Endless tunnel of self-deceit<br \/>Building a straw man of conceit<br \/>In a kiln of a FIREMAN\u2019s deceit<br \/>Poised for excusable defeat<br \/>JJ is wielding his amnesia<br \/>The disease of megalomaniacs<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaians now know JJ<br \/>The sanctimonious JJ Rawlings<br \/>Rawlings is sadly unraveling<br \/>Like a dried Keta school boy<br \/>Like a dried fish in hot water<br \/>JJ is unscrambling the self<br \/>The Dzelukope chameleon<br \/>On a thin slippery precipice<br \/>The chameleon of many tricks<br \/>Kutu &#038; co must be laughing<br \/>Demonized Liman is vindicated<br \/>\u201cAta Ayi\u201d Kufour is a saint<\/p>\n<p>Afflicted with amnesia<br \/>In a terrain of selective memory<br \/>His watershed of megalomania<br \/>JJ calls non-bastards bastards<br \/>Forgetting that he is THE bastard<br \/>JJ imputes murder to others<br \/>Forgetting that he is THE murderer<br \/>JJ calls others greedy bastards<br \/>Forgetting that he is THE greedy one<br \/>JJ accuses others of vote-buying<br \/>Forgetting that he bought THE votes<\/p>\n<p>JJ claims vote-buying is alien<br \/>Alien to his who-born-dog NDC<br \/>But JJ and NDC bought votes<br \/>In 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008<br \/>From chiefs<br \/>From miners<br \/>From farmers<br \/>From masons<br \/>From the TUC<br \/>From fishermen<br \/>From prostitutes<br \/>From the NUGS<br \/>From the GNAT<br \/>From the GPRTU<\/p>\n<p>From market women<\/p>\n<p>JJ your probity<br \/>Your accountability<br \/>Your transparency<br \/>Have long departed<br \/>You wear the crown of lies<br \/>Of walking contradictions<br \/>JJ is lying again<br \/>JJ is like the vulture<br \/>After a bloody carcass meal<br \/>Cleans its bloody beak<br \/>Preens its carcass-ed feathers<br \/>Flutters its wings to the world<br \/>Flatters the sky with innocence<br \/>Yet smells of yesterday\u2019s carcass<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.peacefmonline.com\/features\/201105\/42230.php\" title=\"JJ\u2019s Grisly Selective Memory: His NDC Era Also Bought Votes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JJ\u2019s Grisly Selective Memory: His NDC Era Also Bought Votes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u201cJ. 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