TO THE EDITOR:
I found myself extremely disappointed at the Sept. 28 issue of The Daily Tar Heel due to its lack of informing the student body of relevant statewide events. Nowhere within the many pages of news was there mention of Gov. Bev Perdue’s comment at the Cary Rotary luncheon on Tuesday.
She proclaimed, “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. You want people who don’t worry about the next election.”
This kind of statement is more aligned with an un-American philosophy than her typical liberal one. The United States prides itself on being a democracy — where the citizens can hold elected politicians accountable for their actions. Does Perdue really believe that the American public isn’t capable of voting on these matters?
Her statements lend to the idea that we should forgo the principles established in the Constitution and allow incompetent and clueless politicians to remain in office. Democrats have stood by her side and claimed this was a “joke.” Some sick joke this is. Just recently, Democrats were preaching to the high heavens about Perry’s “joke” about the Federal Reserve printing more money as “treasonous.”
We should always hold decisions politicians make against them. That’s the fundamental idea of voting. Governor, I urge you to stand in front of North Carolinians and fight for your job, not hide behind this un-American rhetoric.
Kevin Lampley
Sophomore
Business Administration
