Managing Election- Relation Violence for Democratic Stability in Ghana It is, however, noteworthy that some leading members of the NDC party and members of parliament including John Mahama and Alban Bagbin were among those who expressed criticism over the NDC flagbearer's statement, arguing among other reasons that Ghana's democracy was too entrenched for its elections to go the way of Kenya(Obeng-Danquah, February 2008). The' boot-for-boot' verbal duel Rather than display a high tolerance level that is accommodating of opposing views, some political actors resort to reprisals that lead to a cycle of unguarded rhetoric and offensive statements. The Ghanaian political discourse is replete with several instances of this'boot-for-boot or tit-for-tat' verbal duel, so to speak – much of which is credited to leading members or followers of the two major political parties. As an example, the'all-die-be-die' statement attracted quite a few verbal reprisals from NDC sources, characterizing the NPP flag-bearer Nana Akufo-Addo as 'fruitcake','the short man', and'a cocaine addict'. These of course were also criticized as an affront to the flag-bearer's person. Three years after the 2008 Ghana-Kenya allusion, less than a year after the'all-die-be-die' statement, and with elections around the corner, an NPP member of parliament(MP), Mr. Kennedy Agyapong stated that should the NDC attempt to rig the 2012 elections,'Ghana would not be like Kenya; Ghana would be like Rwanda'(Citifmonline, November 2011). Also, commenting on a radio talk show on the rampant use of'the politics of insult' and intimidation in Ghana's politics ahead of Election 2012, NPP Communications Director Nana Akomea categorically stated that 114