[Pietro]

"... put it in the proper context"

So what's the proper context?

From where I sit, our elected officials are already too far removed from the public they supposedly represent. How does suspending elections, our only voice, improve that situation?

The truth is that this is not a sarcastic remark but is her genuine opinion, and it is the genuine opinion of all big gov. leftists. If only they didn't have to deal w/ the people they could really get alot done.

Just like Chavez and the ChiComs.

[Oztrich Boy]

"My point was one of sarcasm," Perdue told reporters in Thomasville.

It would only have been sarcasm if her point was that Members of Congress had no ability or desire to fix the economy, but were only concerned about reelection.