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| Dedan |
There is an old saying which says, “You have to
sleep with fowls to know if they snore.” I pride myself to knowing Rufus Bousquet so well
that I think I can write a book about him. After spending almost 25 yrs in his camp who else can match me to know this guy better. I get a regular Rss feed from The St
Lucia Times. At about 1:08 pm Thursday March 10, 2016 I received the feed – “Rufus
says UWP Slate Barren.” Upon opening the
link, I was flabbergasted at what this man was saying. Like a dog barking at
the wind he went out on a rampage damning the UWP leader and going as far as to question the integrity the endorsed candidates of the party.
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| Rufus and Chastanet - Arch enemies? |
He begins, “Your most important quality if you
wish to be a candidate for the UWP is to show absolute devotion, love,
submission to the leader” Rufus has none of these qualities and as for
submission, he would rather enforce it upon another himself. Rufus throughout his tenure as
Parliamentary Rep continually did things on his own without any consultation –
a pure one- man show. No wonder Compton had him fired twice - he is a poor listener. Rufus is allergic
to protocol and that has been has been among other things his downfall.
He continued with his ranting, “If you walk into
the room wearing out your knee caps and your elbows and bow before Mr. Allen
Chastanet, then no matter what people think, you will be the candidate.” Can
you believe this coming from the guy? Rufus lays blame on everybody for
whatever happens to him. He said it was his team who had him to lose the last
elections. He says it’s your humble servant that prevented him from getting more
votes in Polling Division I5. What however he will not say, it is only after I managed the
team, UWP for the first time won the Polling Division I5. Rufus is a
buck-passer.
Rufus seem to think that it is Chastanet who does
not want him as the candidate for Choiseul. This is so wrong. Rufus is not a team player. He should have
realized that his little schemes to manipulate the Branch election process would
not hold water. Furthermore, his sources are outdated and have lost touch
with reality on the ground.
In spite of his firings,he continues to display signs of bad behavior. Mean,
vindictive and hurtful words are all Rufus spews out at Allen Chastanet and by extension
his comrades within the Party. That's an example of using blame to excuse his own bad behavior. Blame is like anger in that
it dulls one sense of empathy. It allows a person to act in a hurtful way to
another human being or organisation. It isn't the act itself, but it often clears the road. Blame
is not the act itself, but it either erodes or outright removes these
inhibitions, often both. It develops a
thought pattern that allows the person's emotions to override his/her
self-control in order to achieve an often selfish end -- including sustaining
dysfunctional patterns. Hmmm!
While this may seem like an overly harsh
statement, also realize the kind of mindset that so quickly adopts blame as a
defensive posture for emotional/ego protection is exactly the same one
that will put you in front of, otherwise avoidable, physical danger.
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| Lorne, Rufus and Bradley - Candidates for Choiseul |
So there comes the bombshell which this blog
predicted in an earlier post. Rufus declares his candidacy as an independent. "In those circumstances, knowing the reaction of the people of
Choiseul to me and knowing that they repose a tremendous amount of faith in me
as a representative, I don’t think I should let them down.” Rufus explained. Seriously? Pure bluff, bluff and more bluff! Or is it scare tactic? I would want to believe it's the latter.
Reason. Rufus does not like to lose. He will never go in a
three cornered fight. Take it from me. Plus, he will never risk his resources
just to lose or upset a candidate. This is not in the nature of the man whom I know.
So what’s the solution – have him come on board with Bradley and offer him a JOB
in government if the party wins. But he has spewed so much garbage already,
really one wonders what is there for him.
The ball is in his court to play, if there are
not already plans afoot to kick him out of the party.
Link to the St Lucia times Article: http://stluciatimes.com/2016/03/10/rufus-bousquet-say-uwp-slate-barren#
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