She ran on reform, but, was faced with a majority State House and Senate of the most extreme Right Wing Republicans this state has ever seen.
It has been nothing but war for the good Governor. Now, today, she is being DEFAMED again for expressing to constituents how tired she is of the Republican Legislature which has a Political Agenda to insure re-election. She wants to get things done and unlike the Washington Republicans they are difficult and attempting a smear campaign rather than earning their salary and living up to their oath of office.
NC governor says comment about suspending congressional election was sarcastic, not serious (click title to entry - thank you)
By Associated Press,
...Perdue spokeswoman Chris Mackey said Perdue was using hyperbole when she made the suggestion Tuesday. She said it would give members of Congress more breathing room to make decisions instead of worrying about another term in office. She was responding to an audience question....
Her statement was a statement of disgust as many of her constituents simply can't believe how extreme the legislature has become and unwilling to work toward solutions. She is only saying what the citizens in NC feel.
The Right Wing however wants to take the statement as literal, but, it is completely taken out of context when they do attempt to parlay the statement into a national agenda of 'shame' to postpone elections of 2012. It would take an extreme emergency such as 9 - 11 when the elections in NYC were postponed or an act of Congress proven to be Constitutional in order to change elections. Governor Purdue would never have enough support from her State House and Senate to achieve that, she had to veto a budget this year, I doubt there is much cooperation at all between the Executive Branch and a hostile Republican legislature.
What else is new?
The hyperbole is not that of Republicans as they shoot themselves in the foot attempting to make lies to smear the Governor out of a sincere expression of disgust for the lack of governing ability of the NC elected Republicans.
Go, get 'em, Governor !
