Ah, there's my Chris. Always giving her elder brothers a hard time. [In a message dated 6/15/2010 8:47:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:Hi Haruna,] Chris. Hi Chris. How goes it? [It's predictable to see you here.] Chris. Well at least you're not confused about Haruna's predictability. Thank you. [I am not confused in the least about what Hamat said but, I appreciate you taking the time to explain your take. I have a few more comments that you can view below in purple.] Chris. You're most welcome my friend. Why purple? You think you're smart. I'm onto you CHris. Don't think because you're far from me I can't reach you. You're friggin pissin me off. You know I'm alergic to purple that's why you deliberately send me messages in purple. Why are you deliberately causing me anxiety? ["In the quotation, Hon. Hamat is responding to specific comments and snide remarks made against him by another party." H.D., represented by Chris. Can you show me where those specific comments and snide remarks were made since you seem to know?] Chris. No. You look for it yourself gaddamit. For starters, listen to Freedom's interview of Hon. Hamat. I think you can understand the English language. Even though you are from Guadalajara. [I know, from Mr. Daffeh, that the only present parties were the UDP and the NPR so, the comments were not made at the Congress.] Chris. You got that right. Mr. Daffeh informed you properly. [Why would he chose that occasion to answer?] Chris. Choose. WHy would he NOT choose to respond to idiots from whatever platform or endroit? WHo the hell are you to question Hon. Hamat's free exercise of choice???????? What is wrong with you Chris? You disappoint me thoroughly. [Now, not only was the remark unbecoming] Chris. Unbecoming what? [but, add in the fact that he responded to them at a function that was not geared towards him personally airing out his reaction.] Chris. The UDP, his host at the congress, affords him the lattitude to exercise his freedom of speech, unhindered. BuDOIS did not invite Hon. Hamat to their congress, and if they did, I'm not sure Hon. Hamat would wish to associate himself with BuDOIS' congress. So that's a moot concern of yours isn't it? ["The statement "small parties" looks plural but if you look at the statistic and the context of Hon. Hamat's response to the culprit party, you will come to realize it is singular" -H.D, represented by my friend Chris. Voter statistics been provided here on more than one occasion therefore your explanation was not needed.] Chris. So one would expect you to get a clue. And my explanation is not your purview. Again you disappoint me thoroughly. I choose what to explain to the clueless and when and where. Not you gaddamit. [I understand who he was referring to but,] Chris. There's no but. If you understood who Hon. Hamat were referring to, why did you pretend you didn't understand. And you went on and on and on other parties in the struggle to catch monkeys and Arangatangs. What is wrong with you Chris???? [didn't go into detail on it.] Chris. WHy would you want Hon. Hamat to waste time in details when you claim you already understood him? What other detail is needed when he made you understand who he were speaking of and claimed you already understood that. Did you or did you not know who Hon. Hamat was speaking of in "Shut up your mouth small parties"? Don't piss me off again Chris. Do you know who you have the rare privilege of speaking with? [It's the use of the statistic to address a party, whose leader also represents a population of Gambians doesn't have the effect it could have had.] Chris. So what do you want from Hon. Hamat???? What effect did you want his comments to yield? This is what I say about you. Who died and made you chief of Hon. Hamat? WHat is your problem? [Again, simply, I feel his words were out of line.] Chris. So deal with it gaddamit. ["I don't see NRP assigning you the role of advisor on their campaign strategy or was I missing the memo to that effect? - Big H, represented by Big Chris. and my personal favorite from H.D.Funny thing Haruna, I didn't see you being assigned to the role of PR for the NRP either or could I have equally missed that memo?] Chris. No you didn't miss any memo. There was none assigning Haruna PR of Hon. Hamat or the NRP. I want to be though. But that is neither here nor there. That is exactly why I do not represent neither Hon. Hamat nor the NRP to the electorate and the Gambian public at large. You don't get it do you???? Go drink milk. Why can't you be like me and let folk be. Who the hell do you think you are??? [I encourage you to help PDOIS improve her 2.5% standing rather than infuse yourself where you are not demonstrably welcome Chris H.D., represented in bold by Chris. In reference to the bolded portion- You really and truly need to stop flattering me. I just really can't take much more of it. I mean the sheer love that was used to even type out those words leaves me speechless.] Chris. Yeah I love you too Chris. Now go away will you. Don't make me take my love back. [I luv you too man and a hello to your children. I hope they are enjoying their summer.] Chris. You're a guffaw. My beautiful children say Hello back at you. Just remmember, BuDOIS or not BuDOIS, you and I are permanent friends. So don't get the big head. I'm still your master gaddamit. So long as you know that, you and I will be fine. I will not tolerate disrespect from you and your ilk as my friend Olly Mboge is wont to quip.Chris, how come you BuDOIS guys and gals can't speak English if your life depended on it? You're lazy people that's how come. I mean you have all the opportunities in the world to speak the world's greatest language, Lingua franca I might add, but no, you squander all that for vernacular???? What has this world come to??? How did you like Ivory Coast against Portugal Chris, or do you not have time for soccer for vernacular and BuDOIS??? With Love, from Haruna. To Chris. Haruna. You knew I was gonna do that didn't yew? "From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Mon, June 14, 2010 7:12:45 PM Subject: Re: Hamat Bah at the UDP Congress o Hi Chris, good to hear you again. I see you are confused by Hon. Hamat's comment. "According to the former Upper Saloum strong Parliamentarian, those “ small parties” which are making noise should “shut up their mouths” as they don't even pulled 3% of the votes in the past elections. He said the UDP captures over 42% of the votes, and that such a landmark voter achievement on the side of the UDP, had proven the said parties wrong following the collapse of the opposition merger." and my personal favorite after uttering the above. ""He finally called on the UDP supporters to be law abiding and always promote unity, peace, tolerance and unity in the country: (Bolded for emphasis.) I suppose you were shocked and thought the two statements are contradictory. I will read further to see where your confoundment might lie. [NRP-National Reconciliation Party. Rather an ironic name for a party whose leader makes statements like the first one mentioned above against fellow parties in the struggle to liberate a country.] Chris. In the quotation, Hon. Hamat is responding to specific comments and snide remarks made against him by another party. We Gambians and folk who have been following political events in Gambia readily understand that. If you are further confused, you could glean from the statistics Hon. Hamat shares with you, what and who he is talking about. In the subsequent sentence, Hon. Hamat shares counsel with his friends at the UDP. Therefore you can tell from that that Hon. Hamat is not speaking about the UDP, therefore the quotation you lifted from his speech is not contradictory and the fosse anxiety you claim is not issue. It is a matter of understanding what Hon. Hamat says. The statement "small parties" looks plural but if you look at the statistic and the context of Hon. Hamat's response to the culprit party, you will come to realize it is singular. As far as fellow "parties in the struggle to liberate a country", you said that. Hon. Hamat did not say that. We Gambians understand which party or parties are interested in a struggle to liberate Gambia. So how you view any of the parties in Gambia is inconsequential and may not necessarily jive with how Hon. Hamat perceives his competitors. Therefore, I do not see your anxieties as good enough reason to materially affect the meaning of Reconciliation in NRP. [I think there should be a disclaimer following the party name if the above statement accurately depicts the feeling of all members of the party.] Chris. Perhaps it is apparent now where your anxiety about NRP issues Chris. The party name NRP is august and appreciated by Gambians for whom it is established. [To me, a true leader, one with the heart and soul bent on moving a country forward would not spend a minute trying to downtroaden "smaller parties" who also are in the struggle but,] Chris. Downtrod. A better word to use here would have been malign even though that would also have been inaccurate. Hon. Hamat's RESPONSE (emphasis mine, yours truly)was in relation to another party which had emitted unfounded and snide remarks against Hon. Hamat and NRP. That party was the downtrodder. Hon. Hamat is the uptrodder. Read Tolstoy again my dear. [would efficiently try to discuss with their readers how their party can contribute to improving the 42% vote against the current regime. 42%, while significant won't suffice and with elections not too far off, perhaps educating folks on your parties plans might carry more weight than taking unnecessary swipes at other parties.] Chris. I don't see NRP assigning you the role of advisor on their campaign strategy or was I missing the memo to that effect? I encourage you to help PDOIS improve her 2.5% standing rather than infuse yourself where you are not demonstrably welcome Chris [Mr. Bah may want to re-strategize his tactics and take his own advise to heart first before asking others to do what he seemingly has difficulty doing himself.] Chris Don't worry Chris. We appreciate Hon. Hamat's advice and wise counsel. We understand what he's saying. Take care. It was nice hearing you again. Haruna. Say hello to the wonderful kids for me will ya? ____________________________________ From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) > To: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) Sent: Sun, June 13, 2010 5:16:50 PM Subject: Re: Hamat Bah at the UDP Congress Allahu Wakubaru. Integrity and pragmatism displayed so exquisitely. I commend Hon. Hamat Bah for accepting the invitation of the UDP to grace the latter's congress. Like Hon. Cellou Dalein Diallo of Hon. Sidya Touray, there is no better amicus than the one emanating from your peers. I continue to encourage the NRP leadership to be more vigilant in disseminating the message of this wonderful leader during his campaigns and I encourage UDP to set up an Inter-party Liaison committee so that their synergies can be more efficiently brought to bear. This inter-party Liaison committee comprising now of UDP and NRP grassroots organisers should be in continuous conversation with GMC, ppp, nadd, and PDOIS for possible amalgamation of efforts, and must be able to accommodate a full union between any two, three, four, or all constituent parties. I encourage Dullo Bah and NRP leaders in the Diaspora to join us here at Ellen to share their party and her program of activities with us. I am confident that NRP or the UDP can become Gambia's governance party at any moment. Therefore, it will only be proper to prepare yourselves for this prospective governance. I hail Hon. Hamt Bah, Hon. Ousainou Darboe, and their party rank and file and they have my prayer and support until election time. And this is whether they contest any election together or singularly. Its a great day for Gambia. Haruna. -----Original Message----- From: UDP United Kingdom <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) > To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) > Sent: Sun, Jun 13, 2010 3:54 am Subject: Hamat Bah at the UDP Congress Breaking News: Gambia: Darboe Is A True Son Of The Gambia—Says Hamat Bah Darboe Is A True Son Of The Gambia—Says Hamat Bah SMALL PARTIES MAKING NOISE SHOULD “SHUT UP.”—HAMAT BAH By Staff Reporter Bakary Gibba, Soma The Party Leader and Secretary General of The National Reconciliation Party (NRP’S) Hamat NK Bah, has described the UDP Leader Lawyer Ousainou Darboe as a “true and devoted son” of The Gambia, who has sacrificed his life for the betterment of the country. Mr. Bah was speaking Saturday June 12th 2010 at the UDP National Congress in Jarra Soma Lower River Region (LRR). He said the “simple reason” for his alliance with the UDP was to unseat the APR Government and restore true democracy and the rule of law in The Gambia—emphasizing that in order for any credible alliance to take place, the minority parties must join the majority, explaining that this was the reason why he reached an opposition merger with the UDP. "We agreed to partner for three elections that is the presidential, parliamentary and the local government elections, which were all successfully held. Am now going with my normal political activities as i planned to tour the whole of the Upper Saloum Constituency,” he said but was quick to add that he would not hesitate to form an alliance with the UDP again whenever the need arises. According to the former Upper Saloum strong Parliamentarian, those “small parties” which are making noise should “shut up their mouths” as they don't even pulled 3% of the votes in the past elections. He said the UDP captures over 42% of the votes, and that such a landmark voter achievement on the side of the UDP, had proven the said parties wrong following the collapse of the opposition merger. Bah who has just returned from an overseas trip told the UDP supporters to remain steadfast and rally behind their leader Lawyer Ousainanou Darboe. He said despite the short notice, upon receipt of the invitation to grace the UDP Congress, he had to travel to Soma to join his colleagues in gracing the Congress. Mr. Bah said like the UDP, his party is equally committed to the restoration of democracy, and rule of law in The Gambia. He said the UDP is the biggest opposition party in the country, and all other political parties should team up with the UDP to dislodge the APRC administration from power. Ousainou Darboe, according to Hamat Bah, is a “sincere and honest guy” who has devoted all his time for Gambia since 1994 and had stood for the country’s liberation from self perpetual rule. He said UDP supporters should be proud of Lawyer Darboe—describing him as a true son of this country— whose legacy is here to stay. He said Darboe is a good role model who should be emulated by our kids and grand kids. 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