The politics of Martin Luther King Jr. remind us of the strength of partisanship. He asserted that it is acceptable for political partisans to judge one another regardless of the policy issue.
According to appearances, the NDC and NPP have perfected the politics of the esteemed civil rights activist. The two parties frequently frame every policy debate as "us versus them" and insinuate that the other side has it completely wrong.
In reality, despite the ideological differences, there is more common ground and shared values on vital issues than some would like to admit. Until Mahama lost the 2016 elections and transformed himself into a ubiquitous abnormal case and the figurehead of a misinformation industry that has reshaped propaganda politics in our motherland, relations between the two parties were unabashedly cordial.
After the 2016 ignominious defeat, Mahama has shown no interest in finding common ground for close to seven years. He has shown no interest in using the immense power of his former office to assist anyone other than himself and his associates; he has no intention of treating the office he once held as anything other than a playground where he can gain the attention he craves.
The character traits he has displayed recently indicate that a second term as president for Mahama would result in the devastation of this country. Mahama will utter anything to obtain a second chance at the position. He has been making baseless accusations against the current regime and promoting a covert and concerted agenda for regime change in every aspect of our politics.
How accurate are the rumors that Mahama was in contact with the creators of the infamous Al Jazeera Gold Mafia documentary in order to disgrace the government? In actuality, when Mahama seized upon the Frimpong-Boateng galamsey nonsense, he was not merely attempting to score political points. Rather, he was executing a plan that he personally devised and oversaw.
We are discussing a man who confessed openly in his book "My First Coup D'Etat" that his viciousness, abrasiveness, and Machiavellian antics outweigh his indecisiveness. Yes, this is evident by the manner in which he is directly fueling the finger-pointing ruse of the Al Jazeera Gold Mafia documentary and the Frimpong-Boateng spurious document.
This is the same scheme that Mahama and his agents employed against his former employer. Over ten years have passed since the death of President Mills, but allegations of high-level complicity persist.
Is it true that Mahama's management of events surrounding the medical context of former President Mills' untimely death exposed him as a man who had everything to do with Mills' untimely demise? Is that correct? Mahama embodies Edgar's rejoinder to Gloucester in Shakespeare's King Lear: "...the Prince of Darkness is a gentleman."
A malicious and cunning demon, a greedy and corrupt criminal posing as a kind soul.
Every day, I wonder how much harsher Mahama's campaign to overthrow the ruling regime will become, and how much lower this man is willing to go. And each day he surpasses himself in the Ghanaian political race to the abyss.
It is crystal obvious that the death goat is prepared to eliminate the NPP leadership through the use of fascist smear campaigns, character assassination, and physical violence. Simply put, he poses a dire danger to our democracy and is temperamentally unfit to rule Ghana again.
The fact that he has been unable to present progressive policy proposals that could earn him the presidency through democratic means and that he is now methodically and consistently engaged in character assassination says it all.
Feeding the Akufo-Addo government to the crocodile is a catastrophic miscalculation on his part. Once you run out of chickens to cast to the crocodile, it will grab your arm, as is common knowledge.
The NPP will surely survive the Mahama assault, but anyone participating in this campaign, whether intentionally or unintentionally, should be wary of getting what they want.
In essence, Mahama got away with his first coup d'état, but I can assure him that his second coup d'état has already failed.