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The Ruling NDC of Ghana is facing a political crisis which is packed with lessons not only for its party members, but, for all Ghanaians and maybe the whole of Africa. A little over three decades ago, J.J. Rawlings was an ordinary soldier serving the state. Like many other Ghanaians, he was disgusted with the socio-economic situation borne out of horrible politics, and managed to get some people follow him with the hope of bringing some drastic and very much needed changes to our society. In the first coup attempt, he was arrested and detained, but, having touched the hearts of his fellow colleagues early on with very selfless speeches, they risk their lives to take him out of cells and made him a King. I am trying very hard to imagine his thoughts and feelings when he heard the cell was being opened to get him out. Perhaps, he thought about what he would tell God if he got to him in eternity. Many a Ghanaian rightly and genuinely accepted him and worked very hard with him right from the AFRC through the PNDC era to the NDC. But, because he is a soldier and jumped the political fence to power those who worked with him feared and seldom criticized him like he�s doing others today. They rained praises on him and made him felt like a saint who knows no sin. Those who criticized him from among his well known opponents he dealt with them drastically. In 2000, the God who brought him out of cells to do the house cleaning and holy war and build the country chose Ghana another man, J.A Kufour to continue from where Rawlings had reached. But, the All loving, All clean, all Acountable Rawlings kept insulting him day and night. It is only fair that I say Kufour sometimes retaliated, thereby, making babies of both of them. It isn�t, however, on record that anybody in the NDC told Rawlings that wasn�t the way to go as a former president. Sometimes, he was even praised for telling what his praise singers (I nearly wrote songers) called �truth�. Very often, sycophantic party members metamorphosed into communication gurus to explain better Rawlings� utterances and communications which nobody in the world understood, not even Rawlings himself, apart from them. Members of the NPP, on the other hand, complained bitterly about Rawlings� attitude towards Prez Kufour. His allegations, rumors and insults which the NDC supporters called TRUTHS, the NPP�s called LIES. Everybody apart from Atta Mills and I, mistakenly thought that with his party and Atta in office, they would hear less of his insults, wild allegations and rumor mongerings. Today, he�s on top of the roof asking Atta out of the driver�s seat after two years of what he calls slow driving. He says his wife could do better. Is Rawlings knowledgeable, wiser and intelligent than everybody in Ghana? Does he love Ghana than my grandfather, Michael Ablorh, whose name you wouldn�t have known had I not written it here now, but served this country as a teacher from the age of 18 until 60, mostly in rural communities and went home with virtually nothing? Interestingly, the NPP members who cried out loud against Rawlings� LIES yesterday now think he�s a TRUTH teller. Kufour isn�t loud. He's noted for that; he can't do to Mills what Rawlings did to him. But, isn't Rawlings doing his work for him after all? Or,could it be that he understands Mills better than anybody else? What solid achievement could Kufour mention in his first term. Positive Change Part 1 was called a FOUNDATION and part two saw most of the things the NPP boasts about today. Health Insurance, Feeding programme and most of the projects you could think about came in the second term. Kufour wouldn�t be an hypocrite to say Mills has done nothing. It is time we started thinking about how to build mass parties around principles and not around personalities. Rawlings is a great man. Ghanaians appreciate all what he has done for this country, but, we can�t show appreciation beyond what we�ve showed him and his family all these years by making his wife a president. He has done his part, and should allow others to do theirs. He, like every other citizen has the right of expression and as expected of Kwame Nhyira, he must exercise his responsibly towards nation building. Ghana has lived beyond Nkrumah, the man who announced our independence and showed so much commitment towards national development. And, if Rawlings dares God, Ghana would live without him while he�s still alive. It�s so painful to see such a great man misuse is charisma and throw his glory to political power after much service to country. BUT, who made him what he has become today if not Ghanaians and NDC in particular?