Tale of four trains
The prosperity train it turns out was simple on the wrong track. The prediction of the number of delegates that would vote for the prosperity train was so wrong that is was even worse than Dr. Davies's projections for economic growth and lower inflation over the last 13 years. The prosperity train failed to ignite any support from the delegates as they said it was prosperity not for many and asked unity in which community? Dr. Davis was left puzzled and clueless as to how come he only got 283 votes. The return on investment (ROI) of this campaign must have been very bad, what with radio, TV, newspaper and website expenditures. There was serious disconnect here with the delegates as while the economy is taking off into the air the delegates (and the country) seem to have missed the launch.
The Solid as a Rock train was on the right track but suffered serious self-created derailment. Some of the crew member's brains solidified and they failed to see the damage being caused by the careless, disrespectful and unnecessary statements. exuding supreme confidence, they simply felt that their train was like the Titanic and no matter what was in the way they could crush it. Hopefully the solid as a rock crew will find out that people want rock solid roads as one Las May cartoon suggested and not leaders with tough heads. They also suffered from mathematical deficiencies as their count was also very wrong. They probably should have subjected the delegates to lie detector tests as in the end they came out crying that they had been deceived. The wheels simply fell of this campaign. The returns of 1538 delegates respresented a much better ROI than the prosperity train.
The 21 century train was not oiled enough and really should not have been in this race and at times it appeared so. Dr. Karl Blythe found out that for a huge number of the PNP workers, including delegates, the only 21st century thing about there lives was two cell phones with no credit. His 204 votes represented a much better ROI than many other trains as their investment was the lowest of all the trains in the race. It might be humbly suggested that his problems might also have been with 'pride'.
The Team Portia train, led by the charismatic Portia Simpson-Miller and marshalled by the master tactician Paul Burke, planned carefully, was very focused and kept the train well oiled. In January, when some of the members of other trains shouted out their projected numbers, even before the delegates were named, the master tactician reminded them not to count the chickens before the eggs have hatched. A day or two before the hatching date, based on the rattling of the eggs, Paul Burke predicted that they would get at least 1770 delegate votes. That is amazingly just 0.3% less than the final count of 1775 votes. In the end team and teamwork won out as it usually does. Team Portia can certainly count and it makes you wondered if some members of the other teams got their higher education by guessing on multiple choice tests.
Congratulation to Team Portia. It was a hard fought and in the end a well earned victory. Like that train in the little engine that could, she thought she could and she did.
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