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NC governor recommends suspending democracy to focus on jobs
The Daily Caller ^
| 9/27/2011
| Matthew Boyle
Posted on 09/27/2011 2:01:44 PM PDT by Bed_Zeppelin
As a way to solve the national debt crisis, North Carolina Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue recommends suspending Congressional elections for the next couple of years.
“I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won’t hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover,” Perdue said at a rotary club event in Cary, North Carolina, according to the Raleigh News and Observer. “I really hope that someone can agree with me on that.”
Perdue said she thinks that temporarily halting elections would allow members of Congress to focus on the economy. “You have to have more ability from Congress, I think, to work together and to get over the partisan bickering and focus on fixing things,” Perdue said.
North Carolina Republicans immediately scoffed at Perdue’s proposal, pointing out to her that elections hold politicians accountable for their actions. “Now is a time when politicians need to be held accountable more than ever,” North Carolina GOP spokesman Rob Lockwood said in an email to The Daily Caller. “To suspend an election would be removing the surest mechanism that citizens have to hold politicians accountable: The right to vote.”
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To: Bed_Zeppelin
Ha ha. It's a joke. Get it?
Ha ha.
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posted on
09/27/2011 2:50:52 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
To: Bed_Zeppelin
Trial balloon up, up and away!
42
posted on
09/27/2011 2:51:45 PM PDT
by
griffin
To: EdReform; STARWISE; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...
Thanks STARWISE for the ping to the other one, thanks EdReform for the ping to this one (the winnnnnerrrr!):
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posted on
09/27/2011 2:52:01 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Bed_Zeppelin
What is wrong with the shape of her mouth? Does she have a birth defect in addition to the obvious brain damage?
44
posted on
09/27/2011 2:52:23 PM PDT
by
lodi90
To: Bed_Zeppelin; Constitution Day
Hey CD, did you see this one yet?
Sugar Dumplin removing all doubt, in case anyone still had any, that she is dumber than a box of rocks and redder than NC clay.
45
posted on
09/27/2011 2:54:11 PM PDT
by
mykdsmom
(FUBO)
To: isthisnickcool
It’s far more likely to be the “leftist” that shows basic poor development of judgment than anything to do with being female of a certain age.
If you read science fiction, all the post-apocalypse “life boat” scenarios count grandmothers and aunts as vital as breeding men, just under breeding age women and the children. That’s because grandmothers have skills to pass on, and are better known for assisting younger generations than for harm.
On the other hand, we have all the old men who can’t sit through more than an hour meeting due to their enlarged prostates.
46
posted on
09/27/2011 2:55:00 PM PDT
by
hocndoc
(http://WingRight.org I'm not afraid to use my mustard seed. 2 Control the border, Patrol the border!)
To: Selene
The DNC convention will be in NC if Obama or a dem wins they cheated again with moveon.org putting 10 dollar an hour jobs in papers to drive people to the polls to tell them how to vote while they get a pack of smokes.
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posted on
09/27/2011 2:55:09 PM PDT
by
Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
(PDS=someone that doesnt dream dates up of a Palin announcement;nor act as Palins campaign manager)
To: Bed_Zeppelin
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posted on
09/27/2011 2:55:53 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(To live peacefully with credit-based consumption and fiat money, men would have to be angels.)
To: Bed_Zeppelin
This person is advocating the overthrow of the government of the United States of America as provided by the Constitution of the United States.
She should be tried for treason, convicted, and then justly sentenced.
49
posted on
09/27/2011 2:57:34 PM PDT
by
sitetest
(If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
To: sitetest
This gov is a clueless anti-American moron and should be tried, jailed and disgraced. “Joking”? She’s the feckless, loser joke.
50
posted on
09/27/2011 3:00:51 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Bed_Zeppelin
Frogmarch this b*tch to the nearest jail.
To: Minus_The_Bear
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posted on
09/27/2011 3:03:55 PM PDT
by
Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
(PDS=someone that doesnt dream dates up of a Palin announcement;nor act as Palins campaign manager)
To: Bed_Zeppelin; waterhill; ixtl
(((ping))) for later while I go do an "inventory" check.
I think it might be "time"......
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posted on
09/27/2011 3:05:32 PM PDT
by
Envisioning
( Call me a racist................, one more time......................)
To: Bed_Zeppelin
Let me guess...the legislature is mostly dems too.
Cindie
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posted on
09/27/2011 3:06:14 PM PDT
by
gardencatz
(Proud mom US Marine! It can't always be someone else's son.)
To: Bed_Zeppelin; unkus; DarthVader; Clintonfatigued
Some of us have been called tinfoil hat wearing paranoids when suggesting elections could be “suspended” aka “eliminated”. “Never gonna happen...”
Not so paranoid now, eh? The Rats are playing for keeps; they MUST be destroyed.
55
posted on
09/27/2011 3:07:14 PM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(If not Perry, it's Romney. And if it's Romney, it's Obama.)
To: GOPsterinMA
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posted on
09/27/2011 3:09:09 PM PDT
by
Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
(PDS=someone that doesnt dream dates up of a Palin announcement;nor act as Palins campaign manager)
To: Bed_Zeppelin
That brain is working on a 1.3 gallon flush.
57
posted on
09/27/2011 3:10:34 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Bed_Zeppelin
A lead trial balloon that Hussein the coward had to have fronted by a woman. Typical Muslim behavior except for the absense of small children to hide behind.
This Stalinist botch was dumb enough to go for it, proving that just because she's stupid, doesn't mean she isn't nuts!
It's too bad the lead balloon didn't drop on her head instead of her feet. Nothing to damage in the head.
At any rate, this cinches her loss a year from this November! Stalinists everywhere DESPAIR!!!
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posted on
09/27/2011 3:12:08 PM PDT
by
Sal
(We want to run against Obama because he's the weakest boob since Carter.)
To: Bed_Zeppelin
I kept looking for the "satire", or "humor" tag on this but could not find it.
This person is the North Carolina Governor? Unbelievable. Knows the dems are going down and tries to somehow just "call off" the elections like some kind of bannana republic.
This really takes the cake. She should be impeached for this single statement for heavens sake.
MARXISM IN AMERICA
AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF HISTORY
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posted on
09/27/2011 3:12:30 PM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Bed_Zeppelin
Cary Rotary Club, Cary NC
Today
Tuesday, September 27
Showing events after 9/27. Look for earlier events
Tuesday, September 27
12:30pm
Club Meeting: Laura Stillman- Speaker will be NC Governor Bev Perdue
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posted on
09/27/2011 3:13:26 PM PDT
by
Selene
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